Is Blackpool Pleasure Beach Too Expensive?! | April 2024
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- Is Blackpool Pleasure Beach Too Expensive in 2024? Join Scott as he looks at some pricing examples at the Pleasure Beach compared to some of their local competitors.
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Scott im gonna give you a definitive answer... a)yes its too expensive b) Ur looking at the wrong competition Ur looking at theme parks what bpbpbrpblss,(Blackpool pleasure beach pleasure beach resort pleasure beach Lancashire south shore to give it its full name this week), it's a seaside amusement park. So rather than look at thorpe or Alton look at fantasy island look at adventure island look at bottons, great Yarmouth... then youll see its far too expensive
What a stupid comment can't really compare it to bottoms or even the likes of fantasy Island
This is exactly right and it’s part of the big problem Blackpool pleasure beach finds itself in. Blackpool pleasure beach is not Alton Towers there is absolutely no comparison. Alton Towers is a magical place, a stately home with wonderful gardens and an incredible theme park. I don’t want to say anything offensive or insulting about Blackpool.
@@Robert-vw3od don't cuz if you did Ur messing with the wrong man lol hate that when people are offensive to Blackpool. But yeah I think rather than look at thorpe, Alton, Drayton etc look at what seaside parks charge
I don’t think I agree.. growing up in the North West, the debate wouldn’t ever be should we go to BPB or GYPB, it would be Pleasure beach or Alton Towers so I think Scotts comparison is accurate to how most normal people in the north west would make decisions. This is why I think he is extra correct about gate pricing. I know generally, especially with the cozzie liv, that most people will look outside in the summer on a nice day, try and think of something to do, come to the decision of pleasure beach over alton as theres more to do in Blackpool, then immediately think, f@ck that, Not a chance am I paying 50 quid a person for 30-100 year old rides 🫠
@@CurransQuizzes just my personal opinion, but I don’t think there is any comparison between Blackpool pleasure Beach and Alton Towers
It is too expensive especially with being unable to get a cheap walkaround entry. Bpb is in a traditional holiday town for families with young kids and for me i wont be able to go on any big rides while i have a 5 and 2 year old with me so its definitely not worth entry for us is as it stands.
The entry pass for non riders should be reinstated, don’t think they can reduce the online pricing that much tbh.
The pleasure beach resort is open from 10am to 10pm on the 27th of July. £39.00 for Adults and £34.00 for kids. For 12 hours of fun and entertainment that is great value for money 👌🏼
It’s excellent value for 12 hours of entertainment
I compeltely agree that BPB is an Amusement Park, and the park needs to open itself up to on the gate visitors again. Simply put, it needs to bracket the online pricing cheaper but when booked further in advance, whilst bringing the on the gate pricing down as well as having non-rider options and half day tickets with longer hours in the summer months.
Online: £35.00 Adult / £25.00 Child when booked 7+ days in advance
Gate Price: £40.00 Adult / £30.00 Child
Half Day Tickets (Flat Price Online and On The Gate - late entry say 4-5 hours during extended opening hours in summer only so 3pm-8pm or 2pm-6pm for example) £20.00 Adult / £15 Child
Non-Rider Tickets: £5.00
Half day tickets with a flat price enable people to visit multiple attractions in Blackpool, whilst topping up the park during the later hours whilst giving pre-booked guests and on the gate full price guests access to rides earlier in the day.
Most people attend blackpool in families, often seeing multi-generational families along the front. If that is then 2 parents, 2 children and 2 grandparents, then with the non-rider tickets you might get a mum and grandparents in for £15 and dad and kids able to ride for £50 for half a day after they've been on the front, been up the tower and had ice cream etc.
You have to remember that the average visitor doesnt think the same way we do.
They dont analyse opening times. They dont analyse number of coasters.
Its a totally different mindset.
Yes they do, I’ve worked for visitor attractions and people look at what they’re getting for what they’re paying
@@yourexperienceguide from some of the stuff you say it's clear you're not the brightest spark on these things 😂
I think it goes back to what you were saying in regards to how people visit the park compared to others. More people tend to make a conscious commitment to visit Merlin parks like Towers, Thorpe and Chessington, whereas for Pleasure Beach (apart from locals who are passholders) many outside visitors would visit Pleasure Beach more impulsively. I think that's the main point in favour of adding non-rider passes and modeling their pricing structure around that, but that's a whole nother can of worms I'm not opening here.
Another thing is that with Merlin parks, I'd wager a decent chunk of their profit margin comes from in-park sales like Fastpasses, merch, food, etc., which sell well because of their already high attendance, which in turn lets them get away with having better deals and selling for lower admission costs, which keeps attendance high and the cycle continues. Whereas for a park like Pleasure Beach, they don't have high enough attendance to allow for those extras to reach the same margins, so they have to depend on admission sales for the bulk of their income, which is what's forcing them to be as high as they are.
I think high prices for the Pleasure Beach would be more justifed if they included some perks like free virtual queue, or other extras that would make the customer experience better, but I don't know how feasible that would be.
An affordable entry price with the entry pass reinstated will definitely boost their secondary spend figures, it’s baffling how they don’t see this.
