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Blackpool Pleasure Beach: General Discussion

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Been in Lockdown I watched the Pleasure Beach documentary again. There record in 1 day was half a million with roughly 85000 on park. How much roughly goes the park make now on a peak day and what’s the average gate now during the school holidays?
How much does the Big One cost now if it was £4.20 in 1997 and think I paid £5 in 2000.
 
£10, or combined entry + any ride for £15 (Icon is £15 a throw if you are using tickets alone)

* runs for the hills *
 
Themeparksandy1981 said:
How much does the Big One cost now if it was £4.20 in 1997 and think I paid £5 in 2000.
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Using the Bank of England inflation calculator, £4.20 would be about £7.50 in today’s money.

I believe that the cost of a ride on the Big One is now £8? So the price of a single ride is actually not dis-similar to what it is now.

People moan about BPB’s current pricing structure, but when you consider that in the 90s, wristbands weren’t even an option, what we have now is actually pretty good value.
 
I can remember my parents being disgusted when the first 'AA' and 'AAA' ride charges came in. "Everything's always just been one ticket, what are they playing at? They should give you more 'A' tickets in a book if they're going to put the charges up like that"!
 
Enter Valhalla said:
People moan about BPB’s current pricing structure, but when you consider that in the 90s, wristbands weren’t even an option, what we have now is actually pretty good value.
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Although I remember going in something like 2001 and the ticket sheet seemed a great deal. There might have been wristbands available at the time as well and they were much worse value than sheets of tickets?
 
kurtis.99 said:
Maybe it’s different generations but I wouldn’t really visit pleasure beach if there wasn’t a one price for unlimited access all day


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The ticket sheet still felt like I was paying one price for almost a full day, it just wasn't unlimited. Also there was a discount on the shows with the tickets too, so we rode some rides, watched Mystique and then went for more rides. The ticket letters also encouraged us to try rides we may have otherwise missed.
 
kurtis.99 said:
Maybe it’s different generations but I wouldn’t really visit pleasure beach if there wasn’t a one price for unlimited access all day
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Totally agree. It baffles me that some people still want to go back to the 90s pricing structure and argue that it was better before the wristbands were introduced. I just can’t get my head around this. A day at BPB, unless extremely busy, usually equates to one of the best ride counts you’ll be able to get at any UK theme park.
 
Enter Valhalla said:
Totally agree. It baffles me that some people still want to go back to the 90s pricing structure and argue that it was better before the wristbands were introduced. I just can’t get my head around this. A day at BPB, unless extremely busy, usually equates to one of the best ride counts you’ll be able to get at any UK theme park.
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I can see in terms of atmosphere and people on the park being better but financially that would only be in the summer and lights period of the year Even the documentary yes the park was busy but how many people there paid for more than a ride or two at most


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Simply because it's new(ish). When Wallace & Gromit opened it was (a totally extortionate) £7, that was reduced after a couple of years to a less unreasonable level.

Long term I think a more realistic price for Icon is about level with PMBO. If they'd kept that at £8 when Icon opened with the latter at £10 I don't think that would look too unreasonable now. As it was, it rather seemed like an attempt to cash in by raising prices across the board (see also the huge increase in parking costs that year).
 
Enter Valhalla said:
Totally agree. It baffles me that some people still want to go back to the 90s pricing structure and argue that it was better before the wristbands were introduced. I just can’t get my head around this. A day at BPB, unless extremely busy, usually equates to one of the best ride counts you’ll be able to get at any UK theme park.
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At the risk if digging up that can of worms again.....

I don't think anyone wants to go back to pay per ride or tickets only.

What's needed is the wristband system running alongside some sort of pay per ride system. Maybe a modern alternative to tickets in the form of a pre loaded ride card.

They would need to get the pricing right of course so as not to devalue wristbands, but I believe there are plenty of punters who would come into the pleasure beach for a couple of hours to do a few rides, if the price was right.





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