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Blackpool Pleasure Beach: 2025 Discussion

Very short and ever shortening. Even when wristbands came in there would regularly be 7 and 8pm closes, nowadays you’re lucky to get 6pm if it’s not a specific LNR day.

As for days gone by, the park’s licence covers lots and lots of park outlets (some which don’t even exist annymore) until 2am. The park then ran a little like Wiener Prater does today (although with less concessionaires) - there was no specific closing time, it would be determined based on crowds. As Rob says, 1am was not unheard of on busy days, but some smaller rides could close before that. You might for example have seen some rides in Beaver Creek and the Log Flume, Go Karts or Alpine Golf closing earlier.
 
Hard to imagine it operating like that now, I guess crowds and times have changed yet can't ever see it being like that again
 
Then it was tickets or cold cash.
The park wasn't gated at all, there used to be four (or five?) entrances.
Once a ride got quiet, it shut, simple as that.
Then there were the trollies of cash being dragged around with three or four security guys late on as well.
Completely different park.
 
Needs to be a count-up, but as well as the main North and South entrances (both of which were more open than they are now - either around Noah’s Ark or via the Star beer garden/via the train-themed shop by the train stop), there was also Watson Road and Bowl-a-Drome. I also have it in my head that there was another entrance from Ocean Boulevard, but I might be imagining that. Are we counting the monorail stop there too? I remember in the not-so-olden days you could buy your wristbands in those shops along Ocean Boulevard at least.

Am I missing any?
 
When it first opened, there was indeed the prom entrance on Ocean Boulevard, at the side of the go carts, that led into the back of the Bean Street food court...now FY4, by the fountains...from the prom side, after the arcade at the entrance, just before Pizza Hut, it is still there on the prom.
You could also walk in where the loos/car park entrance was next to the new flat, on Watson Rd.
Technically, could you call the top way in direct from the north car park...by Hard Luck Bears and my beloved Reel, separate from the Ark way in.
 
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2026 opening hours have been released, overall much better including 9pm closes in October!

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Opening Times & Prices - Pleasure Beach Resort

Opening Times & Prices Our gates are open from March right through to the end of November, but sometimes open and close at different times depending on the time of year. Use the calendar below to see our opening times and prices – you can grab our biggest savings by booking early. Individual...
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2026 opening hours have been released, overall much better including 9pm closes in October!

www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com

Opening Times & Prices - Pleasure Beach Resort

Opening Times & Prices Our gates are open from March right through to the end of November, but sometimes open and close at different times depending on the time of year. Use the calendar below to see our opening times and prices – you can grab our biggest savings by booking early. Individual...
www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com
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Interesting to see midweek 8pm closes

Those 9pm October dates look like they could be instead of Journey to Hell - wonder if they've reworked the event? Just making the mazes paid perhaps?
 
The 8pm Wednesday closes in August are 11am opening. I don't mind that to be fair. I've always thought they should open at 11am and close later.

Guessing its another one of their experiments.

They are also closed 3 days a week for most of September and early October

I hope they stick to those 9pm closes in October half term week. It certainly looks like they are doing something different next year instead of closing the park for journey to hell.

Overall the opening times for next year do seem like a positive step.
 
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From Your Experience Guide's latest construction vlog, the Avictas Logo looks ace!

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I hate to be negative because overall those opening hours do look good, but I’m really not sure about opening at 11am in August. I appreciate the park closing later of course, but I think that the UK public have kind of come to expect POP parks to open at 10:00.

They can get away with opening a bit later (ie 11am) on off peak days when there aren’t many people around, but in the height of August, I can just see the queues at Admissions in the 10-11 hour being massive.
 
I wonder how they will play it with staggered openings - normally an 11am opening generally means the majority of rides are open with the park. In this case, I suspect they'd want to stagger. That might be more of a problem in summer in terms of demand if everyone does turn up early
 
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