Compared to what you can get at other parks, it does feel a bit expensive.
Enso in particular could use some restructuring, as it's almost always empty when we go, £15 per head is just too much for a lot of people, especially families or groups. They should offer combo packages such as 2 rides for £20 to try fill seats and they'd make more money overall.
BPB has the equal amount of roller coasters as Alton Towers, more dark rides, a big water ride unlike Towers. They’ve got more than most.
Enso will never be reduced.
@@yourexperienceguide Fair point.
BPB does have a range, although I imagine it's more of a personal preference to what a customer prefers at the parks attraction wise.
They have the amazing Valhalla, Ice Blast (although at the moment?), Icon, The Big One, Streak, Revolution and the more historical coasters, so I think any of our biases towards what we prefer would change our value outlook but naturally it's purely subjective 😅
It's a tough one, they need the funding if they're going to build modern rides as some reach their end of life, to draw a new audience.
We still love BPB though, and we always support them by buying merch and as many rides of Enso as we can so they can continue development of the park 😃
On the Enzo point. On peak Easter days i saw quite a few riding it so they sure made his sales that weekend. However on off peak Thursdays it looks empty all day. Maybe a lower off peak day rate would be good to keep those seats filled...
@@LauGarSifu Also a very good idea! We always hit it during the week and as I said, it's almost always empty, losing revenue there!
BPB should make the bold step and make the walk up price the same as online price. I think it will get more people back into the park. They also need to lower their parking charges too.
They’ve definitely got to do more to appeal to the walk up customers IMO
@@yourexperienceguide indeed! especially in these hard financial times!
The problem with this is it could end up worse. Offering a pre-book discount is a method to get people committed to going.
If the walk up price is the same, people don't pre-book, they forget or change their plans and go elsewhere.
That's the purpose of pre-book discounts.
I'd imagine a huge proportion of people visiting the park are pre-book. I can't imagine that many people walk up
The price is consistent i guess ..
The gate price is to high and the lack of a walk around pass is an issue..maybe a half day gate price might be the answer?
Walk round pass should be reinstated for the summer
Yes, half day passes is just what i thought. A morning and afternoon session maybe. It would surely help pull in those spontaneous visitors that just decided that morning to go Blackpool for the day.
I would like to see in addition to a walk round pass, the addition of a parent & toddler ticket, like Towers do as my partner and youngest (2) wouldn't ride anything big and would spend the day in nick land along with my other daughter (6).
An option for the Adult & Toddler pass would be to limit the rides the pass could go on to non thrill rides
180 minutes-3 hours for one ride that takes up most of your day
Which one?
What ride queue are you meaning?
Jack if you are referring to Nemesis Reborn last months opening it was longer than 180 minutes as the maximum was 275 minutes and the queue line was all the way down to runaway mine train
JACK THERE IS NO RIDE WITH A 3 HOUR QUEUE TIME IN BLACKPOOL 😂
Booking a day ahead of your visit online to get the best price makes BPB (PBR) competitive. It just becomes expensive if you turn up on the day and have to pay the gate price which is far too high, especially if the park is only open 10am to 5pm and the queues are massive.
I think they should offer the online price at the gates up to 1 o'clock and then charge a flat rate of £30 for the remaining hours.
The gate price is definitely a problem along with the lack of non rider pass, the online pricing isn’t an issue IMO
Value is primarily derived from what people are prepared to pay for whats on offer. Unfortunately the offering at BPB is leagues away from AT....so its pricing is unrealistic. Likewise £44 for Flamingoland, my closest park, is bonkers!
They’re the going rate for park’s of their size, the running costs will not be cheap.
Really good video. Normally, we find that you get more rides in a day at pleasure beach, so the cost per ride is a lot lower and there are more rides apart from coaster compared to alton towers which relies on its coasters. I totally agree that the on the gate price should be the same as the online price.
I do think BPB has more variety than anywhere else and that does get overlooked
Maybe they should do dynamic pricing £25 starting and goes more pricey as soon as tickets become booked up.
Sadly I don’t think everyone paying £25 will cover their running costs, but suppose on the flip side get people in at £25 then get them all boosting the secondary spend.
@@yourexperienceguide A full park with tons of people buying food and merchandise would be where they'd have to make their money.
I think it's good value for money, we live 200 miles from Blackpool so always stay for a few days. There's a great variety of rides to keep us happy
That’s fair enough, £33 online is reasonable IMO but anything more is a stretch.
Same. We've always visited for a family day out. Great day out just like the other parks.
Great videos 👍. Living in ROI I only get to Pleasure beach once a year but always have got good online value.
Thank you 🙏
It's great value because you don't need to buy expensive "fast passes" to ride a decent number of attractions in a day.
BPB (R) ride Q line closing times should be made clearer.
Think Nickelodeon Streak coaster should not close earlier just because the family rides around it do.
Agree they could offer discount especially to season pass holders or off peak for the Icon upcharge which could increase their income if its regularly running round empty.
Operations at BPB are pretty poor so I’d say speedy pass is essential on busier days now (unfortunately).
