Blackpool Attractions

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Advantages: Great rides, cheaper than some other parks
Disadvantages: Lacks the charm other parks have

I visited Blackpool Pleasure Beach last year and I thought it was great value for money. The weather in Blackpool wasnt always great during my 4 day stay but this park didnt disappoint where ride were concerned or eating out. The general atmosphere of this park is happy and fun which is great for the family however the atmosphere here is nothing compared to theme parks like Disneyland or Universal Studios, but you get what you pay for with this park ...
...loads of great rides in Blackpool Pleasure Beach, including the Pepsi Max Big One, which is a really high rolarcoaster with a massive drop, you can see all over Blackpool when your at the top of this ride. The Valhalla which is a viking themed water ride that brings you through ice cold and firey hot places while you get soaked (and I mean soaked) in the different plunges that it takes, i recommend buying the water proff pancho coats sold outside ...

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Review of Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool

A Towering Success And Towers Of Fun

Advantages: Much To Do, Fantastic Views
Disadvantages: Can be Pricy

...country. Many people flock to Blackpool in their millions every year, and thus the tower has also become a popular tourist plot for holidaymakers. The tower was constructed by Gustave Eiffel, which, if you are clever enough to work out is the same company which built the Eifel Tower in Paris a few years earlier. Although Blackpool Tower is smaller than its Foreign cousin, at 158 m (518 ft) the views are pretty impressive and no trip to Blackpool ...
...a distance, and really envelopes Blackpool as a resort. Its obvious that the people of Blackpool are proud of the iconic tower, and for this reason it acts as a beacon, symbolizing almost everything Blackpool has to offer. Look on logos, Blackpool Tower is there. Look in brochures countless pictures of Blackpool Tower are there. Go in Blackpool gift shops and hoards of Blackpool Tower merchandise is there. Perhaps then it is ironic that the tower ...

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Review of Blackpool Tower and Circus, Blackpool

A legend in it's own right but past it's sell by date.

Advantages: Huge, will test your head for heights. Quite a long ride. A world famous record breaker.
Disadvantages: Very rough, too slow around the track after the first drop, Station announcement claims OLD record

...fear. I always remember Pepsi Max Big One, or 'The Pepsi Max' as we used to call it at school when I was a kid. I just remember it being apparently the 'biggest in the world' etc. I know now that it 'WAS' the biggest, steepest and fastest in Europe but has since been beaten in all aspects by Silver Star (Somewhere in Germany) and Stealth (Thorpe Park), which annoyed me slightly because in the station of Big One, there is still a repeated announcement ...
...entertaining and well laid out. Pepsi Max Big One will stand the test of time because of it's height and the fact it held those records for so long. That is all. I'm still annoyed that the announcement in the station still claims it as a record holder though because that's false and has been for over 7 years! ...

MJA88 28.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Pepsi Max Big One, Blackpool

Valhalla; a wet but hot ride.

Advantages: Fun, scary
Disadvantages: scary, YOU WILL END UP WET!!!!!!

Valhalla is a log flume based ride which is based on vikings. It is a ride which can be enjoyed by everybody, especially those young adults. The viking ships, which seats about 12 people add a bonus to that scary but fun ride. It is quite dark which also adds to the scary experience! I would recommend it to those older children as it is quite scary but if your brave, then maybe this is your ride. At the final descending point, it is very dark and ...
...moment you also get photographed by the camera. After that you move into a pitch black room which suddenly lights up with lots of pyrotechnics. it gives you a little fright but is humid so it could in fact dry you off a bit. After the ride, you will feel very wet and soggy, so prepare with a valhalla raincoat or a waterproof. if you didnt, you can get airdried by a massive air dryer which dries you off in a couple of minutes. The rides ends and lands ...

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Review of Valhalla, Blackpool

Immesrse Your Senses

Advantages: Looks Great, Rides Good, Great For Pleasure Beach
Disadvantages: Can Be Rough In Places

Pleasure Beach Resort (ala Pleasure Beach Blackpool, Blackpool Pleasure Beach etc) has played homage to many traditional and coming of age attractions since it first opened its gates in the late 1800's. Amongst other things the park leads its valley fair with some of the greatest wooden roller coasters on the planet, and thus can also boast about being in connection with some of the greatest roller coaster designers the world has ever seen (Charles ...
...multi million pound steel beacon, world famous Arrow Dynamics coaster Pepsi Max Big One cartwheels through the park along its Bolton designed tubed track one can only look in amazement to splendor how generations have changed, and so smoothly it must be said. Infusion is the latest in the generation whirlwind of coasters to hit the shores of Blackpool. The £8million Vekoma designed Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC) had previously been in operation ...

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Review of Infusion, Pleasure Beach Blackpool