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To be honest yes I am a bit paranoid, Southport was in a decline and wasnt really a holiday destination anymore. I will be honest, I run holiday apartments and while I dont think it will affect my business directly, I do think it will have an effect on the small businesses surrounding the park. Mainly due to a reduced number of people who will be passing through the area, and thus not spending any money in the local chip shops, rock shops, piers etc. The park does seem very good at managing the undesirables and they do a good job at keeping the place tidy. I may be in a small minority but I do pop into the pleasure beach once or twice a week just for a chocolate eclair, waffle and ice cream, ice cream with molten chocolate or just go one one or 2 rides. Last year I did have a season pass and made good use of it. But adding £10 (2 of us) to the price of a snack or one or 2 rides is a no go. Saddly I wont be making many visits to BPB in 2009 Well I will get the odd wrist band

You make a good point about cleaning up after people and it does cost. But generally most litter is from stuff purchased in the park. My main problem is that BPB carried out a similar admission charge in Southport and then closed it as they didnt get enough visitors! So are the Pleasure beach going to use this as an excuse to close the park in 2010 and sell the land to build flats on!!!!!!

CHANGES TO PLEASURE BEACH PRICING STRUCTURE 2009 From the beginning of the 2009 season, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool will be operating a new entry system. Guests will be required to purchase either an Unlimited Ride Wristband or a £5 Freedom Pass to enter the park. As well as entry to the park, the Freedom Pass includes admission to 5 of Pleasure Beach’s favourite family attractions. Try not to get lost as you are challenged by the twists and turns of the Chinese Puzzle Maze. Take a leisurely ride around the park on either the Pleasure Beach Express or the Monorail. All aboard Noah’s Ark for a fantastically fun journey into the unknown on one of Pleasure Beach’s most loved rides. If you love first class entertainment then you can enjoy the new stage show at Pleasure Beach’s newest venue Planet Rock. This represents fantastic value for money as if you were to purchase tickets for each of these attractions individually, the cost would be £10. This is surely madness!! They tried introducing an entry fee to Southport and then they said it was no longer viable so they closed it and destroyed some of the historic rides. OK BPB is trying something slightly different in that you can go on 5 rides/attractions but I cant see the reasoning behind this. It means that a family of 4 must spend £20 minimum and then buy tickets to go on the rides they or the kids want. You will no longer be able to just go in to go on a your favorite ride or even just for an ice cream with melted chocolate.......mmmmm.. So what do you think? Good idea or bad! ADMIN EDIT: Do you really need so many exclamation points?

Interesting. I must admit that I didnt go on Tramatizer at Southport but when it was being constructed by 'Ride Construction' one of the workers told me that it took them 2 weeks to take down and two weeks to put back up. I then asked if he had worked in Southport dismantling it and he had. He said that it was exactly the same track that came from Southport with support modifications only. Plus the paint job. It would appear that the Log fume site is actually a fair bit longer than Infusion actually needed so if it is shorter it must be width wise that they made changes as they have the space to make it a longer footprint. The extra log fume space is at the South end of Infusion and seems as if this dead space as it would be difficult to actually get to from the park. The train, Big Dipper, and Pepsi Max are in the way. But who knows they may have a plan? Maybe its space for the over the sea rocket coaster for 2010

Well Infusion is OPEN Nice short que, well it would have only been about 10mins if they hadn't had to reset it. Well I must say I was a little apprehensive due to people saying that SLC's are very bone shaking and a bit band and crash but it was smooth. I wouldnt say as smooth as silk but it was much smoother than I expected. No real jarring or banging about. This may be due to new cars? But I was very impressed at the ride. Its great, the transition between lovely blue sky and then the water below is great. The water jets didnt seem to get anyone wet but look good. In fact against the blue sky and sunshine they look great. We sat at on the last seats in the car and I was expecting more of a pull down the first drop. They seem not to be running seats on the very last set of wheels for some reason? The photos dont seem very good, they all seem a bit dark, but maybe they will tweek things and sort it out. Overall I think its a great addition to the park. It does look so much more modern and dynamic than the log fume. At least they still have a small log fume in the Beaver creak bit. Its a Great ride even though its a few years old the setting is brillient, there are even fish in the lake. You all need to ride/ see Infusion!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To be honest yes they are bending the rules about highest, fastest etc but I would be very very sad if the Pleasure Beach closed down. So a bit of hype and exaggeration is not really doing any harm. I just hope we have a good Summer and the park is packed. That way they make more money and have confidence to invest more money and maybe one day they can build the massive out to sea coaster. Now that would be something to brag about I wish all theme parks round the world a great 2007 so they can keep investing.

It has been on the local radio today that the press had a go, its also supposed to be on TV tonight as well. The official line is that it will be open at the weekend (5th) but I have heard that it may be open tomorrow (Wednesday). The water jets etc are still running and there are still a few photographers etc there. How did you manage to get in the park today with the press????? Looking forward to seeing some photos with people actually riding it. One bit on the radio today was a girl who had been on it and was saying that she got soaked!!! Smile So it looks like either the water jet timing is out or it is a 'water ride' Smile Not quite a log fume but if you do get a bit wet it will be a better ride I think. I am looking forward to going on it asap.

