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Visiting Blackpool Pleasure Beach, with 5 million visitors a year, is by far the most popular theme park in the United Kingdom. Located in Blackpool, north of Liverpool, this leisure complex is popular with English-speaking families with its Nickelodeon Land and its iconic SpongeBob character. Thanks to its ten roller coasters, Pleasure Beach is the theme park with the largest number of roller coasters in the United Kingdom, Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Amazing rides such as The Big One and Infusion, worthy of the world’s biggest theme parks, will thrill even the most adventurous among you. Others promise a real journey back in time for the old-fashioned theme park enthusiast. The retro feel of this Irish Sea theme park is a reminder that Pleasure Beach was founded in 1896. It has over 100 attractions for all ages including rides, games stands, gift shops and famous characters from the Nickelodeon animated series. To satisfy its admirers, Pleasure Beach amusement park will have a new multi-launch coaster called Icon in 2018. With its hydraulic pressure system, it is feared for its great power of acceleration. When stationary, this electromagnetic train reaches a speed of 80 km/h in just 2.25 seconds. At Halloween time, the park organizes an open-air cinema, showing horror films during the Hell Nights. During this cinematic experience, the organizers bring in characters dressed in costumes from the films to surprise and frighten spectators even more when they least expect it.
The park’s inventor, Alderman William George Bean, wanted to draw inspiration from the great American amusement parks in the Pleasure Beach concept. Run by members of the same family (Thompson) who have operated it since its creation, this theme park has survived and entertained its visitors for generations. With its own style, its independence from large leisure groups and its atypical rides, Pleasure Beach strives to prolong the philosophy of its founder (namely to transform adults into new children while they are here). If the sun is shining, you can even enjoy the seafront of the Blackpool resort by taking a walk along the Central Pier.