There’s been some bad opening days at Blackpool Pleasure Beach over the years but today takes the crown as the worst. In all honesty, it goes down as the worst day any of us have had at the amusement park over the past 30+ years.
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
How exciting is THIS?! Alton Towers have just sent out drone footage of Nemesis Reborn testing and it's got us even more hyped up for the weekend 🤩
Credit: Lenslifters /
@altontowers
🚨 Important Announcement 🚨
Yesterday it was brought to our attention that an individual who has previously attended our events has been acting inappropriately towards others in the roller coaster community. We asked for more info and received it from several sources (1/3)
Should Blackpool Pleasure Beach return to being a free entry amusement park?
It was a shame to see BPB so quiet on Saturday with the rest of Blackpool seemingly busy. It shocked me when I came out of the park how packed the sea front was, and the trams were rammed busy too! 🤔
Apologies for my Valhalla radio silence. Describing it isn’t easy, it took several attempts to film what I felt is a sensible review. If you can only visit once in 2023 then I’d wait until the grand opening rather than rushing to do it. It feels a long way off being finished
#V
The Big One retrack has begun with the new track sections arriving today and some of those being lifted into place, thank you to David Andrew for being our photographer today.
More photos and video to come later on today.
And we’ve done it! Amazing to get on Nemesis Reborn here at Alton Towers!
Did we queue a long time? Yes
Did we have any regrets? No
Can’t wait to get back on it again tonight 🙃
It has to be said that from start to finish, Alton Towers have run the perfect marketing campaign for the Nemesis project.
It has kept us all talking, all guessing and all excited, and on Saturday 16th March it will be a huge celebration of the project.
@altontowers
Sad to say there’ll be no vlog from today’s Parque Warner visit. We started one but we agreed that it just wasn’t the day for it. I’ve been visiting this park since 2012, I love it here, how I feel now makes me think it may be the last time I visit. Gutted.
It may not be the tallest or fastest roller coaster in the UK anymore, but it will always be an iconic attraction 🎢
The Big One opened on this day 30 years ago, 28th May 1994!
@Pleasure_Beach
Guests are greeted by one permanently closed attraction, one SBNO attraction and one attraction not ready for opening weekend this morning at the Pleasure Beach ❌
Today IS the day, there’s no place we’d rather be than experiencing the atmosphere at Alton Towers as Nemesis Reborn officially opens to the public 👁️ 🔥
on thursday
@JB_Northern
replied to a story of mine and started conversation with me constantly using kisses. i didn’t think much of it apart from being weird. he then asked for my snap and then things then progressed into a much more uncomfortable situation, even when I told him
Confirmation that the water vortex is still inside Valhalla, and that we still occasionally wear Pleasure Beach Experience branding 😅
Today was a truly excellent day at Blackpool Pleasure Beach!
@Pleasure_Beach
@MandsThompson
#V
#Valhalla
Thorpe Park have today shared these photos of their new Colossus track, and confirmed (as many speculated) that the track has been manufactured by Taziker.
@Taziker_
have done great things with the Big One so we’re looking forward to seeing the improvements on Colossus.
Absolutely fantastic day here at Alton Towers, it’s been amazing to soak up the atmosphere in Forbidden Valley today. We can’t wait for our next visit here 👌🏼
Nemesis Reborn, the views from the queue line are fantastic 😎
Alton Towers have done a fantastic job with the theming, and giving guests a lot to see from the queue 👀
PlayStation The Ride (Ice Blast) is awaiting a part or parts to reopen, so here’s the current status of it.
It’s worth noting that signage with height restrictions etc have been removed ⬇️
All in all, a much better day here at Blackpool Pleasure Beach today.
If today had been how opening day went, social media would have been very different last night.
Last night we reached a very pleasing milestone on YouTube, 20k subscribers! A massive thank you to everyone who has supported us!! In late 2018, I promised we’d do a live video if we ever reached this milestone so it’s something I’ll start planning to do in the near future ☺️
Earlier today we watched Nemesis Reborn testing with NO water dummies in the trains, and it was absolutely flying round the track 🤩
Alton Towers Pirate Takeover vlog featuring Nemesis Reborn footage coming soon!