@@yourexperienceguide Are "busier days" that frequent? I went on a day Late night riding was on Autumn before we 1st met @YourExperience & fine all day, Yes very long Q for Icon at night but that's understandable & great atmosphere.
The online deals for BPB are great however the gate price is extortionate! Many people who go to Blackpool for the day live within an hours drive of the town. If its a sunny warm day, most people will think, "right? Let's go to Blackpool". When they find that it's £50+ to get into the pleasure beach on the gate, most people, if not all, will go across the road to the piers. Sadly, I think BPB has got this wrong on the gate pricing, but with the current management in charge, it will fall on deaf ears....
Completely agree
Yeah agree, you hit a nail there. To go for a planned day at Pleasure Beach, its decent value, but they seem to be less interested in casual spur of the moment day trippers who may not want to commit to 6 or 7 hours there. In a place like Blackpool, this always astounds me that they suddenly seem to be happy to allow so many people to walk on by. A problem, like you mention that you don't have at Alton Towers etc.
The widening gap between Blackpool and the Pleasure Beach seems more than ever, so dishharmonious and strange to me. It seems as if Blackpool now has its visitors and Pleasure Beach has its visitors. Surely they are stronger together, and that Pleasure Beach are part of a resort rather than claiming to be the resort!
I think I've got a great idea for blackpool pleasure beach why not have a 1hr before opening ticket online as of now you have till midnight I feel that way If you see its a nice day or you decide to go that day give you a chance to get a ticket cheaper another this is there is other thing are the park so I feel it should be cheaper as melin parks around uk are just the park were as blackpool you can leave and do other things that are near
On the day pricing is always going to have an extra cost unfortunately
Personally all leisure activities are overpriced in this country. A family day out in this country is utter scandalous.
Unfortunately so
Great video Scott. I think you get more for your money at Blackpool. The last few times I’ve gone to the towers I’ve spent a lot of money on speedy pass. When there is 2-3 of you and you want a buzz you feel let down. Blackpool needs a record breaking rollercoaster and then it will back to its best I think.
I agree
A few weeks ago it was £33 for the 24th of august but now it's £40. Yes the gate price is expensive but saying that I could spend £50 at barry Island. If the gate price is the same as the online price would they have any visitors if it's raining.
Online price should always be cheaper to guarantee the custom but they need to give walk up customers a good deal too.
@@yourexperienceguide How much would you say is a good price for the gate price
The pricing is ridicolous, it should be around £25 online since its not a very big park compared to alton towers and the gate price should be no more than £10 extra
The footprint of the park is not as big as Alton Towers. The number of attractions is comparable though.
@christait8503 I mean for the size and how many rides blackpool pleasure beach offers the price i said above is justified, alton towers has a much broader variety of rides for all ages
Alton Towers have 10 coasters, BPB has 10 coasters.
Alton Towers has less dark rides than BPB with no major water ride since taking out the Flume.
@@yourexperienceguide i forgot just how many rides alton towers have
@@yourexperienceguide i wish blackpool pleasure beach kept the water ride where infusion sits, just want to say infusion is a horrible ride i got off feeling sick not knowing where i was.
For me, i only visit the merlin parks because of the annual pass. We see visiting any theme park as just a day out so we choose to visit a park that included in the pass rather than pay for an entry. We live in Dorset so none of the parks are really local.
The Merlin pass is great value to be fair
They are low key dynamic pricing iny opinion.
I know a lot will dispute it but I do think they charge too much for an amusement park, they are busy trying to align with the likes of Towers etc . They will only ever be an amusement park because Blackpool council will not allow them to expand beyond the land they already have.
The pricing absolutely loses business of on the day sales from locals and impulsive visitors.
They should absolutely bring back the nick land only bands too, such a shame they got rid of those. Not all children like big coasters. The nick land/beaver creek bands used to include Alice and I think Rollercoaster ws well from memory.
Depends on running cost & staff wages etc.
Definitely
Love these... few weeks back BPP ( aka BPR) was amazing price for me. I am biased, no children, but it was easter Saturday, bought online, I can;t afford as a single person for a day then go home on train so I do accomodation so can plan x.. Fair Review!
Thank you for watching 🙏
Hohi mousey
I think it's a difficult time for businesses like Pleasure Beach. Operating costs shooting up, upcoming investment a damn site more expensive than 2 years ago.
It's clear there is some degree of turmoil behind the scenes atm. The mishandled rebrand, the shambolic opening weekend and Amanda's posts. I worry the wheels at BPBR are coming off rapidly. Hope they're able to adapt, it really is a special place when everything is just right.
It’s tough because they’ve got to make ends meet but so does everyone else, and with BPB having nothing new in 6 years it’s not an easy sell for them
yes and no... Yes on some days, but not if you get the season pass and go a lot then itworks out quite cheep (minus travel and food)
Having a season pass is good value if you’re going to use it more than 4 times
@@yourexperienceguide for me, I'm definitely going more then 4!!
