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Blackpool Pleasure Beach: 2026 Discussion

Mostly been good reviews so far too. People have just come to accept shoddy treatment now by PB so they no longer view these as problems.

Hilarious though that some of the same vloggers praising PB would be seething if Towers was running Nemmy and Wickerman on one train.

There's far too much bias in this community sadly.
 
Benjsh said:
Mostly been good reviews so far too. People have just come to accept shoddy treatment now by PB so they no longer view these as problems.

Hilarious though that some of the same vloggers praising PB would be seething if Towers was running Nemmy and Wickerman on one train.

There's far too much bias in this community sadly.
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The three big complaints I had yesterday were 1 train ops were not acceptable need at least 2 preferably 3 for those that can run 3. If Wicksteed Park can run 3 on Dinosaur Valley why can't Pleasure Beach.

Too many SBNO rides now makes park feel abandoned River Caves, Haunted Swing, Nash, Valhalla and Red Arrows Skyforce all should be open
 
Benjsh said:
Mostly been good reviews so far too. People have just come to accept shoddy treatment now by PB so they no longer view these as problems.

Hilarious though that some of the same vloggers praising PB would be seething if Towers was running Nemmy and Wickerman on one train.

There's far too much bias in this community sadly.
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Yeah I’ve seen three or four vloggers and they seem to follow a similar theme - it’s busy, long queues everywhere, barely got on anything, but what a great day we had! Which I find kind of baffling.
 
One curious thought I had. I'm not sure of any former ride ops can answer this. With apparent staff shortages a d parks struggling with the min wage rises. Does anyone know what pleasure beach paid ride ops staff in their "glory days" in the 90s BEFORE there was a minimum wage? I know we'd have to factor in inflation to get translate it to today but as I'm pretty certain Ride Ops are on minimum wage today I'm curious what their pre minimum wage in 90s would translaten to today?
 
I'd assume hosts are min wage with ops on some sort of uplift, though not much.

Mick said:
Yeah I’ve seen three or four vloggers and they seem to follow a similar theme - it’s busy, long queues everywhere, barely got on anything, but what a great day we had! Which I find kind of baffling.
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You can have a great day despite the park, not because of it. Me, @Leigh @Alix @Chimpy @Zeock and Matty had a great day at Thorpe a couple of years back despite it being a trainwreck in terms of availability. 12 rides all day, only 3 of the coasters etc and it was great because we had a laugh.
 
I couldnt queue for a 30 year old + UK ride for 2 hours no matter who I had as company tbh.

For a brand new state of the art ride that everyone wanted to experience.....I would. For a ride I have ridden hundreds of times before....not a prayer im waiting that long.
 
Hid said:
Too many SBNO rides now makes park feel abandoned River Caves, Haunted Swing, Nash, Valhalla and Red Arrows Skyforce all should be open
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And what about my invisible flipping dodgems?

Chatting to an anonymous senior member of the ride staff, getting a second train back on the Dipper is seen as a major target for this peak season.
They even managed to keep their face straight.

Lovely couple of hours in the drizzle, nice company in Crevettes, from both staff and thoosies.

So cold, the bar staff wanted to dangle coathangers off my nipples.
 
Finally stayed in the Hampton by Hilton this weekend and thought it was pretty good value with the breakfast, and just a five minute walk to Pleasure Beach Train Station after I checked out as well.
 
I have just had an ad for BPB on YouTube (atleast I assume it was)

It was a standard 5-10secs before skip type of ad, but I don't know what they were thinking it the ad, all it was was a pop of icon with some text in the corner saying something like:
Addrenelun weekends:
ride more, queue less 7th March - 20th March £30 tickets.

I have no idea what they were thinking as there was no mention of BPB, let alone avikatas. Most of us here we can determine that it is BPB due to icon but can your average guest who may never have been to BPB? I could easily see people confusing it for AT, tp, etc. I watched the whole thing and not one mention of BPB, just a pov of icon and some text saying I can get tickets to somewhere for £30.
It is madness to me that they are spending however much on ads and not even advertising the park.

Edit, here is the link to the ads:
 
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rob666 said:
You do know that your youtube feed knows you are a rampant thoosie don't you?
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Yes, however unless if they have an extremely small target for these ads then these are probably going to many "gp"

rob666 said:
Adverts are tied to what you select to watch, so you got the thoosie version, not a "GP" advert.
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if you use the tool on Googles ads there is no alternative version for the general public, they just expect everyone to know it is BPB or that everyone will click through on the ad
 
rob666 said:
"Ride more, queue less..."

Anyone want to bring in the ASA, again?

Fewer rides, same queues.
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Or from Saturday's reports.... Fewer Rides, More Queues!!!

A bit of a cheek to be calling them "Adrenaline Weekends" when two of their biggest thrill rides (Nash and Valhalla) don't open till May / June, and their shiny new thrill ride isn't open either.
 
flyingguitar said:
I have no idea what they were thinking as there was no mention of BPB, let alone avikatas.
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Aviktas isn't open. It doesn't even have a confirmed opening date yet, beyond a vague "Spring 2026". The "Adrenaline Weekends" campaign is designed to drive immediate footfall and ticket sales for the barren, windswept weekends of March.

Advertising a headline attraction that guests can't actually ride yet, in order to sell tickets for this weekend, would result in an influx of furious customers demanding refunds when they arrive and find a construction site. It would be commercial suicide. You advertise what you can sell now... Although it would be very Blackpool.
flyingguitar said:
Yes, however unless if they have an extremely small target for these ads then these are probably going to many "gp"


if you use the tool on Googles ads there is no alternative version for the general public, they just expect everyone to know it is BPB or that everyone will click through on the ad
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I fear you possess a fundamental misunderstanding of how digital marketing and programmatic advertising actually work.

No, there isn't a toggle switch labelled "Thoosie" or "General Public". What there is, however, is highly sophisticated audience segmentation based on algorithmic tracking.

Google knows you watch rollercoaster POVs. It knows you engage with theme park content. It therefore serves you a 5 second, highly visual clip of a The Big One's lift hill because its data suggests that is the most effective hook to grab your specific attention before you hit the "Skip" button. The fact that you did know what it was, that you looked up and advert and are now discussing it here is proof of its success.

The goal of a 5 second pre roll ad isn't to provide a comprehensive geographical breakdown of the Fylde coast or spell out the name of the park in giant letters. The goal is to generate a click. If the visceral visual of The Big One, or Icon, intrigues the viewer enough to click the link, they are immediately taken to the Pleasure Beach booking page, where the location becomes rather obvious. It's a digital breadcrumb trail.
 
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