What's NEXT For Blackpool Pleasure Beach? | My HONEST Opinion!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ม.ค. 2025
- What WILL come NEXT for Blackpool Pleasure Beach (aka. Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool) given the current state of things?
Join us as we sit down and share our full honest thoughts and opinions of Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 2024 given our experiences of the park over the past year!
In our latest video we share our full, uncensored opinions, discuss what we think needs to change and ultimately, where the park will head over the coming years including the things we want to see happen.
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For me one of the biggest issues is the stubborn refusal to bring back a walkabout ticket for £10 or so. My mum used to like coming to BPB with me but she never went on the rides, but was happy to watch me and have some coffee and food as I queued. But we’re not paying £50 for her to walk round so what happens? Neither of us goes now. I’m sure that happens with families walking along the prom. None of them will go in when they see the full price. But all of them MIGHT go in if the non-riders could pay less.
I simply don’t understand how BPB don’t get this.
None riders should have the option to enter at a reduced cost we agree 😞👍🏻 especially since you have to scan at EVERY ride anyway! 😂
The only reason they wouldn't bring in walk around prices is they feel they have enough walk around customers paying full price. Your argument makes sense to me though
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I went to the Pleasure Beach this year for the first time in a few years, taking my son for the first time. We went in late spring and had a great day. When I was first visiting in the late 70s/early 80s it was rough. Gangs of marauding lads causing mayhem and the park was pretty rough and ready. I really like what they've done with the actual park "common areas" which was really nice plus the food and drink offering is good and at an acceptable price point.
I have fond memories when the Pleasure Beach was old school in the 1970s when anyone could just enter the park and remember long gone rides such as Virginia Reel, Cable Cars, Monorail, Wild Mouse and many others and used to love driving from nearby Preston on a rainy day to enjoy all afternoon in my grey stockingfeet at the Fun House. I haven't been back for nearly 20 years.
Wonderful times! 😁❤️🙏🏻
I love the pleasure beach and want it to succeed. I honestly think when they redid valhalla, they overspent getting it back open which has kinda screwed them over, that and the fact that hyperia has taken Blackpool's record away. Really hope they can turn things around.
The bowler building is empty now, so that could a new area for something big too. Hoping river caves is back for next season too.
Something in place of Bowladrome would be great to see tbf 😊👍🏻
It looks like that building is definitely going. Wiring removed, gutted out and surveying in progress. Perhaps the location for the gyro...
There's been pics of very new looking/ fully refurbished River Caves boats in the car park behind several weeks ago. So I'm sure it will be back next season.
Nick Thompson went out of his way to help S&S develop the modern version of steeplechase, or at the very least strongly advise them to produce a modern version.
In my opinion that suggests to me that they don’t want to lose that attraction and let me get Either major upgrades or replaced by the modern version in the future.
I can’t see any other reason why he would encourage them to do that, if there wasn’t something that Pleasure Beach would directly benefit from it.
I know they apparently did have plans for a replacement coaster steeplechase at one point, but I think that was almost certainly before they convinced S&S to build a modern version.
Ahh okay, we didn't know that! 👀😁
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I for one really would hate to see the loss of another rarity in the park, like the former Virginia Reel (last season in 1982 after 60 years of operation) and more recently the wooden Wild Mouse. I personally do not think that any modern coaster offering could replicate Steeplechase’s,now unique ride offer, globally at that too.
I wish they would let people know what's happening 😕
We feel the same way! 😞👍🏻
Yes why haven't they ? People buy season passes and they just don't care .
@davidGPS95 o have never bought a season pass don't see the point for me I only go maybe once twice a year maybe not been to a UK park for 3 years now
@@davidGPS95wasn't going to renew my pass next season, but then they did a flash sale on renewals for £100, so be daft not to really at that price
Agreed, communication is really poor
The branding / communication with their customers is a big let down. Mystery around what’s coming is one thing, but an absolute zero communication is not good at all for branding and position in the market. It’s starting to eat into loyal repeat customers and the lack of customers this year really shows this.
There’s no reason they can’t tease and give clues as to their future without revealing too much and keep their brand engaging.
You can’t bank that your history will keep you afloat. That no longer works when people have the means, money and ability to go to other parks across the world.
All the parks in the uk are so far behind parks abroad it's unreal altontowers has lost its spark so has pleasure beach my favourite uk park at present is thorpe !😊
Thry truly are!!! 😞🙏🏻
Your right the people in charge are not the right people , if the Pleasure Beach doesn't annonce changes , new rides etc and the park in 2025 doesnt change and stays the same as 2024 then the park will fail and thats sad it could it up closing , the park is a shadow of what it used to be , who wants to pay £50 when rides are closed and it closes early 5 pm 😮
Just look at the state of the River Caves and why wont they let people know what the hell is happening? 🙄
They also need to bring back non rider pass to generate more income, but i cant see that happening 😕
I get the feeling that AT doesn't care about the park , maybe it would be better if it was sold .