I've been 5 or 6 times with my pass already, getting my monies worth 😂
Personally, I think pleasure beach is bordering on too expensive. You’re so correct that theme parks have competitive pricing online but then we have to consider how much bigger those parks are, and how much entertainment comes with them in peak season. I love pleasure beach, and return every year, but I believe they would actually create a bigger profit margin by keeping current online prices, slightly lowering gate and offering a discounted price. My family used to take trips of up to 30 people to Blackpool every year, the 10 kids would ride the rides whilst everyone else ate, drank and bought gifts for those at home. When the walk around pass stopped, they simply stopped going. Even if the passes at the time were £5 each.. that’s £100 missed out on from us and I’m sure there’s lots of other people the same. But it’s like you said there’s other places in Blackpool, and more specifically there’s other areas with rides & rollercoasters in Blackpool you’re not paying entry for, so I understand why people would go there instead.
BPB isn’t as big as Alton Towers in terms of land, but both have an equal number of roller coasters.
I’ve not worked out the exact number of other attractions but there’s not much in it.
@@yourexperienceguide totally get that.. not criticising you at all! I just think it is a different experience, if that makes sense?
You hit the nail on the head with saying people go to Alton for Alton towers only, but go to Blackpool for a lot more.
I spent my whole childhood going to Blackpool through the summers, we always walked along the promenade stopping in and out of plenty of attractions, and always ended at the pleasure beach, free entry and would pay per ride for 1 or 2 things before heading home.
There was usually a gang of us, about 10-15 people, mostly kids so i can understand why the parents/uncles/whoever took us all there wouldn’t pay to enter with that many kids, when about half didn’t like rides anyway, and we would only actually be in the pleasure beach for an hour or so at the end of a day out.
Fond memories tho! love the place.
Thank you 🙏
It was the same for us, go to Blackpool, have a few hours in BPB as well as doing other stuff because the option to do that was there.
Good video and a lot of chat in group. All theme parks are expensive but BPB is not a park it is an amusement park. It is too expensive.
Feel like the online pricing is competitive but they need to do more to pull in “walk up custom”
When you compare prices it also comes down to running costs of the park for example Alton towers costs more to operate then pleasure beach so that effects margins and what they need to charge but deffo think the walk up price needs reduced and non rider passed should come back
Is there any public documentation to show the running costs at both parks? Be interested to see it
I do not think so no as if you book ahead of time the prices are very competitive and even the on the day price is cheaper than any merlin park and is now available until 9am daily. Also it has one of the most unique ride line ups of any park and on the whole good ride availability, I personally always feel the park offers great value for money and a great day out more than can be said for merlin parks sadly who rip people off big time on entry and food unlike Blackpool where you have countless options.
Does anyone buy on the gate at the Merlin parks? BPB’s historically relied on walk up custom but are turning most of it away with a £50 gate price.
BPB’s food offering isn’t great so it’s not something to be celebrating.
Tbf even the full gate price isn't expensive.
Took my daughter to the local travelling funfair at Easter. With rides £3-4 a go and just the 2 of us, I'd spent £50 on just a handful of rides in about 2hours.
People need to get some perspective
£50 for two of you or £50 each?
@@yourexperienceguide £50 for both of us. But that just 2 hrs for a handful of spinning and bouncing. All good fun but nothing fancy. But at just £3-4 per ride each, get on 7 rides and you've blown through £50 in less than 2hrs. Now i have a season pass for BPB, but if buying tickets online I'd get us both in fit about £70. So just £20 more and you get a full day of a great variety of flat rides, dark rides and coasters.
I really can't see what there is to complain about with the price when you compare to other entertainments.
I think they are too expensive for the ride offering. We love BPB but it feels like a history museum and for that reason it’s easy not to visit unlike its rivals where we feel lost not visiting, it’s almost comparable to the Victorian extravaganza. We don’t feel like it competes with the competition with the ride offering or pricing. We hope that turns around in the future
Pleasure Beach probably do need to find a better balance between old and new attractions
One of my (many) gripes about pleasure beach is the fact that they change their prices all the time, so what is £40 for the 25th of May now, will almost certainly be more in a couple of weeks time, so I don't think its a fair comparison to pick dates more than a couple of weeks into the future. I realise that you can get it for £40 now but how many people book six weeks in advance ? I have also noticed that you can now book up to 9am on the day you go to pleasure beach to get their online price, so that is some positive news, but that is likely to be £43+ on a Saturday, if you leave it that late.
I do think they need to have a better on the gate price to encourage walk up custom.
I don’t agree with their idea of constantly changing the online prices. Pick a price and stick to it.
@@yourexperienceguide Yes definitely. Gate price should be no more than £5 extra. Went to GYPB at Easter. Their gate price is £2 extra. And of course they have the fun card option. It's how a seaside amusement park should be run.
The gate prices are crazy high. BPB are not doing themselves any favours as they are losing walk in numbers, and surely that is revenue they need.
I remember the old ticket books that my dad got discounted from his work.
Good times
Biggest problem with Pleasure Beach pricing is that they barely seem to invest into the park whereas the other parks seem to be adding new attractions year after year. The least pleasure beach could do is tidy things up and add a lick of paint like the thorpe park sparkle project but they are letting it rot and expecting people to still pay such high prices.