@altontowers
Ten years of events at
@Pleasure_Beach
😊
July 2012; 34 attendees
May 2022; 110 attendees (119 booked!)
Thank you to everyone who has been part of this incredible journey! More events to come, I can’t wait to start the planning for more days like these!
Smokin! Valhalla not yet open but comp winners and BPB marketing are waiting to board in the station, the mist effects are now on and the soundtrack can be heard too. Just a little bit more patience needed 🔥
@Pleasure_Beach
#V
#valhalla
Yesterday’s ride on Valhalla was a long way from what we experienced on media day. Four, yes four stoppages, minimal fire effects and lots of effects not working/partially working. Very quiet audio. A poor experience which shows the inconsistency of it hasn’t been resolved.
Happy
#NationalRollerCoasterDay
everyone! - Thanks to this crazy interest of mine I’ve made friends for life, met my best friend and wife Becca, made great memories and found something that helps lift my mood when I feel down. I’ve been an enthusiast for 16 years - Scott 😀
Valhalla was considerably better today than on Wednesday. Lots of effects working that didn’t work on Wednesday, audio seemed louder and it was a decent ride on it. Much better but still more to do IMO.
#V
#valhalla
Amazing night at
@Pleasure_Beach
walking around the Big Dipper, if you can make the time to do this, do it! The views are incredible and the experience is incredible too! Thank you
@AndyHygate
and team
#gifted
Guess who’s back? I’ve been given exclusive access to the very first testing of the new Nemesis rollercoaster
@altontowers
See more of what the ride now looks like on
@bbcmtd
this evening.
Feels weird writing this but Valhalla opens at Blackpool Pleasure Beach NEXT WEEK! 🔥 Who’s excited to get back on Valhalla during the technical rehearsals?
@Pleasure_Beach
#V
#blackpoolpleasurebeach
Nemesis Reborn opens next week, and today Alton Towers have sent out the attached images to their media contacts 🤩
We are grateful to all the people who've worked on this project, including the excellent marketing team at
@altontowers
Did you know in September
@Pleasure_Beach
are trialling new opening times on a Friday, opening from 4pm to 9:30pm giving thrill seekers a great opportunity to enjoy some of the UK's best coasters after dark! These later opening days begin on Friday 3rd September!
Hyperia is going straight into the top 10 for a lot of people tomorrow!
It’s an absolutely excellent coaster here at
@THORPEPARK
, manufactured by
@mackridescom
🤩
Reflecting on yesterday,
@Pleasure_Beach
were excellent in every department. Professionalism was shown throughout with excellent and safe procedures in place, it was so good to be back!
Hopefully twitter won't butcher the quality of this too much, but a little snippet of ICON testing earlier on whilst I was outside
@Pleasure_Beach
. Skyforce and the PB Express were running too, sadly we missed the Big One today but there'll be another time 😀
Excellent day at Alton Towers! Decent capacity on most of the rides, low queues, roaming actors everywhere and friendly efficient staff. Brilliant day!
Incredible day, thank you to everyone who attended today and thank you so much Alton Towers for making it an epic day! 🤩
Loads more photos and videos to come in the coming days 😊
📸
@ThrillPix
The behaviour of the individual has no place in our community. We as a team are responsible for creating a safe environment for everyone who attends our events, and those who may want to attend in the future.
Our DMs are always open.
Many thanks,
Scott & Team
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So we had another ride on Toutatis, much better than earlier now its got some warmth in the wheels! A must do coaster here at Parc Asterix!
@ParcAsterix
Last night I experienced the reimagined Megafobia at Oakwood theme park! This iconic UK wooden coaster has had a Gravity Group refurb; as well as a retracking some of the layout has been altered to improve the overall experience.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 2009, 2011 and 2013.
- £5 entry fee with pay-per-ride and wristbands in place.
Be great to see the entry pass reinstated for the season at
@Pleasure_Beach
, it might be the difference between families going in, or families going somewhere else🤞
With the reopening of Valhalla nearly here, and behind the scenes tours at Blackpool Pleasure Beach a popular subject; here’s a photo from a Valhalla walkway during the ride’s morning setup. This was definitely one of the best tours we did during our Club Pleasure Beach days 🔥