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Lancashire fun park charges £20 entry fee



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Published Date: 23 September 2008
Visitors to Blackpool Pleasure Beach are to be charged £20 - regardless of whether or not they want to go on any rides.
The new payment system will run from October 1 to November 2 (the end of the illuminations season), though children under one metre (3ft 3in) in height will not be charged an admission fee.

The price will include entry to one of the matinee performances of Hot Ice or Forbidden in addition to unlimited rides.

Up until now, entry to the fun park - Lancashire's top tourist attraction - has been free and people have paid up to £32 for an unlimited rides wristband.

It was announced in February that from the start of the 2009 season, visitors will either have to purchase an unlimited ride wristband or a £5 Freedom Pass to get into the park.

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  • Last Updated: 23 September 2008 12:17 PM
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ATP,

preston 23/09/2008 11:59:29
Absolutely stupid
What about OAP's who want to take their grandchildren on a few rides???
How greedy can one park become (also, it's not a Theme Park, it does not follow a "theme" get it right LEP, stop being sloppy)
18 months ago you could buy a whole day wrist band for Beaver Creek (for the little kids) for £15 per child - I went 2 weeks ago and it costs £25. What if you just go in the afternoon??? you are still charged for a full day.
Absolutely daylight robbery.
Also - they are offering fee kids pass at the moment when you buy an adult pass, great, but what are you supposed to do with your kids when you go on the adult rides if grannies and grandads can;t come in without paying???
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ThePrestonOne,

Preston 23/09/2008 12:41:34
Couldn't disagree with Post 1 more.

The Pleasure Beach has become a haven for trouble makers and feral kids who spoil things for everyone else. They simply wander around not using any of the rides and congregate in groups. It is clear that using the Pleasure Beach as a place to doss about is preferable to a street corner.

At last the Pleasure Beach hierarchy have taken a sensible step along the same lines as Alton Towers and the plethora of other theme parks in the UK by charging for entry. They must know that some families will not now use the facilities and that is a pity. However, many more will now return in the knowledge that unless the Neanderthals who have spoilt it for everyone else are prepared to pay an entry fee then a much higher quality of enjoyable time will be had by the public.
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dennis p,

preston 23/09/2008 12:42:35
Actually Blackpool pleasure beach does have a theme - the theme of a rip off dump, that will not let you leave with any cash left on you.
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Proud_to_be_a_Prestonian,

Preston 23/09/2008 13:32:05
Unbelievable! I knew that one day Blackpool would do something like this. Its a disgrace. I am not a thrill ride seeker but I like to visit Blackpool on a nice sunny day and like to walk through the Pleasure beach just for the fun of it. Now I will be expected to pay £20 for nothing. Well it gives me a choice - I won't go in. Simple as that but I am dissapointed it has to come to this. But the thrill seekers will be jumping with joy at this because they will save £12 from last summer prices.

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GGGG,

Preston 23/09/2008 13:46:40
Agree ThePrestonOne, I have avoided Pleasure Beach as it had become a very unsafe feeling area - the number of security guards they have on at times was unbelievable.

I will be interested to see how this works in practice. There will be the published policy but I can see them using their discretion to let the grannies and grandads in without paying.
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barnfarm,

23/09/2008 14:36:14
Short term gain will bring long term pain. People will simply stop going.
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very concerned,

23/09/2008 14:43:52
it looks harsh at first but at least it will stop all the local yobs gathering there as they do now
it is a joke when you go on after tea time
its just gangs of local youths not spending any money just being louts
on the other hand i see the point about just wanting a few rides
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Sue Denim,

23/09/2008 15:12:26
I visited Famingo Land this year with my family. They charged £22 per person for anyone over 3. My 4 year old daughter only went on one ride because the children's rides she wanted to go on wouldn't allow parent chaperones. My husband and I didn't go on the rides as we'd have to either go on our own (not much fun!)or leave our daughter (not happening).

That said, the park was full of people of all ages going on the rides - getting their monies worth.

£20 may be high for Blackpool but the decision for charging has been an educated one to increase out of area attendance and reduce the 'riff raff' element.
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Man-of-Reason,

23/09/2008 16:16:01
it's all Gordon Brown's fault.
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Kells95e,

preston 23/09/2008 16:44:37
Should we be surprised????
Money grabbing g***
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