Hi guys, join me from 8pm as we discuss the last few weeks at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, leading up to a very eventful opening day for the 2024 season.
We will also look at the clear change in direction that seems to be happening within the business and ask “Whats happened to Blackpool Pleasure Beach?
Come and join in the lie chat and have your say, hope to see you there!
Marc 🙂
Keep it Know 10 9 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 ready for this 2 1 Z evening guys hope we’re all well uh yeah just had a look at the chat not tonight guys I’m on the ball and we’ve got the good mods in uh on the ball but yes welcome uh welcome unusual
Sunday night stream and it’s uh just one topic uh this evening as you can tell from the uh the thumbnail um good to see uh good to see everybody in from the start so we got Michael in all the F the fairgrounds evening to you Dave new biging uh Ryan
Uh good to have you in the chat Aaron’s in evening mush fun fair crazy and uh we’ll probably got to wait for some uh some others as well so how we all been doing any anyway uh it’s been uh been a bit of a weekend uh especially you’ve been up uh to
Blackpool but uh is everybody all right I’ve got the uh not the Pepsi not the Pepsi here like I say it’s a not a normal uh not a normal sort of stream that Craig’s in uh it’s not a normal sort of stream tonight um it’s just the one topic and that topic is
Um there we go there’s a few more piling in now evening evening guys hope you’re all well we’ve literally just started uh just the one topic like I say tonight um Blackpool PL Beach yay or nay um this is bit now this is not going to
Be a rant tonight um we won’t sort of tolerate sort of hate sort of we’re going to reason this out uh because it’s all very easy to to sit back and say oh yeah that’s [ __ ] or you know that’s rubbish don’t you know this is better uh
Etc etc so we’re not going to do that U because there’s been plenty of that on social media already uh we don’t want to add to uh we don’t know add to that we don’t add to that no Dave uh we’ve lost a couple we have lost a couple and I’m
Counting on you tonight Dave to be his Lightning Lightning mod um I need to need you to be lightning MOD tonight Dave I’ve done the first two if you know you know if you know you know anyway uh it’s great to see everyone in the uh in the chat we’ve got
Charlie in as well alist Adam from UK UK Fair photos uh obviously David slothy Vlogs uh 973 PB is that that you Paul I think that’s Paul um and obviously Craig Craig as well so who all right we’re going to start yeah we’ll we’ll start at uh with
Uh with this weekend Ryan says how has it taking can be so long to find this YouTube podcast well we’re fairly new we are fairly new Ryan uh the Channel’s been going a while but uh yes Dave ban Hammer you you go for it son go for it
Chris how is in the chat uh Brian say I was this long to find this YouTube podcast we’re Hidden Gem Ryan we are actually a Hidden Gem um we’ve got the we’ve got the big one colors uh in the background for hashtag lighting package tonight uh and I’m in pleasure Beach
Gray uh in uh please make me a mod um let’s see how you behave you still a mon walk Dan I’m uh want that uh want that photo we’re not doing monks walk tonight we are give you night off we’re not doing monks uh monks walk Adam
Says yes Craig I don’t think there’s much of that going on anyway we’re not going to get uh get too far into that yet um how many how many pled of beach blogs so far I think there’s about about 60 I would reckon it’s about 60 I’ve spent today don’t know whether anybody
Else has seen any um I’ve seen about three or four uh today um obviously um the uh the main channels have covered it uh tpw uh your experien guide to be honest I found your experienced guide Scott and the Scott and the guys sumed it up perfectly absolutely summed it up
Perfectly and Scott’s like me um he he loves PPP and he’s he’s been there as a child and he’s seen this he’s seen this what whatever’s happening um he’s seen this happen over the last 20 odd years um the park has transformed into something but we will get there
Uh Craig Dave sort him out sort him out yes DAV was supportting Clarence Pier shout out to slothy Vlogs clar Pier all looking well fully operational which is good shout out to them shout out to them yeah Adam it it was it was brutal and the reason I liked it was not just
Because it was brutally honest it’s because I know how much Scott loves bpb uh we’ve talked about it many times over the years and it’s it’d be hard for him to say it like it’s it is difficult for me to sort of talk about this tonight because I’ve been a long supporter of
Black pleasure be since I was a child like I’ve said in many lives before this is my favorite place uh on the planet um I loved it so much I went to work at Blackpool pledge Beach uh super FR R the big one for three years um did all the
Sort of training courses all the winter work was there for the winter work of Valhalla now all that goes on in terms of the various departments over the close season and how they get ready to reopen the park for The Following season so I’ve got some sort of experience that
