Blackpool Pleasure Beach Review | Blackpool, England
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- A full in depth look at the historic Blackpool Pleasure Beach, known for its abundance of roller coasters in a very tight space. You'll get to hear my thoughts on the park, including its pro's and con's!
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Sad to hear you didn't ride valhalla because it is an amazing water ride for a amusment park, it would fit in at any disney or universal park and still be one of the best!
It is my favourite uk park along with Alton Tower. The History of the place really adds to the experience!
AblazeClamp 2525 I agree it’s a brilliant ride
I have to agree. Best water ride I have ever, ever, been on and made BPB worth it!
*Taylor:* "Big One has a great first drop but the rest is a monorail"
*Me:* "Oh, you shot me in the tea and crumpets."
Well, he's not wrong
HE IS SOO WRONG
@@mariakhan4022 he is only wrong if you haven't been outside the UK, UK rides are tamer than most and the Big One is no exception, it pales in comparison to a ride like Magnum which is way more intense.
@@Cosmic_Cretin a lot of the uk coasters, like big one, are a bit outdated, and held records before so they're kind of riding on that fame. Like big one was the tallest and steepest coaster when it was built, oblivion was the first vertical drop coaster (strictly not 90 degrees tho) etc.
@@Cosmic_Cretin Big one is better than Magnum
Bc better setting and great drop
Magnum only have great triangle hills
I'm pretty sure the UK out-America'd the US with that two story Burger King
James Chris we do too and some McDonald’s are 3 floors.
for sure where i live we have super small and kinda dirty burger kings and other super small sized fast food chains
This is my local park and we all cherish it because of the history. It's nearly 130 years old. ICON and Valhalla are definitely the star attractions by far but like you say it's full of charm. Wallace n Gromit dark ride is great too.
I sometimes don't understand why people don't mention revolution, maybe I'm just exactly the right height to avoid headbanging but I think it is a cool, forcefull ride that even gives some great airtime. Tbh I would call it the best arrow I've ridden due to the fact that it doesn't have any turns that could and annihilate your ears.
I am 5 feet 10 inches tall, and didn't get headbanging. I completely agree with you, it is forceful, smooth and has a bit of airtime on the drops
Agreed! It's a lot of fun, especially that moment when you drop backwards into the loop! It was easily my favourite ride at Blackpool (Icon was still under construction when I went).
I have to say I preferred the Grand National when I last went in 2017
PUFR-FSH I agree - this is a very understated ride and at 40 years old it still packs a punch
Andrew Duffin erm how would you have two trains on without causing a crash???
There is a lot of great history with Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
Walt Disney himself came to this park and it gave him some inspiration for his Disneyland theme park. The River Caves ride is a good example as this was the ride that inspired him to build the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. As a way of saying thanks for giving him inspiration for his park, Disney gave Blackpool Pleasure Beach permission to build one ride of their choice that is similar to one of his rides and they built the Alice ride.
Grand National is far better than this review gives it credit for. Roughness doesn't always spoil a ride, especially one with great airtime
Ummmm it kinda sucks..
Racing is cool though
It just doesn't suck. For a ride from the 1930's, it is world class. By far one of the best drops in the UK and plenty of airtime throughout the rest of the layout
It's boring ..but it is from the 1930s so that there is cool..so I'll take back my sucks comment ..it's rolling history so that in itself makes it worthwhile
Roughness does spoil a coaster. Infusion is rough but it's still nowhere near as rough as the Grand National
I think you gave a fairly accurate view of the park, I think the big dipper and grand national are better than your comment about them suggests, but you can get a good or bad ride on them depending on many factors. I totally agree about icon as well. The big one is interesting because when it was built (when I was a teenager) it was the tallest and faster roller coaster in the world. Blackpool (actually the UK as a whole) has never been able to compete with the American parks since, so even though I agree with how you reviewed the ride examining just the ride itself, I think it represents far more to British people (especially those of us from the North.)
