Blackpool Pleasure Beach Reviews 

Pleasure Beach is fine. Good choice of rides

Seems like most of these negative reviews are from very self entitled who think they’re too important to queue, especially if they have kids. That’s a part of all theme parks, deal with it

Worst time ever at Blackpool Pleasure Beach 17.07.2024. Bus loads of school kids. Massive queue`s.
Some queues were nearly 3 hours long. Stood in Valhala queue for 90 minutes to be told it was closed now due to technical issues. I managed to get on 2 rides in the time it was open. Not value for money!!!
Not my idea of fun standing in queues all day. Even the fast pass was sold out. Now there is a VIP fast pass that costs £55 on top of your entry fee. The ticket on phone is another stupid annoying thing. Lot`s of rides were closed also. Total nightmare!!
We will not be back and will be telling everyone who listens not to waste their money. Cost nearly £200 for 4 people for in total less than 10 rides.
DON`T WASTE YOUR MONEY

Disgraceful process to redeem a ticket, rather than sending the tickets direct to the email address they send an order number which then you have to download an app then enter all your full names and take a photo of each person. Well we won’t be spending a penny in the park.

Lots of rides are closed due to disrepair and being broken.

The staff are rude and aggressive.

The security staff are incompetent, useless and dishonest.

This is the Benidorm of theme parks, it's full of trashy badly behaved people and the staff are even worse, especially the security staff.

Save your money and go somewhere more upmarket than this dump, legoland windsor is a much better choice than this.

Run down, needs serious investment and rides need to be running consistently, there were so many not operating today I wondered what as a family of 7 we spent our £245 on pre booked tickets for. Paint work shabby, rides that were running had musical glitches / lights not working. I fear our beloved pleasure beach won’t be around much longer. The only plus side today was there were very little by way of queues and the ride operators were really friendly.

As massive thill seekers my husband and I look forward to going to Blackpool every year. We never managed last year but we went yesterday and were eagerly looking forward to Valhalla and hadn't been on it since the reopening. We stopped going on the old woodie coasters a few years back after the big dipper left me with severe nerve shoulder pain which lasted months. Upon arriving we were met with unfriendly staff as we booked an access pass the girl was quite short and unfriendly in explaining how it worked as this is the first time we have used his access pass at this park. I understand whilst my husband may look quite physically fit he has rheumatoid arthritis and his feet and joints hurt most of the time so standing in long queues is difficult. Now for security staff on the the actual park entry, they were rude and aggressive!!! I wear a fairly sizeable heavy chain round my neck it's a short choacker length chain. It was demanded I take it off and hand it over to be collected later and my initial reaction was there is no way I'm handing it over. I opted for a locker instead in the end. For reference I went to thorpe park Wednesday and they didn't even bat an eye at it, it was just removed to step through the security scanner. Then onto the actual park experience which will for the foreseeable future be potentially out last visit. I was hopeful the big one may be smoother since the re-track but it seemed worse than ever and I left the ride feeling battered. Infusion for a fairly new coaster was far rougher than I ever remember and was advised to "remove my earrings" by staff to stop my ears from bleeding??!! I opted to put my hood up instead but was glad I did but the worst was the whole restraint system seems to cut into your shoulders and my poor husband who is 6ft 4 with broad shoulders really struggled. Icon was the only highlight. Valhalla was wildly disappointing from what I remember, there use to a scary viking face on the lift hill and was now inside was lack luster at best and less special effects than I remember with dry ice and fire. So as I already said we don't do the old woodies so now just going for the steeple chase and icon it doesn't seem worth it. The majority of staff encounters I had were aggressive and rude and that theme seemed to be set for the whole day. Where as Alton towers and thorpe park staff were much more friendly and gave instructions or directions without aggressive hostility I nearly went to flamingo land yesterday I wish I did now. I think I'd only return now if I got discounted tickets.

homeless ppl everywere, drunks all over swearing and drunk. a disgraceful place, a ripoff. If you have kids do not bring them here or to blackpool, its vile

Went on bank holiday Monday wasn't to busy payed £178.00 for a family of 5 the youngest being 2 years ago (disgusting pricing) also Iam 56 years old so I never went on the rides(also ridiculous) we went to the security check point and they started to go through my daughters hand bag which is a disgrace personal things where in it then we where told we couldn't bring in our own food(more money extortion)can really say won't be going back(and will be telling everyone not to go)

I’d like to make a people aware about my visit today 25th may 2024. We arrived onto the park everything was smooth until we found a lot of the rides were not on or not on till around 2pm… Our son has autism and as you could imagine he did not understand what was going on. River caves, avatar, big one, ice blast and whilst queuing for icon we were told it was experiencing tech issues I know this can’t be helped but it seems like nothing is on or working the way it should be.
Thanks

Rides are far too long unless you pay for an over extortionate priced fast pass . I also paid for a pre-paid pleasure beach card as this place is apparently cashless! When I went to use the card it wouldn't scan . Not only that the card is non refundable and you are not allowed to sell this card and it will expire at a certain time How is this actually legal ? never going to visit this sh*thole again !