I’m going to draw on uh tonight uh Rufus is in uh 19 nearly 20 in go blind me you’re all very welcome guys you’re all very welcome um Craig yeah and that’s that’s a point that I’m we’re going to touch on tonight is that the owners of the
Park uh and before before I say this want to clarify tonight’s live is in no way uh a slight on the staff um the maintenance teams all the uh behind the scenes teams um that make pleasure Beach what it is every day working hard day and day
Out and there’s no doubt that they’ve worked hard over the winter season I mean we’ve had retracking on the big one uh there’s been updates on the uh the ghost train um I’m trying to think what else have uh I’ve seen there’s Alice Alice has had some updates um as well uh so
Yeah it’s in no way um we’re in no way tarnishing the the efforts of the staff there because I know firsthand that they’re all working very hard uh might not be as fast as some people like but that’s that’s a theme park for you it’s not a p paper ride Park anymore that’s
The difference uh and you see that everywhere regardless of what uh one of the big parks that you want to go to uh de says Scott spot on Ice see someone have the ball say yeah yeah Dave exactly I I completely agreed with him on everything um like I say it must have
Been hard for him for for him to say it because I know much he loves the place and has done and he wants it to do well I want it to do well um watch tpw Rufus says and experien guy this morning what of shambles that Park is it’s um it
Didn’t have the best one did it but we’re not going to start we’re not going to start at opening day we’re going to track back a little bit we are going to get check back a little bit um just uh catching on with the chat I want to
Try and keep up with the chat tonight so we get everybody uh we get everybody in uh stay Al from the fairgrounds Why Pay why pay the cost of getting to PL Beach when where’s it gone getting to PL Beach when years back you get for free and go
On any ride by pay now he can’t yeah it um they’ve adopted that model and that’s their choice they’ve done it they’ve gone with it um in my opinion it’s not really worked um we sort of 20 years after that is it 20 years years or could
Be 18 years of um of since they got rid of paper ride was it or 15 was it 20098 maybe I don’t know um memory is not as good as it used to be um yeah it uh it should I we’ve said this in the lives before just briefly um
I feel Blackpool pleasure Beach for for years now has closed itself off from the tourist trade on Blackpool seafront it’s closed itself off from the day Trippers closed itself off from the illuminations uh business that he used to thrive on um with paper ride uh the Friday nights the
Saturday nights the Sunday nights in the illuminations you go to the illuminations now Blackpool prom heaving with traffic Blackpool prom further near the tower and South pier and Central Pier heaving with people black pleasure beach now in darkness and it’s been like that for years that Revenue has got to
Hurt somewhere um because I don’t believe they’re getting the numbers in uh to make that short fall up and I know they’ve reduced the ride lineup um but like I’ve said in in previous uh previous ones the reported they lost half a million quid last year
Um now icon’s been in what six years uh icon was supposed to turn things around and I’ve seen this um it’s um I’ve seen this before that people have said that icon was supposed to turn things around but it’s ended up being a squandered opportunity Unity um but anyway we will get into
That what we’re only 10 minutes uh 10 minutes in a quick have a look at the uh chat uh Andrew very welcome get JR back yeah yeah there was literally no messing that’s there were my days Days of Keith Allen and and Jim Roland and I’m not you
Know different times different times I fully appreciates different times and but back then my God we talk about swearing and stuff on on videos and stuff the the air was blue if if if the big one was down on a on a Saturday morning or or Sunday morning uh bank holidays illuminations Saturdays
Whatever the big one was down at opening time the air went blue the air it did go blue but things got done uh things got done quick um because it was you know pass generator that ride paper ride anyway anyway I want to take it back to uh a couple of weeks
Ago and we uh when things started to go a little bit wobbly for them before the uh the main the main season and what upset a lot of people was the logo we go nice bit of avalanche music in there uh yeah upset a lot of people
With the logo um looked as though it was done on canva and it was I don’t think they were prepared for it uh cuz they released it on their Facebook page and I don’t think they were prepared for the backlash he got it was absolutely slated across
Social media um so much so that they ended up changing it a few days later so what we got then was that so sort of it’s just a bit you know somebody’s some not quite sort of sized it right you can just see on the uh the
