Pleasure Beach Blackpool is a family owned amusement park and resort
situated along the Fylde coast in Blackpool, England.The park is owned by the
Thompson family.Pleasure Beach is situated along the South Shore area of
Blackpool along the Fylde coast, adjacent to the promenade, opposite South
along Ocean Boulevard and directly above Watson road. The main entrance is to
the front of the initial park and approximately 38 metres from
the Pleasure Beach Casino. The ticket sales is opposite the entrance (below the
Noah's Ark attraction) and is adjacent to the Globe Theatre. The main car park
is to the left side of the White Tower restaurant, behind Valhalla and to the
right of the Grand National station. The additional coach park is to the back
of the park adjacent to the trim brake section of the Pepsi Max Big One and in
front of Nickelodeon Streak. Some catering and retail kiosks are situated near
to the entrance of the park. The entrance plaza is directly behind the Casino
building and is themed to correspond with the Noah's Ark ride which site on top
of the structure. The park is lined with tall metal gates that connect to the
entrance building and the main gift shop, underneath the Noah's Ark ride. The
staff entrance is towards the back of the park, behind the Grand National. Blackpool
Pleasure Beach railway station is nearby.
The park is currently home to nearly 40 rides and attractions,
including twelve roller coasters, of which five are wooden - the Grand
National, Big Dipper, Nickelodeon Streak, Wild Mouse and Blue Flyer. The newest
roller coaster, 'Infusion' opened in 2007. When it opened in 1994, Pepsi Max Big One was the
tallest, fastest and steepest roller coaster of any park in the world. It was
also substantially one of the longest, measuring 5,497 feet
long. Currently, the ride holds the crown as the tallest in the UK, measuring
213 ft, (235 ft above sea level.) and features a drop of
205 ft. The Pleasure Beach is one of the few parks left in the
world to operate a traditional wooden Wild Mouse coaster. The ride was built
entirely in house, post-World War II and is still in complete working order. It
was also the first park in Europe to introduce a full inverting steel coaster
(Irn-Bru Revolution) and the first to install a Space Shot ride which was manufactured by S&S Sports Of Utah. The park went on to
launch Valhalla, which was designed by Sarner, a UK based theme park design
company. Valhalla is sponsored by the Daily Star and remains prominently the
'biggest and most spectacular dark ride in the world.' At a cost of £15 million
it is also the most expensive in-house attraction in the world. Later, the
Pleasure Beach opened Bling, a Zierer Star Shape spin ride of which only two
are operated in the world. The latest record is taken by Infusion which is the
world's first suspended looping coaster entirely over water. The park has a
wide variety of modern and classic-age rides and operates a separate
family-themed section called Nickelodeon Land, towards the back of the park.
This section of the park includes numerous small attractions suitably aimed at
younger children and tweens, including a Log Flume-type attraction,two 1,099
feet long junior wooden coasters and various small carousel-type
attractions. The park also has its own costumed mascots which follows on from Disney's
theory of character costuming regarding entertainment for younger guests.
The park has numerous food stalls, restaurants and cafés including
the 'Italian Job' Italian themed restaurant, and the UK's largest Burger King
chain restaurant, with two levels. It also owns the 'White Tower Restaurant' a
tall white building near the front of the park, which became private at the end
of 2008. Pleasure Beach also owns and operates The Grill, a Brasserie style restaurant
in the Casino building. The official website: http://www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com/
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