Ork1927 Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 After a weeks holiday in Cyprus, half of which spent working hard volunteering at the Donkey Sanctuary, there was only one thing to do - go straight to Blackpool and finally visit a couple of theme parks after a near year long drought. The Pleasure Beach was always a favourite park as a kid and I visited loads of times but hadn't been for ten years (and that was just a very quick visit to finally ride the Big One with a load of drunk Geordies at 10 in the morning). So, with an giddy excitement, that embarrassed my girlfriend we hit the Pleasure Beach on a very good day weather wise after an appalling British summer. A great day in a very quiet park with the only downer being that the Grand National was shut as it has been every single time I've ever visited. Another Infusion pic to finish Part 1 The very old and very great - Wild Mouse. We then hit a load of dark rides which were all walk-ons. Nostalgia aplenty on the River Caves, Alice in Wonderland and Ghost Train. We then spent loads of time in Noahs Ark This was the only time we really queued as at the start of the day the park was full of kids on school trips!!!???? - Not a bad deal for them on the first Friday back from the Summer Holidays THE BIG ONE - which was cool. More Infusion - there was a staggered opening on the rides so I managed to persuade Clare to go straight to ...... We sat on the back row of the first train of the day - it was a pretty decent coaster but no nemesis At 11.30 - these birds appeared. I expected them to announce the ride was about to open but remembered I wasn't in Disney Test Run time More Infusion First up - Infusion. The park opened at 11.00 but the rides didn't 'till half past so we queued at the door Let Me In!!!!! At bit of the BIG ONE View from Central Pier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemmy Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Man wish I could have made it there on my school trip overseas. Went to Thorpe and Alton Towers but missed out on BPPB Looks really close quarters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ork1927 Posted September 16, 2007 Author Share Posted September 16, 2007 Part 2 - As lunchtime approached it was time to enter VALHALLA. Flying Machines finish off part 2 Didn't go on this for some reason No-one at all on the Grand Prix Some big dips Sitting at the back wasn't the best idea - things were about to get painful Finishing off our coaster run with the Big Dipper Zipper Dipper was open but the ride-ops were all away looking up a tree so we went on the Roller Coaster and then Avalanche More Revolution - for a single inversion coaster (well two inversion) you know you've been on a ride. We then walked on (up) to Revolution and for a minute looked like we would be the only two on it. Sadly, they waited for ages and ages until it half filled up. Following Steeplchase we walked onto Space Invader (which was fine for a low budget Space Mountain) A horse is a horse, of course of course I still love this ride. I'd also forgotten about the brilliant Derby Racer (super fast carousel) with no seat belts! After a Burger King it was time for Coasters, coasters, coasters. Starting with the Steeplechase and what a brilliant dark/water ride. Loved the effects, loved the drops and loved the viking music. Clare paid out for a poncho but I did not. I'd heard great things from this site so my expectations were high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazed49 Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Great Trip Report. Infusion has to be one of the coolest looking SLC's I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Thriller Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 That looks so cool. The SLC even looks like a great coaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ork1927 Posted September 16, 2007 Author Share Posted September 16, 2007 Part 3 - Having pretty much been on everything there was only one thing left to do - go on everything again. The park was open until 7.30 and I assumed it would get busy as it was a Friday night but it got even quieter. So more riding and loads of goes on the game where you roll a ball to make a horse/donkey/camel get to the finish line. This is the last set and I'll put up a Camelot TR tomorrow. A final shot - coasters, coasters and more coasters. A fantastic park and I won;t be leaving it ten years to go back. In hindsight this may have been an error as the sun had cleared off, a quick final ride on the Big One and avalanche did not act as a dryer and we had a forty five minue bus ride/twenty minute walk back to our camp site - but still it was too good a ride not to go on again We decided to finish off with another ride on Valhalla and enjoyed it so much we went straight on again Noahs Ark Big One in Action And some great shots on concrete The monorail is a must ride as you can get some cool shots of the coasters The Big Dipper in Action Three coasters all in a row Second time around on Infusion sitting nearer the front was a better ride. And it does look very cool in amongst the Big One and The Dipper Doh! Not off today! The national wasn't running RIP - Turtle Chase Got to love a park where 5 different coasters are visible in this shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRapidsNerd Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Wow! There's a lot of coasters and rides in that space! I enjoyed your TR, especially the Revolution and Avalanche pics. Glad to see a launched shuttle coaster still operating. Infusion looks pretty cool too. Glad you shared these pics. Thanks you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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