Curves there on the left hand side at the top and the bottom it’s a bit chopped off um but they they’ve they’ve uh they’ve changed it and now I believe it’s uh it’s it’s been changed again um the format still seems to be the same but then where the exclamation mark is
There’s now blue sky where the bottom of the explanation mark is it’s Mr funshine um which we’ll talk about uh a lot further on but this is Blackpool pleasure Beach for for God’s sake you know if they can’t get this right after so many years of operation
Um it just starts ringing alarm Bells you know it’s a if you’re rebranding a company that size that’s so ingrained into the industry first off so ingrained into Blackpool even though they’ve sort of separated themselves off from from Blackpool as a separate entity now it say
Uh yeah Rufus that’s why that’s why I chose that’s why I chose it do you know what um fun fact with maybe not fun but uh whenever I used to go from the big one on Sunday afternoon when the wages were ready we always used to go to the
Park office which was behind bhalla uh all those offices there near the the back entrance um and you’d always have to walk past um the Avalanche and you can never it’s impossible not to step in tune with the Avalanche music I’ve tried it I’ve tried it it’s impossible um you
Always end up doing it um but yeah memories like that I’ll I’ll always have but yeah do love the bit of avalanche love bit of avalanche uh don’t worry about BP tsunami can’t fix now they they they they get the wins there at Blackpool and it’s you know it’s still
Standing they’ve built it solidly um I was thinking of going back to Blackpool this year but I’m pretty unsure now Rufus says um to be honest I was thinking and I’ve said this before I was thinking of going back this year first time in five years to go and ride
The big one for all time sake um on its 30th which I think is May the is it May the 24th something around in May um but now I just I’m just I don’t know I’m just begrudge paying um paying the money for it after see what I’ve seen this
Weekend I’m to pay the money for it anyway so once we the logo barkle over the last two weeks sort of settled down uh they they started changing the profile picture without posting it they were they weren’t soft in the end um then we come to the hype uh the
Poli Beach were putting out the ride videos they were putting out this was like six seven days before the park opened each day there’d be a new ride video coming out five days four days before the uh before Saturday they were posting pictures of the big one you know as a countdown ride
Um and I I’ve seen from other people’s channels the big one wasn’t testing um always if you’re not familiar with with how the parks I mean I’m sure many of you are if you’re not familiar with how the parks um get ready for the season as in near opening day all right
Are testing coasters especially they’re all testing because Woodies like the the national and the dep they have to literally have to be run in more than anything else they have to be run in um they they usually start out with one or two cars of the train send
Them round they’ll dip they usually get I remember pushing them out from the Dip mean about eight other Lads pushing you know cars around the uh the track and then when it goes around they Lo another car and so on and so on but the big one
Wasn’t testing the big one tests on Old Cars full train when it goes back on on um after winter maintenance but they were advertising the ride 5 six days out and yet we’re expected to believe even though the big one wasn’t testing this was a last minute sensor
Issue now it I’m not saying it wasn’t um it could be it could have been a sensor issue but if there must be a reason why that ride wasn’t testing because that should be testing a week a week before it uh it it comes out um and nobody saw it nobody
Saw it and nobody knew customers weren’t informed that that ride would be down until the morning of the the morning of Saturday satday morning first thing satday morning uh Scott was saying it was on the website but wasn’t on the closed rides it was down for uh plan
Maintenance down for plan maintenance or it’s got a censor issue it’s it’s and we’ll start getting into to Saturday but hold that thought we’ll have a check at the chat cuz the chat’s going a bit bit mad if you’re watching this on replay guys thank you very much for watching
You’re watching this on YouTube tap in the comments section swipe it to the left and then you’ll be able to watch the live chat alongside me waffling on uh which is always uh always a distraction uh let’s have a look um Adam says at this point just sell the parts
Maill and let proper company run it I mean Christ even welcome looping group or Chinese company to run it it’s I BL Beach the the Thompson family have always been they’ve always wanted the best for pledge Beach um my Crocs with it now is that I don’t