The Big One is pretty underated, riding it on the back row is so fun and intense!
Roller Coaster Rewind It’s awesome to us but when you’ve got Magnum XL-200 in your home country, it’ll make the Big One seem very underwhelming
I have waited almost a year for this review lol, wow you really didn’t like the Pleasure Beach much 🤷♂️ if it wasn’t for places like this then we wouldn’t have the parks we have today ! Yeah the ride line up doesn’t include any massive B&M’s but it does have a great collection of coasters and classic rides you won’t find anywhere else in the world
Ah yes, the SLC. Nothing else like it in the world. What a classic
What?! Cedar Point is 30 years older and is lightyears ahead of this park lol. And The Big One was inspired by Magnum XL 200 😂
kyle4osu yes Cedar Point is older but I think Blackpool Pleasure Beach had rides before Cedar Point, the Pleasure Beach was actually build on the beach, that’s where the name came from and over time the park was build up around the rides
@@Coaster_Crazy what does the second half of the comment mean
British Thrillseeker sorry lol I just re edited it as it didn’t make sense to me either lol !! Basically the rides in Blackpool were actually built on the beach and as time went on the park was built up around the rides including the promenade, road and the south pier we have today
“If only their rides were better.” According to many veteran enthusiasts, BPB had the best coaster in Britain, and then they summarily destroyed it overnight with no warning and then put out just an FU memo to the public after the fact.
For me as a Brit I think blackpool pleasure beach is also enjoyed as a whole blackpool experience. For myself some of us love doing fish and chips after, a few beers by the sea then the train home. Pleasure beach is a great day out combined with the other usual seaside activities :)
One of the best things about this park is how short the lines are. The fact I like genuinely like the rides makes that fact even better. No 2 hour wait to be disappointed
You did it! Finished the Euro park reviews in time for Japan.
It was a last minute scramble, but I pulled it off one day before I leave! haha
Then, finish the Japan reviews before your next big trip!
I hope it's UAE
Pretty much what I thought this park would be based on what you said
It’s nice to see an American intake on which in my opinion is the best amusement park into uk. It’s nice to see you enjoyed the park ! I understand you opinions on the rides especially nick land also!!! Great video thank you for visiting ! :)
Pleasure Beach Thrills definitely the best in uk
Definitely not the best park in the UK, though I have been several times and I do like the park. It holds up against other parks in the UK but doesn't compete internationally, not on quality of rides, customer service, cleanliness, theming, food (I could go on.)
tezp2002 It’s so good tho. The atmosphere is so much better than Alton or Thorpe. May not have the best rides, but sums up everything good about British theme parks.
@@charliebyfield3015 I suppose that's subjective, in my opinion both Alton towers and Thorpe park have better atmospheres, but as I said, I always enjoy the pleasure beach whenever I go.
tezp2002 yeah fair enough. I think the part that appeals to me is that it isn’t this massive corporation like Merlin, it’s a small space of land in a different part of the country that manages to still be great!
I still have a lot of respect for Thorpe park tho. But Alton towers has a strange atmosphere in my opinion!
Magical place. I was brought up in Blackpool, and back in the 70s and 80s the park was free and you paid at each ride rather than a day pass. Spring was always an exciting time when the park started to open after winter close for all the locals. My dad would take me each Sunday for a couple of rides only 30p. Pleasure beach would give a strip of tickets to every local child through schools. The wooden coasters are iconic and superb - grand national is a fantastic rush of 1935 rollercoaster nostalgia with two trains racing against each other. the funhouse once stood where Valhalla now is situated (it burnt down) - an amazing place you could stay all day with slides, moving floors, spinning barrels, spinning turntables that you tried to be the last one to stay on before being flung off. Sad it has gone. Great ghost train. Fabulous place.
