Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool

Having visited Blackpool on several occasions since I was a child, I am very familiar with Blackpool Pleasure Beach. We visited here with our five year old son on Saturday the 11th of May and this review discusses our experience as a young family. As you would expect, this will be a long review but I would like to get my opinion across on the different facilities. Blackpool Pleasure Beach - Essential Information 525 Ocean Boulevard Blackpool FY4 1EZ www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com Blackpool Pleasure Beach (BPB for short) is around 1.5miles from the shopping centre of Blackpool and a few minutes ... more

Intro I felt I would write a review on Blackpool Pleasure Beach as I have now been twice and feel I should let others know how great this place is. Being a big fan of themeparks, I was honestly hesitant to visit Blackpool Pleasure Beach as I imagined it being a few fairground rides and I genuinely didn't think it'd compare to other places I'd been to. However, it is now my favourite themepark of all time, and here's why... PRICES Adult tickets are usually around the £25 each mark, which is brilliant compared to places such as Alton Towers who charge around £36. Prices change throughout the ... more

The last time I went to Blackpool was before we had kids, over 12 years ago. I must admit that I am not really a fan of the town itself, but I have always liked the Pleasure Beach, as I am a big fan of theme parks and thrill rides. The kids had heard a lot about Blackpool, as well as seeing adverts for the Pleasure Beach on TV, so I saved up my Clubcard Points to get us all wristbands. Clubcard points are, in my view, the best way for a family to afford a day out at a theme park. For those not using Clubcard Points, the current 2012 entry costs are as follows: Unlimited Ride Wristband: £20 ... more

I have lost count of the amount of times I have been on holiday to Blackpool, as a child me my Mum and Dad and my Nana would always go for a weeks holiday around October time when then illuminations were on, this got to be a bit of a yearly tradition, we would always stay in the same self catering flat just outside of the main town for a week and spend the holiday going to various places in and around Blackpool, even as an adult I have been on holiday to Blackpool once staying in the same flat as when I was a child and the second time a flat just around the corner (but owned by the same ... more

Blackpool pleasure beach has been an institution of fun for people of all ages for many years now and throughout this review I intend to give you not only an insight into what it has to offer today but also an insight into the history of this great theme park. A 42 acre site stood empty at the south end of Blackpool's promenade until 1896 when W.G Bean bought the land with dreams of turning it in to one of the finest theme parks in the world, as you read on you will see that Mr. W.G Bean was a man that could make his dreams come true. He began to search far and wide for out of commission rides ... more