Think that they feel the best for pleasure Beach is to concentrate on the amusement park I think they feel the best for pleasure Beach is to concentrate on building a resort around it so we’ve seen the hotels going um big blue went into it 2003 2004
Um the uh the boulevard Hotel went in a few years ago um obviously they got hot ice which is very very very very well looked after um in terms of uh the park but I don’t feel that the amusement park has been a priority for the company for
Years um we got an icon yeah 16 million quid we’ve got it great um but I’ve I remember saying a few week back on the lives again um wild mouse the difference in the approach from the owners now from the family wild mouse was a coaster that was installed
In the 1950s at Blackpool it had a his it had a league of fans League of fans all over the country a very very very well-renowned um wooden coaster and it was just the way it was closed um after 60 five odd years really 70 years of operation it was just a post
Post on Facebook from pler Beach saying unfortunately this ride’s gone now um we’re going to hopefully put something in its place would never have happened would never have happened um and it’s not the way that other Parks operate now and we’ve seen it again this Saturday with
The Grand Prix now people might think the Grand Prix yeah it’s just a it’s just an old ride it’s just you know it’s going slick go slow and it’s uh is always a big queue for it but the Grand Prix is a great family attraction that’s why it’s been there again since the
1960s because it’s been a permanent fixture there for 60 UH 60 years again another historical ride historical rides that Blackpool pleasure eats was built on and then told us that was one of the unique selling points that they looked after these historical rides all of a sudden B out the blue
Saturday morning yeah by the way uh dra Prix is down um won’t be open ever again we’re going to dismantle it and put something there put something there it’s it’s Bonkers and you know it is Bonkers let me know in the chat guys what uh what do
You what would you like to see at Blackpool pledge beach now um don’t say change of owner because we I don’t think that’s ever going to happen to be honest I don’t think that’s going to happen um and like I said the Thompson family have looked after it I just personally don’t
Agree with the direction it’s gone uh and it’s very visible it is very visible the direction they gone with it um let’s catch up with this chat now um yeah yeah Adam not just advertising it but also run a competition to get on the first train and uh anyone notice Blackpool pleasure
Beach’s Facebook page since Friday no updates no updates whatsoever I believe the competition winners got the first um Front Row first train on icon not even a picture of them all silent from bpb Over the opening weekend on uh on social media not from Twitter but we’ll get on to that in a
Second if you know you know um Sean was right it’s uh yeah uh Dave says where’s place right all right we’ll go on to Twitter or hash X or whatever um shortly after the park open and everyone realized that um oh big one’s not running uh ground
Prix’s close forever uh ice blast um looks just like a uh electricity py on the way it’s just been left and uh the owner of the part then uh decides to tweet that they are they’re sorry that the big ones not open um it’s it’s something
That only occurred in the last few days as with uh with PlayStation or as you call it quote unquote ice blast just to just just to make that point Bader Beach call it ice blast not they we call it what they call it uh but the memo hasn’t apparently gone through there
Um uh Johnny roton that’s uh well you’re welcome you’re welcome let uh let’s have a look uh I love that name love that name um Amanda needs to chill and the way she speaks to the people that are keeping a Parco and she’s very passive aggressive with the social media updates that like
Ecentric lady now there’s been a lot of backlash about that um and I can I can see that it was obviously a frustrating day for her uh and the team but and the staff as well not forget let’s not forget the staff have had to the staff have been there
From 11 five they face the public they face the anger and they fa the frustration of everyone that’s paid or even season pass holders um everyone that’s gone into that Park and seen it and been horrified and disgusted of what what the r availability was like um
Those staff were there to to face that um and me while the owner is is on Twitter um might have been a nice touch I think if the owner was wandering around the park doing a bit of a bit of PR um and talking talking to guests
Which I think she usually does I don’t think she usually does but it I think it’s more important than ever that with a park like that that that’s especially a familyowned park um like BL pleasure Beach I think that would have would have helped I think that would have helped uh
On the right right were down about the i r is [ __ ] you can see you facing it Craig you can you can see your fac C uh asy Paul says seen on Twitter today um testing the big one people that hoping it was open case of not having it