Pretty accurate review. I have to agree that the park is lacking some more modern and thrilling rides but they have done an incredible job maintaining the older rides for us to enjoy, even if 1 or 2 are a tad rough and leave you feeling like you’ve been beaten up.
The park has a lot of charm and it will be interesting to see what comes in the future.
The wooden wild mouse is probably my favourite ride of all time, most intense airtime I’ve ever experienced
I have bad memories of the Wild Mouse, I sat right behind my sister and as it looked like we were gonna go flying off the corner she jilted her head back and I ended up with a smashed nose. That was many years ago.
I'm going to Blackpool pleasure beach this summer besides my farther been on the wooden wild mouse before it closed in 2017
Really sad that you didn’t get to ride Valhalla, it’s by far my favourite ride at Blackpool, it’s incredible, you’re right about the nostalgia, I visited Blackpool with my grandma a while back. We had a great time and she loved seeing the coasters she went on when she was young, it’s such a historic fun place. I wish they’d do something as special as Valhalla in the future
Hey that's my home park!
Honestly I'm so pleased you ended up enjoying yourself there.
Although, I am a bit sad that you and Logan didn't really get to see everything it had to offer. Because of time constraints we had to skip the other four dark rides in the park, Ghost Train, River Caves, Wallace and Gromit and Alice in wonderland. I think if at the very least we managed to get those done, your outlook on the park would've been so much more positive. But hey, at least that's another reason to go back! (And of course Valhalla is amazing so that alone has to warrant a trip back!)
Did you know that the Ghost Train at BPB is the Ghost Train that all other Ghost Trains take their name from? It's the first ever one, and it's claimed to be haunted (not that ghosts exist, but, y'know)
This was my favourite Park when i Visited UK. The whole City was a vibe
To each their own I suppose but dude this park has such an interesting history. From the park's older and defunct rides to the fact that entry used to be free up until about 10 years ago there's a lot to learn :)
The Big One reminds me of Toy Story when Sid unboxes a firework called
The Big One
One ride that i went on there that surprised me was Avalanche. Much better than i was expecting
Awww Taylor, this is my favourite UK park, come again & we’ll show you the full Blackpool experience.
Mark Forrest definitely
Your view can be skewed when you're used to world class B&M hypercoasters and record breakers. We in the U.K appreciate the little things in our rids because we do not have the variety the U.S and Japan have
Maybe I'm talking from a nostalgic perspective but this is my favourite UK park.
There is a lot of variety in it's rides and attractions, something which Thorpe and Alton towers lack these days. It has the best collection of wooden coasters and classic rides and even has vintage dark rides like the Alice in Wonderland (which is a meme in its self) the river caves and the ghost train. It's a shame you didn't get chance to ride Valhalla as it's by far the best dark)water ride in the UK. Would rather ride this over hex.
Also, Icon is awesome.
Hi there.
Glad to hear you had a great time when you were over hear visiting our theme parks. On the subject of Valhalla, it’s a shame that it was closed on the day you were at Pleasure Beach, though effects wize chances are you might be a little bit disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, it is a great water - dark ride when it’s operating, but it is really expensive to maintain, especially the effects which involved fire balls and all that stuff. So you’ll injoy it as a water ride, for it’s 1 of the wettest in the u.k. next to Tidal wave at Thorpe Park, Storm Force 10 at Drayton Manor Park, And Drenched at Oak wood theme park. But as a dark ride you might be just a little under whelmed.
As for the wild mouse, I’ve personally ridden this ride a few times, and I can tell you, that it’s crazy, in a good way I think. For a ride as intense as that 1, the only restraint you have is a pure and simple seat belt, nothing else. But I love the coaster for it’s insanity, and on behalf of other fans, I was sorry to see it go. Personally I’d rather see Steeple chase go as it was 1 of my least favourite coasters in the park, but I guess that’s the way of things.
I think people should go to Blackpool for the rollercoasters. But for their classic feeling rather than quality. They have some old, but unique rides.
