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Great pics and great TR! I'm a little confused though? Didn't I read a thread a couple of weeks ago saying that the Dark Knight coaster was no longer being built, and wasn't there pics of an empty shell of a building? Since then there has been 2 threads about different Dark Knight rides opening?

LOL I totally agree with you on that!!! Nice TR. It's always cool to see parks from countries a little bit further a field.

D'oh! I've corrected my comedy exchange rate now thanks, hope I don't get confused like that in June! Thanks for the comments, the Pleasure Beach is definitely worth the trip!

I should also mention that we rode the Big Dipper, but got no pics. That was great with plenty of air time. The queue was also dispatched very quickly. We missed the Space Invader2 credit as we waited for around 10 minutes with the queue not moving. We gave Valhalla a miss as well as it was bitter cold when not in the sun, and from previous trip I know how wet you get. All in all it was a good day. I think I was miserable for most of the morning due to my car problems and that was on my mind. The operations also sucked on certain rides and in certain areas of the park, like when we got to the front of the hot dog queue and the till broke. The staff then had to have a meeting about what to do!!! Very frustrating!!! I'll definitely be back in the summer when the weather picks up and I can get my shorts on. cheers for reading, Matt

This is my first TR so all feedback will be welcomed When I saw the Pleasure Beach was doing it's 'Big Thrill Weekend' promotion I just couldn't resist. £11 (or $22 if you live over the pond) for all day riding seemed to good to miss out on, plus I wanted to try out the camera that I'd won at work to see if it was up to the task of taking decent 'theme park' pictures. The reasoning behind that is my gf and I are heading to Orlando for 2 weeks in June, so I'm hoping to get some decent snaps there. Anyway...... The plan was to leave at 11, but my car wouldn't start (not a great start to the day I think you'll agree). My gf said she would drive, so I had to give her directions as it was a 'surprise' that we were going to BPB. We were made good time to Blackpool, but hit huge traffic on the road that runs into the town, and maybe queued for 30 or so minutes. We got there around 13:30 to see huge queues at the entrance, good job I pre-booked our wrist bands on the internet right... WRONG! The queue for this was long and very slow, not helped by ignorant staff either, as we got the front the attendants even changed over... things weren't looking good! I knew the Monorail, Ghost Train and Wild Mouse were closed for refurbishment, but was gutted to find the Grand National shut with no warning or explanation Final picture, me back at home checking out the new map for the first time today! I hadn't been on Noah's Ark since I was a kid! This thing is superb, maybe even unexplainable in words! Go to BPB and walkthrough this, you will not regret it! This is one for the dude who likes monorails! Beemerboy maybe? This was shut today unfortunately The Rollercoaster is still a great little ride! The fact you're held in by a 'lap belt' adds to the experience. Revolution mid-loop. The Avalanche and Big One in the background. Me trying to be 'artsy' in the Revolution queue. I love the Revolution, but the Ops were terrible today. They had the train full of people and the 2 lads operating it just stood there chatting to each other! Everyone waiting in the station were looking at each other like WTF??? View of the Steeplechase and Big One from the Revolution queue tower. The Steeplechase was awesome as always! We rode the middle row for the win! An exclusive shot of the lift hill! The full queue was dispatched very quickly here, maybe 15 mins tops, which was good after the 45 minute Infusion wait. I rode Infusion before the official opening and found it a very pleasant ride. Today my head was smashed from side to side repeatedly! It's gone very very rough indeed! At this point the ride crawled to a snails pace with 2 adults in it. Not sure how an ACEr would fair? Me totally thrilled on the Grand Prix... Next up came the biggest mistake of the day! The Grand Prix is kind of like the Tomorrow Land Speedway at MGK, but only 1 lane and very very slow! We'd never ridden before so thought we'd try it, but wished we hadn't, we wasted around 40 minutes in the queue! DO NOT bother with this!!!!! THE regulation BPB photo. This was followed by the 1st ride of the day. The Gold Mine. It's a very average dark ride, made funny by a joke made by the ride Op. Oh it's the Eiffel Tower... What's that in the distance... Hmm where's the Pleasure Beach gone...

Great TR so far Hector. Looking forward to the Florida pics now

What camera's did you use? How did you manage to not get your digi wet? I'd be too paranoid about breaking mine. Oh yeah........ great pics by the way

I never went to SouthPort once and I live closer to that than I do to Blackpool. Disgusted with myself really

Alton Towers (Local Park) Blackpool Pleasure Beach Magic Kingdom Epcot Disney's Hollywood Studios Disney's Animal Kingdom Typhoon Lagoon Blizzard Beach Universal Studios Orlando Islands of Adventure Seaworld Orlando Aquatica Busch Gardens Africa Possibly: Thorpe Park Chessington World of Adventure Legolond Drayton Manor

Hi my name is Matt, I'm 24 and come from Stoke on Trent, England. Those of you in the know will realise thats about 35 mins from Alton Towers and an hour or so from Blackpool Pleasure Beach. I've been to Orlando and visited the parks 9 times as a kid, but not been back since 1999. That's all set to change on June 14th as my girlfriend and I are taking a 2 week trip to the sunshine state (it's her first time).