Running around with people bad yeah um and I’ve seen I’ve I mean I’ve seen the updates because social media has been a wash with this um and the regional media picked up on it the um most of uh the media I’ve seen regally has been mainly
About the big one not being open and people disgusted at the right availability but also uh more locally to Blackpool it’s there on Facebook if you see it if you can find it uh more in Blackpool the local media people are disgusted the way those tweets came
Across uh from the owner and uh on opening morning so uh Dave says they need PR to go over the tweets before she presses send well it works for lot musk doesn’t it apparently it’s uh you know it’s if it needs to be done it needs to be done I mean
It’s I mean I’m trying to get right in ah head here did Blackpool pleaser Beach announce a new attraction over Twitter from the owner’s page tagged on to a longer message is that the way is that the way that they’re announcing attractions new attractions now
Um I suspect it took the heat um and the a lot of the press Ram with this it took the heat off the off what was happening happening on open day uh it took the heat right out of that for a lot of a
Lot of the press uh and a lot of content creators have noticed it’s you know it’s not so much you it wasn’t so much about Blackpool PL Beach absolute [ __ ] show on opening morning it was more about you ride at pleasure Beach what new rides com to pleasure Beach so I
They’re clever there yeah given the Jew they were clever there steel from fair grounds blackpool’s had so much money put into it exactly exactly but I think the dwindling uh attendance figures um obviously doesn’t get anything like it it did before but Blackpool as a whole and we said this before black pool’s
Hall is experiencing um a huge upturn in in visitor numbers blacko town and the The Ledger economy is experiencing I think it’s 90s million something like that are coming to Blackpool every year and it’s rising so this is why I don’t understand why one of the town’s longest serving you know
What used to be the jewel in the crown apart from Blackpool Tower jewel in the crown of the resort is now losing half a million quid whilst the rest of Blackpool seems to be booming in the season um it just doesn’t uh it doesn’t it beg his belief um
Charlie says extremes volumes R even the dark Rin of booger yeah given the dude though the ghost Train’s been has been updated but I believe that um if anyone is anyone not aware of what happened on Saturday anybody not uh just give you a brief rundown of the r availability
Which I know R break down God I I know this you know the big one big one’s very good at throwing a hissy fit uh when it wants to but on opening day we had big one closed all day ice blast closed all day um the carousel opposite the big
One closed all day um and you might say well it’s a carousel but families go this is you know we talked about this before the Family Market this is what it’s all about um that ride does get busy it does get busy um what else was
Uh down the PB Express was evaced um a number of times and went down Revolution was evaced I believe four or five times uh and had downtime in Fusion uh the queue was evacuated um and that went that went down a few times um Avalanche uh was
Evacuated um because it was going so slow around the the track didn’t quite make the last break one is the video footage I’ve seen um Valhalla uh was evaced uh a couple of times including five to five um I’m trying to think if there’s anything else uh impossible obviously
The The Impossible um woman of the Maze and the old haunted swing in opposite The Fountains that’s closed uh that was closed all day um icon I think opened late um yeah icon opened late obviously Grand Prix shut um ghost train Evac uh as well and
It just goes on and it goes on and I hate saying it but when you charging 35 quid it’s not just enthusiasts that are going uh correct me from wrong guys it’s not just enthusiasts that are going it’s AB you know it’s families and there there’s not just enthusiasts that have traveled
Hundreds of miles to be there for opening day it’s families that have traveled they’ve paid the card cash no all of them have got season passes they’ve paid the 35 grade family AFF four they’ve got there everything’s broken you know at varying times in the day cues are all heading to Icon icon’s
Absolutely bummed out with people uh the big one shot and nobody thought to say anything before the morning that they were due to open um and it just it just begg’s belief in 2024 pleasure Beach can get away with this again because this happened was it 21 2021 been 2021 or
2022 uh this a similar thing happened on opening day and you think a part that size would learn the thing Christ and they took a batter in then about it as well you think they’d learn right we’re never going to go through this again um and just make sure that uh