Thank you so much for making UK reviews I appreciate it ALOT
The wild mouse was my favourite ride at the park I was so disappointed when they announced it would not be returning over the closed season. Lots of nostalgia though from family trips to Blackpool
I think it's all about the charm here and the staff are great, can have a laugh with them. The coasters aren't the best but are all fun, the dark rides however are very enjoyable such as Vallhalla, Wallace and Gromit and river caves despite it being a bit dated. Personally my favourite park in the UK
The best kids area in the UK is Thomas Land at Drayton Manor! (:
Agreed
No Cbeebies land
Valhalla is amazing! Make sure to do the left seat tho, you'll find out why ;)
You did him DIRTY
Enjoying the last minute push to finish up Europe. Enjoy Japan. I'm especially interested in your thoughts on Tokyo DisneySea and Fugi-Q Highland.
A Gerstlauer Sky Fly themed to the Red Arrows? That’s awesome!
By the way, the Burger King in the park is in fact the UK's largest!
Interesting! Didn't know that!
Blackpool is a FAMILY park. Its not trying to be the British version of Cedar Point.
I go to the pleasure beach at leat twice a year I love it 🥰
This is my home park, and I love it. I do agree the coaster line up isn’t as good as other places but I feel like that’s because of how small the park is and therefore coasters are forced to limit their size and layouts. With that being said the park has had the UK’s tallest coaster since 1994 and I think thats an amazing achievement👏🏻
it was the tallest in the world for 3 years
I'm gutted for you that Valhalla was down for your visit. It's superb, at least its a reason for you to come back.
Definitely agree. I only visited this park after ICON was built, and while it's a good ride, it isn't something you would visit the park just to ride. It needs at least two more good rollercoasters to be worth the journey.
Unless you live close. I live about twenty minutes away from the park, and wristbands are much cheaper than alton towers and Thorpe park. With great woodies, new rides like icon, and iconic dark rides like Valhalla, it's worth it if you dont live too far away, just because so other park has as much charm as this one.
As you went nearly a year ago, Is this all from memory or did you write down some notes when you were at the park? Great review regardless
Hey I'm early
Looking forward to watching this as I live in the UK but on the complete other side of the country and am considering visiting it
If you visit just for icon its money well spent , I rank it in the top 2 , the other bieng nemesis
@@richy1606 Great thanks for the help
Im honestly wished that you went to paultons park,it’s a great family park and might not be that big,it looks good and it is just a charming park
This is kind of my logic. I live in England, but in the south west so it’s quite far. I would love to visit Blackpool but it’s so far and I only get to go to like 2/3 theme parks a year which is Thorpe park and Alton towers.
Nice! I just rode X2 today, and I may be biased, but I actually enjoyed it! It was pretty fun!
Yes this is my second favourite park and ive been to cedar point but iv been the the pleasure beach 30 times
You are so right about Nickelodeon land being incredible. I love it so much!
I have been to this park twice the first time was for the credits and Valhalla so we queued up for it and when we got on the ride it broke down
The second time it broke down at the same place
Then the third time and guess what it broke down again so we gave up
The second time it was closed but I could be going back in August
Anyways I like the rollercoasters not infusion or steeplechase and I haven’t been on icon yet
My prediction is that infusion would close and steeplechase will as well and add a b&m invert and a sky rocket ll
It’s funny that you say Thorpe has better coasters because Thorpe is my home park and I go there a lot, but when I go up to Blackpool it is something special and I really enjoy the coasters there and I think they’re better that thorpe’s
I put Blackpool miles above Thorpe Park and Alton, especially when Valhalla is open.
I watched Koaster Kids and like the guy said on the day you went that Big One had a bad ride and he was true because I have been to top 3 Uk park Thorpe Alton Blackpool and The Big One is one of my favs. Stealth is my favourite though
I went to this park when their wooden Wild Mouse was open, and I can confirm it was fun, at least from my glorified GP perspective.
