I would like to see you try and run a park like Pleasure Beach I can guarantee it would go bankrupt within months. Operating Parks in the UK ie expensive
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach: 2025 Discussion
They are in much better position now then they were in the late 2000's where in 2009 they did nearly go bankrupt
flyingguitar
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It may be expensive, however closing down half your park and not creating something new is exaccally how you loose people, it dosn'e happen instantly, however people will notice all of their favourite rides have gone and have been replaced by fountains, or in grand prix case... grass
to make money you have to invest to attract people, one big investment can bring an insane amount of people and put BPB back on the map (PMBO has done that for like 30 years)
it may be possible to save the park, however they need to actually build stuff and put down the sledge hammer.
Worrying to see the late night riding days aren't as busy this year as previous years have been. First of these in a long time where Big One's queue extension wasn't needed at all.
On another note, a change was made to the operation of the ride turnstiles a few weeks back. Staff can no longer manually release. Fine in theory, but if somebody scans their ticket too quickly before the person in front goes through, it won't release again, so there's no option but to go under or over it. The rate at which this is happening would suggest to me the process needs more thought, or at least program the system to detect whether the turnstile has actually rotated or not..
This was causing a lot of grief for the staff today
On another note, a change was made to the operation of the ride turnstiles a few weeks back. Staff can no longer manually release. Fine in theory, but if somebody scans their ticket too quickly before the person in front goes through, it won't release again, so there's no option but to go under or over it. The rate at which this is happening would suggest to me the process needs more thought, or at least program the system to detect whether the turnstile has actually rotated or not..
This was causing a lot of grief for the staff today
I am shocked, shocked!
My wankle would stop me going over or under...hardly reasonable access for the less mobile, or lard ridden.
I wondered how long it would be before this happened, or a supervisor had to release...
Back around 1970, my first rides on the Nash, I was often told to squeeze through the turnstile with my sister, which I always did on request, without thought.
Turnstile operator pockets two shillings.
Not much difference with a manual release button, and someone on a nickland/entry ticket, and a small cash tip in reward.
The poorly paid staff have to make a living wage somehow.
I must say I haven't had an issue once this year with my paper ticket.
Any evidence for this?
The last I heard, from a very (very) solid source on the park, is that they are a little bit on the skint side, again, to put it mildly.
Hard times for the casual visitor.
Punters not attending like they did...(see last night), and not spending anything like as much when they do.
I was in Blackpool yesterday, didn't even get to the Beach because I knew there would be queues (not that bad in the end), but the top end of town was very busy by 11am...tartan accents everywhere.
This summer and illuminations season are being relied on to pay for a shiny new spinny swing.
The Beach has always made its real money over a dozen or so peak busy days a year.
If those days are not a hit, then the park struggles to make money over the season, as simple as that.
It makes a considerable loss on non peak days.
Citation very much needed here, again.
Any evidence for this?
The last I heard, from a very (very) solid source on the park, is that they are a little bit on the skint side, again, to put it mildly.
Hard times for the casual visitor.
Punters not attending like they did...(see last night), and not spending anything like as much when they do.
I was in Blackpool yesterday, didn't even get to the Beach because I knew there would be queues (not that bad in the end), but the top end of town was very busy by 11am...tartan accents everywhere.
This summer and illuminations season are being relied on to pay for a shiny new spinny swing.
The Beach has always made its real money over a dozen or so peak busy days a year.
If those days are not a hit, then the park struggles to make money over the season, as simple as that.
It makes a considerable loss on non peak days.
Katy
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They seem to have a minimum time between rides programmed, as on a quiet day recently (whenever I last visited, actually can't remember as it's been a while) I've had my e-ticket locked out in the time it took me to get from two rides on walk-on Icon to Steeplechase, where I got to go through the side gate rather than having to climb under or over.By the time I got to the next ride this seemed to have fixed itself, as I was at Steeplechase for about 10-15 minutes.