Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Opening weekend events at the Pleasure Beach would soon become a thing of the past and this was a contributor to that; bad weather, unpredictable ride availability and short notice changes to the itinerary made for a headache for both the Pleasure Beach staff and Pleasure Beach Experience event team who were collectively trying to keep the event ticking over. Add that to a wider interest in opening weekend from UK coaster enthusiasts, it was becoming a difficult weekend to manage expectations for the Pleasure Beach. 

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The excitement of ICON was the focus of the day, it wasn't even completed but it was taking the interest of everyone including the BBC who licensed footage from our vlog to share on the TV, amazing! 

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This event was due to start with an Exclusive Ride Time (ERT) session on Avalanche, but that was shifted to Revolution due to the weather. The ERT session was followed by first public rides on the Big One, an event tradition of ours. 

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A sneak peak at the new Blackpool Pleasure Beach merchandise and an ICON presentation followed the early morning rides. 

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On the following day, we had an ERT session on the Grand National to make sure anyone feeling hungover was wide awake for the rest of the weekend. 

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Sadly, we don't have many photos to share from this weekend but the weather and ever changing itinerary didn't help us with content creation.