The lack of investment is very frustrating
Me and my friends went to Blackpool to watch the darts we wanted to go into pleasure beach no one was paying £50 so we went on the pears had a good time
Even though this is aimed at Blackpool Pleasure Beach another park to mention that's getting too expensive is Flamingo Land Blackpool should definitely have a cheaper gate price and most definitely should have free entry and do pay per ride for those whose or not to do the rides
Why not the option of a 'Walk around' fee like in the old days and ideal for old folk etc -with another option of a Walk around and some smaller rides thrown in -eg River caves and Blackpool express etc....they still make a mint out of the food and drink etc...
Entry pass should be reinstated IMO
I'd say the Ticket Price is stupidly expensive, yes. Just like the up-charge price for Enso.
The fact that it's generally open for very limited hours it is too expensive, £50 entry plus £20 parking is very expensive and on busy days you might only get on very small number of rides.
However, I went on Saturday, got free on-street parking and it was so quiet that every ride was pretty much walk-on so you could have got round the whole park several times, so that's not so bad.
Paying to park at BPB is optional, not sure why anyone pays £20 with so much free parking around the area.
@@yourexperienceguide not sure where you mean. There’s very limited free parking available. Man6 a time I’ve driven around as far as the town centre and still can’t find a free parking spot. I hit lucky on Saturday as someone was just leaving.
Yea you looking wrong direction. Try in the East direction away from the sea. We've gone for years and never paid to park.
@@nottud You must be willing to walk a while, because eastwards for quite some distance is all residents-only parking streets.
@@streamsofconsciousness8651 Nah Harrowside road on other side of railway line is very close and you can park there for instance.
I haven't been since 2001. Is it worth going back? Loves it as a kid
Yes it is 😊
Definitely but book online 😂
I remember as a child you paid on the gate and you could ride all day in the summer and all night, i dont know how the prices compared back then. I do think they should be cheaper on the gate and i think they should have a morning price and an afternoon price, they would certainly get a lot more people that way. I myself would only want to go on a few rides and not the big coasters so paying a large amount for me is not worth it. I think it would be difficult to have a non rider price as it would not be praticle for the staff to check ticket types all the time and people would be dishonest. At £50 i would go to the zoo instead, even the online price is expensive if you are not going to go on many rides or on any of the thrill rides, maybe they should consider different prices for the types of rides you want to go on, they do that at Fantasy Island, so if you are an adult and only want to go on the family rides that is all you pay for.
They used to have a non rider pass and unlimited riding wristband that worked side by side. They’ve still got the infrastructure to do this.
it is to expensive for a Sea Side Funfair Amusement Park as mentioned in some comments Below & prices should be all compared to SeaSide Places & Not ThemeParks!!!, but i got to put this out there, u Cant Pay on the Gate at Alton towers, its all Book up front ONLY & you don't get any bargain from a 2-1 ticket. as Alton Don't allow on day entrance without a Booking up front so people who buy Bags of Crisps - Cereal that Offer 2-1 - if the onday Price was £68 the *2 for 1 would pay £34 between the 2 Persons & cost of your Cereal to get the Token ect , & entrance is only £29.. but point is,, if they dont alow on *GATE Entrance* then the online if says £29 should be worked on 2 for 1 on that £29 & not the £68 so would be Proper 2 for 1 on only main Ticket Price they allowing so then would be Bargain & proper price of £29 for 2tickets = £14.50 to get in?
Alton Towers have an on the gate prices listed on their website so walk up custom must be accepted
@@yourexperienceguide Friend of mine was in local area & called in on the gate & they wouldnt give him Entrance to the park, & told him hes got to book online to gain entrance for £29 on his mobile. & when look on Alton Page they got ONDAY Strike OUT!!,, its all crazy at the mo how every1 is doing these Ticket prices .. , anyways cheers for the Vid, as always keep it going ^5
@@DjShamusUKI don’t think they’d have an on the gate price if people can’t turn up on the day.
Did you friend go on a sold out day?
Yes, absolutly yes! Needs to be at least a third cheaper, and they need a cheap no ride ticket, i dont want free entry as that causes too many numbers to be in there
If it’s too cheap they won’t be able to cover running costs
I haven't been BPB for 5 years even though I'm only half an hour away.
The reason is I'm just bored of the rides there. The classic rides need to go and bring the PB into the modern days. I'm not paying them prices for rides I've rode constant for 30 years.
short answer , yes,
Online prices are the going rate at most parks of a similar size
@@yourexperienceguide fair point but most other parks are updated and clean. i know you have brought this up before but bring back the free entry thing or rather charge a fiver. get more traffic through therefore more money going through the park.and they could maybe in time bring prices down a little bit and get even more traffic through.
Everytime people tell me bpb is expensive i just ask them to look at flamingo land 😭 like 33 is not that bad.. it's cheap actually
£33 online is reasonable
Bought in advance, no it isn’t expensive but when you’re buying for 4 people+ then it does amount to a lot of money, but doesn’t everything else?