Everything’s ready slothy said anyway thought this [Laughter] was I’ll uh I’ll remind you that whilst I’m watching your your win Winchester Christmas Market Vlog back at your Straton uh P of better value yeah um I’d agree I’d agree to be honest um better atmosphere better atmosphere um apparently ice blast is opening
Again just on Ice blast um oh hit the microphone first time tonight so we’re all right uh just on Ice blast everyone’s first impression as they walked into that Park and openland day was Ice blast no Gonda the inspection uh car bolted to the uh the
Tower uh and it was just it just looked like a ride in bits uh with bits missing obviously um because it was on to go obviously some some maintenance apparently waiting for a part for it um back in the old days that would never have been allowed to be the first thing
The customers saw when they they came in the park that would have been boarded off that would have been boarded off with big signs all over it um under renovation um working hard to get this ride attaction back open blah blah blah not just left there um in the state it’s
In with no all the signage off around the station area as well it just I I saw it first thing I saw it um when I saw a picture of it I think uh yesterday I thought my God that’s the first thing on opening day people are looking
At and they already just found out that it’s not opening anyway anyway right let’s crack on through this chat guys 24 in the house thank you very much for uh for joining me wasn’t sure how this would go tonight actually because uh but it’s it’s important it’s uh you know it’s I I
Feel strongly about it because I love I love the place um yeah Craig yeah uh Rufus where’s Andy uh he’s he’s he’s hanging out with W me Tim now he’s uh doesn’t want to bother with us now uh um stim was the biggest attraction Blackpool yesterday yeah I think he was
The only attraction that wasn’t down for plann maintenance um uh let’s have a look yeah Rufus looking forward to coach crazy Vlogs you know I’ve seen some Vlogs I won’t say they are I’ve seen some Vlogs that they had a good day uh and I can understand why in a way
Because theme park content creators when they go to Blackpool pleasure Beach it’s like an event uh for them for them they all meet up uh they all have a laugh and and and catch up and all the rest of it so even though nothing is open uh around
Them there’s you know you’re in sort of you know vlogger Safari want of a better experience like first night at hole um or Goose or you know whatever um so content creators can still have that banter and stuff and still have an enjoyable day catching up with everyone
Having a laugh and the drink and all the rest of it um but it’s it’s unfortunate that families can’t don’t get that families don’t get that because they’re stuck there they might have traveled four hours to get there they’ve paid the money to get in and they’re stuck U with
With what’s an offer and it’s wrong it’s is absolutely wrong so I’ll say something else I’m not going to get me soap box here I’m not ranting it might sound like it but I’m not but something else I noticed not only did Black pleasure Beach’s Facebook page not been
Updated haven’t been updated every day for the last few weeks in the lead up to opening day since opening day nothing radio silence not even an apology not even an apology to those people because there were some very angry people I believe at that part
Um which is why in the end they they um give everyone you know the like the rainy day guarantee um even though it was pissing down at the time as well um no apology no apology whatsoever um which I think is a bit that’s a bit raw
That I think to be honest I think that’s you know if they just held their hands up and said sorry guys we we had a really bad day uh yesterday we’ give everyone refunds or return tickets if they wanted whichever they wanted uh and we apologize we’ve got technicians
Working on I think this is what happened to be fair to them this is what the approach was last time it happened in three or four years ago it was when everything went down they had Texs there and Engineers they working you know through almost through the night on it
To get everything back uh to where it should be but this year nothing nothing people have paid the money and a [ __ ] day out and there’s been no word of apology on social media from them it’s not right it is not not right they said pton is on European level uh yeah yeah
Uh exactly Charlie exactly Charli when when um I kept on hearing these these things about Parts on order and stuff and waiting for this part and all the rest of it I seem to remember Terrence icej was it a goose um is one of the big FS I’m sure
It was where he drove to bertis on I’m sure he to B on in Italy to pick up was an inverter or something like that he just drove there he’s like 24 hours almost on the road and he drove there and back and that’s the difference that is the difference
Um R says thought it was 50 Quid for pleasure Beach on the day I think it’s 50 Quid um online I think it’s 35 in advance 35 in advance um all on the fair ground she’ll bring the the black hole back that they had years back yeah there was loads of
