Blackpool Pleasure Beach Trip Reports

[Coaster]

TRIP REPORT - 6th and 8th April 2013
Firstly, I would just like to mention that after not being able to visit Pleasure Beach for a whole year it was amazing to be back at the park for two days!

I now prefer the woodies to the steelies overall, although PMBO is still the best coaster in my opinion (Just!) Although the ride operation was an absoloute farce on both of the days I was there. (Now known in our family as "The sandbag ride" hehe). I was very dissapointed, I only go once a year so only getting on three times in two days was not good. (Was closed for most of Saturday and then half a train open on Monday. Not acceptable.)

Grand National and The Mouse were both running brilliantly both days (although people who visit reguarly may disagree) and were the coasters I enjoyed the most this time. They are both brilliantly fast and much more fun than any steel coaster.

Wallace and Gromit is a fantastic addition to the park and is great for people of all ages. Whilst it isn't a special effect machine it does have some very good scenes and is well paced throughout - with a few small drops/downhill sections (the same as Goldmine.)

Last but not least, Valhalla. I know it has it's haters, but for me it is absoloutley brilliant. The way it combines so many different things, the amazing soundtrack and everything about it makes it my favourite ride still. (I still think the wetness is too much though - it alienates the customers that go on it whereas otherwise they might reride - although it didn't put me off )
Also, the ride was running absoloutley brilliantly on both days with the only effect down being the fire on the actual water and the occasional bit of fire not going off. (The ring of fire was on for all 12 goes )

RIDECOUNT OVER TWO DAYS:

Valhalla x12 (Great ride and we got our first breakdown! Although it was only before the first chainlift and for a few minutes we still counted it as one!)
Grand National x6
Wild Mouse x5
Revolution x5
Wallace and Gromit - Thrill O Matic x4 (Fantastic new addition to the park)
Big Dipper x4
Steeplechase x4
Big One x3 (Not happy about this - we managed nearly 20 last year with proper operation of the ride.)
Ghost Train x3
Avalanche x2
Nickelodeon Streak x2
Derby Racer x1
Ice Blast x1 (Good ride, running better this year but I wasn't queueing for it when the woodies had shorter queues!)
Infusion x1 (Not because I don't like it, but I can go on rides similar to that at Thorpe park which I live near to. I wanted to go on the woodies which I don't get to go on enough!)
River Caves x1
There were probably a few more rides but I can't remember them off the top of my head.

So my overall opinion of Blackpool Pleasure Beach:
Absoloutley the best park I have ever been to - everything about it is amazing and there is no other park like it. It is without doubt the best park in the UK - it has everything.
(Although it would have been nice for The Big One to have been on two trains, not half a train!)

[Coaster]

Sounds like you had a brilliant trip - I would love to go to Blackpool some day - never been that far oop North before!! Did you get any pictures?

No sorry, we only go up to Blackpool once a year so we want to get on as many rides as possible, no time for pictures!