I think maybe it’s time and sensible for BPB to bring back a non-rider entrance fee - £15 would probably be the sweet spot, but free entry should never come back IMO. Why do people think they can enter and walk around private property / business for free on the basis that they might buy a coffee?
I’d like to see more promotional offerers from Pleasure Beech. They used to be great at it but I never see any offers in papers or other media. I’m not talking massive discounts or permanent price changes but at least incentivise people to book
They used to do this well with their big savings for advanced bookings.
They should do a value entry ticket, allows entry and some rides such as ghost train derby racer, alice in wonderland etc for say £15.People can then go in goon some rides and spend money while in there, get it looking busier.Should also be open to 7pm especially in july/august. I would love to go ut at present costs, its a no.
Whilst they have ticket scanners at every ride it’d be good to see them trialing different ticket packages to get more people in
I think its fine, 1 30 yo staff member on a 9-6 opening gets £99 wage they start a hour or 2 before gates opening cleaning park or ride testing stay an hour later to close down. Need to make money in profit somehow.
Yes it is but most things are expensive currently. I feel a non rider ticket would cut costs for those who just take their kids along (some grandparents for example) would save families some money whilst keeping on park spend on food at drink up.
Sometimes wonder about the grandparents argument, do many people take their grand parents to BPB? 😅
(I think the entry pass should be reinstated)
@@yourexperienceguide well from personal experience mine do lol
@@yourexperienceguidenot taking their grandparents. But im sure my parents would come for the day to watch my daughter on the rides and enjoy the nostalgia of walking around. They're never gonna pay a full ticket for it but certainly would if it was like £10. Then they'd be also buying food and gifts etc.
@@fragglenum Mine never did, but my parents go with my son to BPB (do have season passes though).
Just makes me laugh but I see the point that’s being made.
I am a financial advisor for BPB and the reason for the prices, is the park in the coming years will remove the big one and replace it with a B&M hyper. This will then give the title for UK’s tallest roller coaster back to BPB
So spending millions to refurbish the Big One only to remove it makes financial sense?! 😬
I’ll believe it when I see it 👍
I call BS here. The big one isn't going anywhere when they have been spending millions over the last few years retracking sections to expand the big ones life.
Are you really a financial advisor for BPB or one of these BPB vloggers that never listens to what people have been saying for years and now the park is empty.
Pleasure Beach does offers as well... Tesco Clubcard... once a year i always have 90 to 110 quid off.
Why on earth does Nick Land shut an hour early? Thats crazy. What are the kids supposed to go on 4-5?
Closing Nick Land early makes absolutely no sense
@@yourexperienceguide In all my years going I've never noticed that.
BPB is priced ok EXCEPT for people who don’t ride, such as grandparents. Take a look at Tripadvisor and this is mentioned repeatedly. Also, it’s as if they’ve got your money so, short hours and slow turnaround means less wear and tear.
It’s a regular point made to BPB that’s constantly ignored
They should listen to their customers. Btw I was on the Big Dipper and it’s really slow now- is this to keep noise down as it goes past the hotels?
Yes its far too expensive for the quality of what you get, as you mentioned in a previous video a number of rides at BPB are quite old now heck even the Big One is 30 years old too (with problems now arising that show its age). They really shot themselves in the foot axing the non rider passes. Who in their right mind would pay £30+ to walk around the park to watch their kids/family on the rides. At least with Alton Towers, Thorpe Park etc they feel modern and fresh whereas Blackpool Pleasure Beach is sort of stuck in a weird time vortex where the new and old don’t mix and feel/look odd alongside each other.
IMO they need to reinstate the entry pass, and find a better balance between old and new rides
@@yourexperienceguide100% agreed. Unlike their rivals who are based in the middle of nowhere, they are at the seaside with lots of visitors willing to pay a few quid on their holidays to see what's inside.
My mum will no longer come to watch the grandkids do the rides, she can't justify it and rightly so. However a few years ago she was the secondary market buying drinks, food, merchandise etc. The park has completely erased it and I'm baffled
Yes. Yes it is.
Does that mean all their competitors are too expensive as well?
I am coming in July but I don't know what day I be going
YES
Does that mean all their competitors are too expensive as well? 👀
@@yourexperienceguide No, just Blackpool with all those old rides.
@@farangtravels3956The balance of old and new rides needs addressing for sure, but every park has aging attractions and high running costs.
@@yourexperienceguide I think we'll learn the meaning of expensive if/when the Universal park opens here (if Florida is anything to go by!)
if you want customers to go to the park on impulse then you have to be more competitive ???
On the gate pricing and lack of non rider pass is a problem
For me the pricing is too high. Especially considering travel costs and possible accommodation too. I have chronic pain and can't ride the rickety older rides so I'd much prefer the old ticket book system. I'd not pay £50 to walk round with friends and have a few rides. I also think it prohibits grandparents going who like to walk round with the kids and they do spend money once inside. As you say you don't tend to go to Blackpool just for PB and costs soon add up at all the attractions. A walk around price option so long as some in the group pay full price then that would be great.
