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Blackpool Pleasure Beach: 2025 Discussion

Quick update on the season pass saga, no longer allowed to use a screenshot on your phone, has to be displayed in the app

They are absolutely determined to make the experience worse
 
b2311e said:
Quick update on the season pass saga, no longer allowed to use a screenshot on your phone, has to be displayed in the app

They are absolutely determined to make the experience worse
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If it’s just a QR code they need, how would they tell?

And why does it matter exactly provided they can verify it’s you using it?
 
Matt N said:
If it’s just a QR code they need, how would they tell?

And why does it matter exactly provided they can verify it’s you using it?
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I'm not sure, but I had to stand there and wait whilst the app opened with the terrible signal in there. I'm too lazy to open it to confirm, but I'm sure their own website recommends using a screenshot for your eticket...

I do think it's funny as the turnstiles only allow you to scan once a day at the entrance, so by checking manually and not scanning anything, they've took away a security feature if anything.

It's also not clear if that security lane is exclusive for pass holders, as I saw many people queue for a while, reach the front only to see the sign saying season pass entrance and turned themselves away.
 
b2311e said:
Quick update on the season pass saga, no longer allowed to use a screenshot on your phone, has to be displayed in the app

They are absolutely determined to make the experience worse
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Presumably once inside you can still get issued a paper E-ticket anyway. I still think this is the easiest way to do it. No bother then about opening the app, phone signal etc, at the scanner.

And if someone is taking ages at the scanner, surely the staff will just let them in anyway to keep things moving.
 
IDB said:
Last time I visited a couple of weeks ago they were waving people though the Big One turnstile most of the day.
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It had been broken for weeks and was just freely spinning, but I notice they all seem to be working properly this week.

Launch pad appears to have a new fence, in the area there used to be batching. Not clear what for, as they weren't using it yesterday, but looks like it could be speedy? It's only one of the movable fences but it has been painted black.

Extremely busy today for a Sunday, I'd say there are more here today than yesterday. Suspect that's because of the discounted tickets for Sundays, so there's very strong evidence price is the key factor keeping people out
 
I heard from a very solid source that some "work based" discount sites have been offering the four for £99 friday/sunday group ticket at half price, twelve pounds fifty each!
 
b2311e said:
I'm not sure, but I had to stand there and wait whilst the app opened with the terrible signal in there. I'm too lazy to open it to confirm, but I'm sure their own website recommends using a screenshot for your eticket...
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Form memory (not been since start of year). Turnstile at entrance don't have the ability to show the photo associated with the entry so they need to see it from the ticket. A screenshot can be "modified" to be someone else, but the entry in the app is rendered using the photo on your account so won't be "modified". Hence the app.

I'm assuming the physically pass (it has your photo on it) and a paper entry will work collected fro ticket office when I arrive, don't own a 'modern' smartphone & don't bother prebooking anymore. Don't see the point..

b2311e said:
I do think it's funny as the turnstiles only allow you to scan once a day at the entrance, so by checking manually and not scanning anything, they've took away a security feature if anything.
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Guess annual pass holders entries won't work on the entrance turnstiles otherwise, why both going through the hassle on pass holders entrance.
 
rob666 said:
I heard from a very solid source that some "work based" discount sites have been offering the four for £99 friday/sunday group ticket at half price, twelve pounds fifty each!
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I am sure that is 100% intentional and could not possibly have been an oversight 🤭

Jim said:
Form memory (not been since start of year). Turnstile at entrance don't have the ability to show the photo associated with the entry so they need to see it from the ticket. A screenshot can be "modified" to be someone else, but the entry in the app is rendered using the photo on your account so won't be "modified". Hence the app.

I'm assuming the physically pass (it has your photo on it) and a paper entry will work collected fro ticket office when I arrive, don't own a 'modern' smartphone & don't bother prebooking anymore. Don't see the point..



Guess annual pass holders entries won't work on the entrance turnstiles otherwise, why both going through the hassle on pass holders entrance.
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Yeah I imagine the physical pass would suffice, it'd be very hard to argue against. It's no doubt set as you say to reject if scanned. The obvious solution here is either a turnstile that can display a photo, or even a handheld device. They did used to scan tickets when leaving the park using an Android device

Few other quick updates:
In Skyforce news, it has taken flight (ish) this week, the planes are stationary in the air.

Over at Aviktas, some more groundwork has taken place, there's a couple of rectangles of perfectly level ground now.

Oh, and Burger King appear to have stopped leaving the drinks on the counter
 
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