Its a Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster that was in Southport-UK and has been moved, painted, new cars and a new theme to Pleasure Beach Blackpool. It is due to open very soon, it is entirely over water and has water jets shooting up after the first drop and other jets fire up and in on a horizontal turn (sorry not really a loop). I dont think you will get wet but if its a bit windy you might. This site looks a bit naff at the moment but it seems to be a Pleasure Beach site. www.rideinfusion.com I live round the corner so I will keep trying to get on it and give an update as soon as I know its open. Blackpool Self Catering Accommodation

The water jets do look good. There are 2 sets of jets, I only saw 1 set running this afternoon. The second set are at the same end as the first but they are high up and point in and up on one of the horizontal loops. On another point, I spoke to a contractor who said that the press are attending Infusion on Tuesday 1st May and that he expected the ride to be open on Wednesday 2nd May!!!!!!!! Fingers crossed. I will pop round first thing Wednesday morning and give an update!!

They have 2 sets of jets. One set is at the bottom of the first drop shooting up from the lake, the second set sort of squirt up and out in the middle of a horizontal loop. I dont think you will get wet but it looks close

I have just popped round to the Pleasure Beach and spoke to one of Contractors and he says that the Press are due on Tuesday 1st May and the ride 'should' be open to the public on the 2nd May (Wednesday). They are currently finishing off the walkways and testing the water jets, and are filling up the water below Infusion. I for one will be there first thing on Wednesday Morning. Hope it is open. I have been looking forward to riding this since I had my last ride on the log fume the day it closed. Well at the time I didnt realise the 'new' ride was coming from Southport, but it still looks good.

I managed to have a chat with one of the ride construction crew on Wednesday and he said that the steel work would be completed on Friday and the construction crew were off to Sweden on Saturday! He also said that the tract was exactly the same track from Southport. He said it took them 3 weeks to dismantle it at Southportand it will have taken 3 weeks to reassemble. They have had to change some of the supports but the tract is unchanged. So maybe it will be ready for Easter. I have looked closely at the artists pictures and it looks like the access to the station will be from close to the original Log fume entrance but coming out through a shop where the old Log fume exit was with the giant people dryer was. www.tpv.be/US/Attraction/ViewPic.asp?Entity=Attractie&DescField=FotoTitel&PicNr=4&ID=3673 Link from coasters-inc post on page 20. Anyone else have any thoughts on the access routes?

BPB seem to have dyed all the water in the park a dark blue color, so I guess they will dye the new water under Infusion.

Its supposed to open at Easter, but I doubt it. Although they really have been cracking on with the actual ride placement now the foundations seem to be complete. I think they will have quite a lot of work to be done in creating the tunnel and water theme to finish it. I havent worked out how people will actually get to the station. Does anyone have any ideas. Come to think of it they did remove a stall opposite Burger King to the left of Bling. They repainted and opened a chocolate shop opposite Burger King and there is space next to that. I wonder if they will make a sort of bridge going from next to the Chocolate shop over the railway under the Big Dipper and the Pepsi max to the station????

Does anyone know why the Whip is still there? Is it listed in some way? They removed the small dodgem cars from under the Revolution but the Whip is still there. I have never seen it running. I hope they are going to refurbish it one day? Anyone know anything about it?

I think that in November it was closed as they had started work on the Tramatizer/Infusion and they had to remove some of the Big Dipper track to create the foundations for the new ride.

I took a couple of other photos. Looks like they have had to create a temp raised island for the crane. Low level from Big Dipper exit. I am guessing that the waterfall is going on the left in front of the Big Dipper glass wall. Looks like this is the pump house for the water features!

Great Photos. I like the one from Bling really good view. Any idea where people will get on the ride?

WoW that is quick work. The ride construction team only arrived last Sunday, and they seem to have really cracked on. I am just going to the PB in a few mins to see what has changed and hopefully get some photos. Thanks for the updates.

I went to the Pleasure Beach today to get my 2007 season pass and one of the staff said that the Tramatizer is on schedule to be open for Easter.

It is so sad that Pleasureland has closed. I have fond memories of the park when I was a child. While reading the forum I have just managed to put a very fond childhood memory in place. I remember a brilliant ride that I went on first aged about 8-9 and and then a few times after, it was the helterskelter bowl. It was so much fun and so different I have only realised that it was at Pleasureland while reading these forums. I am happy to know where it was but very sad not to be able to go on it again. As it happens I now only live a few miles from Southport in Blackpool so it would have been an easy journey Well I just hope that BPB will have made a decision that makes the future of the BPB more secure as it would be a national disaster if it closed. I did manage to get one last ride on the Log Fume within the last few minutes of it being open. Sorry for rattling on........