It’s crazy to me that the park is so quiet so often, and they still refuse to reinstate the entry pass for non riders
@@yourexperienceguide and non riders would be more willing to spend on food and souvenirs if they haven't spent alot to get in especially grandparents spoiling the kids as mine did many years ago!
@@lisageorge5529Exactly
You are missing the hidden costs such as car parking, food and the likes. Pleasure Beach tends to be better value in these areas due to the park's surrounding offerings.
They’re optional extras though
If the answer is anything other than yes then Amanda has definitely been in your DMs to stop you trashing the park, if the invested in other rides other than a 30 year old monorail retrack every year maybe they could justify the price to ride 100 year old coasters
Last DM between me and Amanda was in November 2022. I’m not here to be censored by BPB, I’m just giving my opinion on the current online pricing
Pleasure Beach Resort is a good park and I would be willing to spend that money if you are getting value for money, however what really hinders the park from being that value is the operations but mostly ride availability the sheer amount of SBNO attractions is not good River Caves, Ice Blast, Grand Prix, Thompson Carousel, Haunted Swing and many others having maintenance issues like Revolution and Avalanche really drags down the atmosphere/
I think Pleasure Beach should go back to Pay per Ride with option of an unlimited wrist band and don't say it can't work as many parks use this system so why can't Pleasure Beach such as Linnanmaki, Fantasy Island, Knoebels, Wicksteed Park, Wiener Prater all use this system and do it well because not only do you get more guests but they could buy merch, Food and ride tickets for one ride still getting the park extra money/
It’ll always be BPB to me, but yeah I can certainly see what you’re saying here. Operations aren’t great anymore, and there’s a lot of downtime nowadays.
I miss the days when pleasure beach used to be open til 7 or 8pm every day. Makes me feel old
No demand anymore sadly
I remember it being open till 10 in the summer. God I must be showing my age.
I always leave Pleasure Beach feeling like I’ve had my moneys worth. Not the case with Merlin parks unfortunately.
Definitely helps when BPB is so quiet 😅
Free entry historically is always going to sting.....many people still think it's still free entry!!
I think most people came round to the idea of the entry pass and now that’s gone 😑
This is absolutely ridiculous. They’ve clearly changed their pricing structure at the last minute, which is incredibly unprofessional.
Think a lot of places are doing it now
I hope Blackpool pleasure beach never dies
Yes.
Even though their online prices are competitive?
@@yourexperienceguideI do believe so, because from my family, most of us don’t get on a single ride. £35.50 to £44 is a staggering amount for just entry.
@@jmcglockYTFor non riders it’s a lot, but for those riding it’s good competitive value when booked in advance
That's about twice as much as I'd be prepared to pay; way too expensive for a family. I miss the days when you could buy and handful of lettered tickets and still have a fun day out. Think they're going to head for disaster financially if they're not careful
The term "theme park" isnt set in stone. To the average normal person it just describes a place with rides. Dont understand the super obsessive nature of mentioning this again and again.
Theme parks have themed areas with story telling and immersive experiences.
BPB is an amusement park often classed as a fun fair.
I’ll continue to make this point for as long as BPB claim to be a theme park 👍
I can’t understand why the Pleasure Beach wants people to pay like £40 to £50 per person mate and years ago in the 1990s and early 2000s it used to be a heck of a lot cheaper, it angers me that!
Back in the 90s BPB was as cheap or as expensive as you wanted it to be due to pay per ride.
You can lap any ride now where as back then you had to keep paying to re-ride something.
I personally think it’s overpriced for what it is these days. Especially with their current ride offering. Flamingo land is very pricey too but that’s not just a theme park they have to maintain. But then you’re right, you’re comparing an amusement park to theme parks. So it’s a hard one.
Also, Blackpool is one of, if not the poorest place in the UK right now so you’d think they’d think about that when looking at their pricing but then again Amanda has probably ran the place so deep into the ground that she has no option but to have higher pricing or the place would go into administration 🤷🏻♂️
I think they’re pricing reflects their running costs and that a business has to make profits.
Bringing back Valhalla was a poor move considering the running costs of that alone.
Scotland needs a proper theme park cause M AND D’s is crap
They do
Everywhere is too expensive in the UK, I can go to Poland and back for cheaper and have a better day out.
Flights to Poland seem pricey from up North these days
Don't bother me. Went 2 pleasure beach in 95. A load of shit so didn't bother goin back. Struggled 2 stay awake on the big 1.
Used to visit Blackpool and always went to pleasure beach. Moved to Blackpool from London because I loved it here. No I suffer from Mental Health issues and mobility problems. So now I am not able to go on the rides and because of the cost to look around is now it's just impossible. So I now live in Blackpool and can't visit Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
The lack of non rider pass is confusing
Blackpool now is expensive sandcastle pleasure Beach piers etc cheaper to go abroad plus better weather abroad never stops raining here
It’s not raining in any of my BPB footage 😉
@@yourexperienceguide wow one say out of 5 months pretty sure the opening was
we both find that our ride count at bpb is so much more than Alton Towers so in that respect its cheaper for us as the queue lines at Towers can be horrendous. BPB is not in the middle of nowhere and has you as a captive audience so we both think it must bring back the non rider pass. we dont agree with free entry as we remember the drunks etc causing havoc in the days gone by BUT we would love to bring our family with us and encourage the non riders to have a go and join us . they will never do this without being able to walk round and see for themselves what they are missing. lets encouage them to do this 1st hand instead of just watching it on their phone, the next generation of thrill seekers will never happen if it costs so much to walk round.Rant over as this is getting longer than War and Peace aaargh
Haha hope you and Lee are well 😊
@@yourexperienceguide if we dont see you before see you at Oakwood
I would rather support the showmen on the piers than go to Blackpool pleasure beach they don’t charge disabled people to walk around the park I find Blackpool very expensive park to visit
Is it too expensive. I think for children it is very expensive especially for those who don't want to go on the premium rides and with an adult taking them round the kids rides it makes no sense.