I have the exact same feelings about Blackpool
Don’t forget tho you are from America which has bigger rides. Blackpool Pleasure Beach is the oldest theme park in the UK. Yes it has its ups and downs but you need to come back to try Valhalla. You will love it
You should make a new updated top parks video and do a best European parks one. :D that'd be dope
Blackpool is by far my favourite UK visit. The River Caves, Wallace and Gromit, Valhalla... Icon is a perfect front row rider coaster - The Grand National is a great Wood.. just ... I just love the place. The ONLY thing that can dampen a day there is the company you go with. If you visit with someone who knows the gems = Great day. If you go with a moaning mini = average.
We made it to the last park woo!! Review on the big one please
That’s kinda cringe bro
My grandad used to live in Blackpool and he saw the Big Dipper burn down I’m so happy that I am at Blackpool
Seeing the the Nickelodeon area here gave me a huge throwback to Kings Island's kids area back in like 2007. Nostalgia
Valhalla is the best water ride. Period. Some other great attractions such as the grand national, steeple chase too. I’m going back this year to ride icon. I try to head up once a year or so. It’s my favourite park, even over Alton towers just because it has a charm and intrigue to it. The old rides excite me more because they’re so different.
You have to come back for Valhalla, it's that good.
If I had a chance to go to any amusement park in the world, what would it be?
Icon was more expensive then the big one.
Valhalla has a lot of technical issues with the ride…there currently making a lot of changes to it and hope it can open soon in summer.
Next time you are in the UK I would recommend going back to Blackpool for Valhalla, as you can pay for 1 ride only. for the rest of the day I recommend sandcastles, a indoor waterpark, as thats enjoyable, and you said you did not enjoy the rest of the pleasure beach
you have NO IDEA how ICONIC this park is, do you?
Valhalla is my favorite ride in the UK. Such an amazing ride when it's working properly.
Also, I've been noticing some really quick cuts between footage, and while I'm pretty sure it's nonintentional, it would be smoother without them there (check out 4:30 in this video if you're not sure what I mean). Great review otherwise!
Go to walibi holland again because The New rmc untamed is now open!
Valhalla is the best ride at pleasure beach
The only American coaster that is compares to the Big One is Magnum XL 200. And even than Magnum came out 5 years before the Big one and is wayy better than the Big One. And the fact that Magnum is an underrated ride shows how bad is the Big One
Love your park reviews, Taylor. :) The only thing I really disagree with is when you said Icon is the only good Coaster in the park. While old classics like the Big Dipper and National are rough as hell, they don't make wooden coasters like that anymore. They may not pack the same punch as some of the RMC's you lucky American's have, but all things considered, they're super fun rides with lots of airtime.
My home park
You should plan to go to Flamingo Land (UK) next time you visit Europe. Now THAT'S a park with charm!
The best kids area in the UK is lost Kingdom at paltons park
cool
Personally big one is my favourite uk roller coaster, ive done alton towers havent gotten around to thorpe yet but i love the big one, until i visited seaworld this may it was my no. 1
I did the wooden wild mouse and it was the best coaster in the park at the time I would rate it my number 5 roller coaster it was so cool
I went here in May. Best rides were Icon and Valhalla but don't do what I did and ride Valhalla first I was soaking wet for ages coming off that! Also i don't know if it was just where I was sat but Grand National was the roughest thing I've ever been on, wouldn't ride that again. Great review as well :)
It's a notoriously rough ride, probably since it's got the oldest track dating from 1934 (I believe Big Dipper was refurbished a few years later)
Welcome to "Kennywood On The Sea!"