What an awful place to visit . Paid an aem and a leg to get in . Couldn’t ride some coasters as they weren’t running . Waited 90 minutes with a child to ride the big one only for it to close due to mechanical failure . We managed only 6 rides throughout the day . The place was dirty and way too many people were allowed in the place . Place was much better when you paid per ride . What a shame . Won’t be going again .

Waste of time and money...my husband and I did not want to to ride but we still paid the full price . Will never visit again.. we were a group of 17 members and sent an email ask about the offer they advertised in the website,, they never responded back ..

Usually visit Blackool Pleasure Beach once a year but this will be the last time! Prices utterly ridiculous, £172 for a family of 5. My husband and I didn't want to go on the rides but still pay extortionate amount to stand and hold kids bags all day. After a full day of queueing my boys managed to get on 4 rides! What a waste of time and money. The app was a joke, stated 60 minutes wait time for the big one when we actually waited over 2 hours. Had to send photos of kids when claiming e tickets which I wasn't comfortable with then these passes had to be scanned at each ride which added to queue times. Getting into the park was like going through airport security. Staff member enjoyed routing through my personal belongings and was very rude when we asked for information. Dont entertain buying food or drink inside the park. No atmosphere at all and the guy on one of the games needs to learn to use his microphone. His distorted voice constantly shouting to entice people to waste money trying to win a giant Toblerone for over an hour gave me a headache. The whole place is in need of refurbishment, just run down now. Nothing special and certainly not worth anywhere near what we paid. It is laughable really, that we arrange a day out where we do nothing but stand in queues all day and we paid nearly £200 for the privilege. Never again!

We paid adult price online for our 13yr old children ( didn't make the 12 Yr old child criteria).We didn't want to go on the rides as I have disabilities. And was shocked by having to pay £50 each to get in. Apparently the price structure has changed. We don't have alot of money but felt we had no choice. It's been awhile since we last went to Blackpool it was scruffy, with hotels closed and rubbish everywhere..... We will never go again, next time we'll go to Alton Towers that price is similar ( if not cheaper on certain days), much bigger, 2x more rides, and a much nicer setting and place to visit.... Dont go to Blackpool!!!!

BPB is yet another victim of Covid and lock down I'm afraid. We used to love this place when they did WOW weekends but now it costs the same as the height of season, despite the Big One always being shut in March. We have visited every year (sometimes twice) since 2016 but with an ever growing family (now 13 with grandchildren included) we simply can't justify the expense. You even now have to pay for non riders which goes against everything the pleasure beach has ever done. The reason I've loved it since I was a child is that it was so much more flexible than standard theme parks. It has priced us out of the market. So much so that our annual birthday trip to Blackpool will be moved to a cottage on the coast next year. Between Sandcastle and the Pleasure beach's massive price hikes and change in pricing/visit structure since lockdown we no longer see a trip to Blackpool as a cheap family trip

Took my 3 kids for one of their birthdays on Sunday 12th March 24. Stall staff are rude 2 in particular, one asking why I wouldn't play and the other denied my disabled daughter a large prize because only her hand was over the line, bearing in mind she's knee high and has physical disabilities. She even said 'i won daddy' but the guy behind the stall said 'thanks for playing'.

Rides were good infact but word of warning, don't take cash because it will not be used as legal tender. Nowhere on their site does it mention no cash, turned up with cash and was unable to use.

Overall experience was utter crap.

Took our daughter to Blackpool madam Tussauds great and the sea life centre great places .we then tried to find parking but we could not pay near the pleasure beach because you need a iPhone or a FB account we then found the pleasure beach car park same company but manned paid 18 pound to park then went to pay for entrance for our little one ....they wanted £140 pounds 40 for our daughter would of been no problem but they wanted another £50 each for us to watch our daughter on her rides ....WE WILL NEVER VISIT AGAIN extortionate and day light robbery they should be ashamed of themselves but they won't be whoever owns this place has no regards for the children or parents no excuses .

We live right by the now called "pleasure resort"it costs between£30 to £40 just to walk around, Several pensioners and people not waning to ride would love to go in they should use wrist bands to show on rides and pay about £5 to just walk around. also no drinks or food sweets etc they even Search your bag. We are also hearing they will be stopping smoking,

Great customer service who actually respond helped us a lot especially with 2 children who have additional needs ,we had such a good day out last year this year we have purchased season passes many thanks keep up the good work! Great veriety of rides food is reasonable for both quality and cost

Good fun! My 11 year old daughter enjoyed most of the rides! Also my youngest loved the children’s rides! I would love to come here again next time 😊