I feel like it should go back to free to enter. When I was 14 (in 1995) visiting my dad in Blackpool, he gave me £10 and I chose to pay for a single ride on the Big One.
That would never have happened if the park wasn't free to enter and Pay Per Ride.
When I visited years later (recent years) the park didnt have the same atmosphere and the Big One feels like it has run out of steam.
And that's how it should be. Thousands of people outside on a sunny day not going in because a family of 5 would cost a small fortune.
Free entry is unlikely to return but the reduced entry pass for non riders should be reinstated
@@yourexperienceguide totally agree. Passed the bpb one day last year on a hot day, prom was packed but the bpb looked empty, ok at weekends should keep the pre paid tickets but during the week should be opened up as pay as you ride would be a winner, always used to work otherwise it wouldn't be there now. Thing is me and the wife are now to old (ha ha) but our grandchildren would love to be taken in there when we're out with them. Don't mind spending a fortune on them but for us just paying around £70 for nothing, No.
Did you once shit yourself at fantasy island in Skegness?
No why? Did you?
I fear you are too focussed on the views of day visitors and pass-holders and are ignoring the millions of people who visit for long weekends, midweek breaks and weekly holidays. Those are the people who make a conscious decision to visit and allocate a whole day at Blackpool Pleasure Beach and will book in advance, even if it is only the day before.
It would be very interesting to look into and see what proportion of BPB visitors are day visitors to the town as opposed to people who include one or more overnight stays.
I wasn’t thinking about it from an enthusiast point of view, and pass holders aren’t considered for admission prices as they’ve already paid for it.
Please don’t make assumptions 😎
Think 20 pounds for parking is a joke compared to its rivals. Yes there is free parking close by but not everyone knows this😊
Shhh !
Theres also a car park 5min walk away that cost £7 for 6 hrs, so why anyone would use the one right by the park for £18 is beyond me.
I think everyone knows this and that’s why it’s impossible to park in the summer
Yes it is, especially when you are a family of 4 and you have to pay full price for 2 adults that don’t go on anything. This stops us going as kids too young to go in alone. Sort it out you must lose a lot of business through this.
This is why I think they should bring back the entry passes and mentioned it in the video, sadly we have no influence over the decision making though.
It is expensive, it's nothing more than an outdated seaside funfair. I don't know why people call it a theme park.
It’s an amusement park not a theme park not a fun fair
Right there's a huge difference between theme parks and amusement parks. So how can they justify charging the same. Simple answer, they can't. Theme parks and amusement parks are world's apart.
@@jasonmadgwick6682 Not denying there’s a difference.
Cedar Point is an amusement park with some of the world’s best roller coasters, not everything needs theming 😁
They should pay you for going in 😂
Why would they do that?
It’s way too expensive and way too unreliable.
Does that mean all their competitors are too expensive as well? 👀
@@yourexperienceguide I've only ever visited Towers twice and feels like you get more value for money. So just because they are similar in pricing, I wouldn't say they necessarily would be too expensive, no.
All comes down to value for money with me.
If I were local and not stuck up in Aberdeen and could justify a season pass, then I'd say BPB was value for money. But for day trippers or weekend trippers I'd say they're too unreliable and don't offer enough.
Yes Blackpool Pleasure beach too expensive locals will not go
Locals always complain even when it was cheap 😆
Yes it is too expensive
Why though? Does that make their competitors too expensive too?
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Why?
@@yourexperienceguide Firstly it's a pleasure beach and not a theme park, secondly ride reliability is terrible. Thirdly most of the rides are very old, with very few recent updates. And lastly the location, Blackpool isn't exactly posh, so I do think you have to take that into account. A park in rural Staffordshire can charge more than a park in a drug hotspot in the North West. Just my opinion, I may be wrong.
@@Pugsrtheshit Ride availability hasn’t been great at any UK park this year.
Recently did a video about the old and new rides, and the lack of balance.
BPB has as many rides if not more than Alton Towers, and that’s what people are paying for ultimately.
@@yourexperienceguide People are paying for an experience, IMO the overall experience at AT is better. Again I may be wrong, but if you've got a family it works out incredibly expensive. Although I will say food/drink is probably cheaper at BPB than AT
@@Pugsrtheshit I think they’re both expensive days out, especially with comparable online pricing which is how a lot of people book for visitor attractions nowadays.