Whatever happens BPB need to get their act together or its not looking good for them😢
Serious changes need to happen if this park wants to have a secure future and fast!
TPI are you visiting any more attractions/parks this year or waiting till something special pops up?
UK parks close next month, however we're at Efteling for Danse Macabre on the 2nd & Phantasialand for the first time later in the month 😁👍🏻
@@TPIOfficial Oh Alright i didnt know the parks are closed lol
@@pure462 sadly so. They close down for winter maintenance and reopen in March the following year. 🙂
They need to go back to the amusement park with pay-per-ride. If it works for Knoebels Amusement Resort, it will work for BBB
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I’d like to see one of the more uncomfortable coasters replaced with a modern one e.g. Steeplechase replaced with a Mahuka type coaster. There are too many people who are in the “Icon and Valhalla are great, the rest of the park can burn” brigade. I don’t agree with that, but at the same time I guess they could have a better balance between retro and new. I agree that customer service is poor. E.g. Someone kicked a ball onto the Grand National a few weeks ago and it was absolutely ages before the ride got going again. No explanation, no apology or anything. We only knew because of Chinese whispers in the queue.
Yeah new rides & huge improvements on customer service are both desperately needed!
No, I really disagree with any potential loss of such a, now entirely unique ride as the Steeplechase. I made a comment elsewhere here so won’t repeat again, just my opinion.
@martinporter4980 I get you. I think Steeplechase really suits a traditional seaside park like BPB and it really adds to the character of the park. But part of me thinks that something could do to give somewhere, to draw more people into the park whilst keeping the traditionalists happy. Maybe Infusion would be a better example. Or possibly keeping existing rides but adding a new one in north park, something like what Grona Lund did with Monster.
Believe it or not, they do actually have space to install new attractions without having to take anything out if they choose to do so.
The problem is (you know who) doesn’t seem interested in doing it that way😕
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I'm curious what the 5 attractions are that draw you? ;)
ICON, Big One, Wallace, Ghost Train & Valhalla
@@TPIOfficial Valhalla. Are you mad? 😂 that’s a once a year ride
😂😂 will ride it on Thursday 😉😂👌🏻
BPB need 3 Major Coasters to turn things around and bring the crowds back. Nothing more, nothing less. Flat rides or dark rides no matter how good they are just won't cut it. Desperate times call for desperate measures. The lack of investment over the years has left the park in an extremely difficult situation. Unfortunately with Amanda in charge, there is more chance of finding the Loch Ness monster......in the Irish Sea than getting the investment required lol. Amanda's marketing plans remind me of person trying to sell holidays to Haiti😂😂
They sure do. Serious investment is needed to bring this park back up to scratch.
They haven't got the space to build 3 big coasters. They will never replace their 3 old wooden coasters, like the Grand National.
@@70AD-user45 That's why I said there is no chance of it happening. Amanda is incapable of making the correct major decisions to turn the park round. Of course some rides need replacing but she's been in charge 20 years now, there's 20 years of evidence to prove that she won't do that. 20 years of fans of the park literally telling her what to do and her doing the complete opposite. Amanda should have stuck to running her pointless Ice Show, and not interfered with the park.
Hope they get their s**t together and reopen river caves.
We're expecting it to reopen next season 👍🏻
2025 ice blast & river caves open, 2026 new gyro and kids ride? 2028 new major coaster i think
That would make sense 😁👍🏻
If things keep going as they are? Probably bankruptcy.
I also did a third longer comment, did you delete it?
No, we haven't deleted any comments 👍🏻🤔
@@TPIOfficial strange🤔, maybe TH-cam deleted it themselves for some reason?
We've definitely not deleted anything & nothing has been held for review either? 👀
It's going bust.
😞 not feeling great atm tbf 👍🏻
Only went once, in about 1990. Wasn't that impressed then, only the Wild Mouse and the Ghost Train stood out.
Problem really is Blackpool is a depressed area that doesn't really attract people the way it used to. So there's no way i would consider going to the area for a holiday anyway.
If it was down south it would be bulldozed for housing, but it can only really be saved with a massive load of cash. Maybe they could do an Energylandia and get EU funding...oh...yeah...Brexit.
It's doomed.
That's very true. The rest of the town is extremely run down and in recent months the park has also started to feel like it matches that too 😞👍🏻
Well said Joe 👍 I think if bpb aren’t gonna do anything about day ticket pricing I think you should get a one time 20% off food or merch as an incitement to venture into the park like the perks of a merlin pass and there plenty of other places to spend your cash in Blackpool 🎢
Indeed, some form of compensation 👍🏻