You should've gone to these other Amusement Parks in England:
Gullivers Land
Flamingo Land
Wicksteed Park
Lego Land
Drayton Manor
Chessington World of Adventures
Fantasy Island (and might as well go to Butlins Skegness for the lols)
I Grew up at these places. They are such a fun day out
Blackpool is not an enthusiast park, if you're a flat ride enthusiast, check it out as there are a lot of flat rides here, some of which are quite old (especially flying machines) is you're an amusement/theme park enthusiast, it's also perfect for you! The charm and atmosphere just gives me happy vibes, and the dark rides and water rides are really cool and unique. I go here every year and haven't been to many other parks because my family (not including me) isn't really into rollercoasters so call me bias and call me attached, but it's not a park for coaster enthusiasts unless you're all about elusive credits from coasters that made history, in that case, there's a lot in it for you. One of the oldest coasters in the world, The Big Dipper, is there, they also had one of the last operating wooden wild mouse coasters, the tallest and second fastest coaster in the UK, and much more history.
Do a top 10 parks from Europe
How about a top 20?
@@CoasterStudios it's a deal
im gutted you could not ride Valhalla my fav ride of all time !
If you'd have visited before Icon, you would have got on the Wild Mouse , which was one the most insane coasters 👌
It's also a shame that you didn't get to visit the park in its heyday. It's changed a lot recently, nowhere near as charming as it used to be. They really need to start looking after the park history.
The problem with Blackpool is the time between new costers, something witch is changing , it used to be every 10 years or more for new costers , but this park is investing, we have word of another new costers only 2 years after icon , also as a UK based enthusiast, I think icon is in the top 2 costers in the UK
You know, I played RCT and I saw Alton Towers and Blackpool Pleasure Beach on there.
If I went to europe, these two places are still the ones I would want to visit the most. Yes, really, out of everything you've showed us. Well ok there was ONE other but the name skips me at the moment.
I actually expected lots of dissing of both the arrow coasters, not highlighting the park doing a great job on a kid's section,
and giving so much credit to just how cool this place looks overall too. Forr a place that isn't your kinda park (this is understandable, where remove the SLC and to me this is my kinda park), you did it well.
I feel like they could RMC one of the wooden coasters. Let there be "the kid's one", the "out and back" do the other? I mean if "Twisted Cyclone' can exist period then it seems like any wooden coaster tall enough to make it through a couple inversions can be done. And this way it wouldn't be ruining anything since you'd have three variations. Right now from POV's it's kinda like "classic out and back" "family yet for everyone" and "um..bigger family?"
The woodies are grade 2 listed, they can't be rmc'd
I've been here 4 times now 2x in 2015 and 2x in 2018 and I just love the charm of the park.
It's a shame they got rid of the wild mouse, that was by far my favorite coaster there.
I went to pleasure beach when i was 13 and was SO disappointed, the queues were ridiculous because it was the height of summer. I managed to ride the bobsled and the avatar ride and that was about it, really wish I could go back to try everything else out.
Amy Visit midweek or on a Sunday, always much quieter
Hey sidewinder at elitches is open more often so ya it's nice
I bet the worst thing about that park is Steeplechase, or the SLC. I am not sure which would be worse because Steeplechase looks like a ride I wouldn’t enjoy.
Nice job!!!!!!
Taylor will u be doing a big one review
Nice Video. I went here for the first time in the Easter Holidays and it was a great park. Only issue was I was walking back and forth to find somewhere to eat as Burger King had a queue way out the door. I would say if you come here there is a subway and McDonalds just down the road. However you cant take food into the park!
Came here last saturday with mr zakarakatv, and i really like this park. It has such a nice charm, and great rides. (i think nash and big one are great but only because rough rides are my type of thing.) And don't be too sad you missed valhalla. I mean yeah, it's pretty cool, but only if all the effects actually work.
A pity you didn't get to go on Valhala as it's incredible. Always annoying when you go to a park and one of the major attractions is closed.
i'd love to go there, but money says no no. hoping my next new park is six flags atlanta or six flags maryland
When's the Europe park list coming out??
Tomorrow
Valhalla was closed due to a hosepipe ban last year during the heatwave.