Classic attractions but you know what I don’t think um I think those days are gone uh now what I worry about now is the speed and frequency that they’ve ditched the historical um aspect of their uh business and their USP and what um has drawn people to the park for decades the
Park that looks after these historical attractions that other Park in the UK has in that this number um but then when the new owner took over one of the first things they did was shut Southport pleasure land and demolish the Cyclone um which had been there since I
Think 1932 1930 something like that um the Woody at Southport if anyone remembers it my first coaster my first coaster fun fact there we go uh yeah completely agree aliser they do have the pride um and says uh did you ever hear about SNS refusing to TCH nice BL M
Hearted to be honest no didn’t uh didn’t hear that but I I’m going back long long long long long long time ago um pretty gray pretty gray hair uh if you if you if you watch the pleaser Beach BC pleasure Beach series you’ll see me episode six I think they’re evacuating
The big one you’ll see me at the top of the Evac stairs just outside the station uh with me blonde curtains about 20 about 20 then go where’s the time go um Char says better then Jr was in charge of the ride to make sure everything was constantly
Running yeah but they were all on bonuses don’t forget you know it was all bonus bonus driven and it was paper ride so they didn’t make the money unless the rides were running if you know now they don’t have to to to run the rides to
Death um every day to generate the money they’ve generated it as soon as they get through the gate uh Craig says go on MAR rant it’s I’m trying not to I’m trying not to because I’ve seen lots of it over social media and I’m trying very much not to rant um
Because it’s uh it’s there’s a serious there’s a serious question in my mind about pleaser beach now because of the actions that they’re taking and this goes back to the wild mouse it goes back to the ride depletion it goes back to the uh the rebranding of
The to the resort which they tried I think in 2006 um you know that their pleasure Beach their history on their website says that they retired Mr funshine in 2006 S I think it was it’s all there go and read it on the um on the Facebook
And on the website yeah on the website um they retired Mr funshine and they seem to keep bringing back Mr funshine and pushing him away again when things get tough out comes Mr funshine Mr funshine was what that Bloody part was built on um he should be go nowhere
Don’t care how many [ __ ] hotels there are there H that is Mr funshine is Blackpool pleasure Beach you know the raise on Detra of the park and the the sort of essence of the park was always to make adults feel like children again and those adults uh are the moms and dads that
Have got the families now uh and that’s where it’s uh that’s where it’s going um it’s turning away people and in terms of uh you know Amanda’s tweets on Saturday some people think oh yeah people have reacted and stuff once you start saying to to pleasure you know you start saying
To pleasure Beach fans um you know PlayStation or as you call it um it’s it’s very much a confrontational um stance and that’s not what any park should be about I don’t I I challenge anyone to to suggest any other instance of this where a park owner has had a bit
Of a vent at fans that stood in the pissing rain on opening day with all the rides breaking down around them and they’ve paid handsomely for the privilege n right I’m going have a Pepsi now a sip of Pepsi Craig said can we all appreciate the hold of the hairell Markus using that’s
Some it’s not it still moves look it still moves yeah it still moves it’s not so it’s not not got all Rick asley uh or anything dyed his hair now shame uh shame on him uh best park in best park in that part of the world is South Pole
My my experience last year yeah and you know what Dave um I’ve supported outport from day one because I I know what the previous owners did to that Park I saw the pictures the pictures are on the line somewhere I’ve said this before the pictur online somewhere of uh
Everything that was ripped out um um literally ripped out um W is sticking out of the ground and all the rest of it this is a park that’s enjoyed history in Southport and owners that have owned a park that’s enjoyed the history of Southport and the custom of Southport
And the surrounding areas for since the 1930s and as soon as time was time was up um that was it everything ripped out gone coaster demolished no no discussion nothing nothing uh who smug Dave who [Laughter] smug um PlayStation yeah PlayStation or as you call it ice blast uh no Craig I’m not
But this is how much BL people think that I don’t care about black PA blood of beach because I I I’m sarcastic with it and you know I am a bit of a sari saki uh person um and I do take a joke but I’m not I’m serious that this was my
Favorite place in the universe it really was at the age of 18 even and I gave three years of my life to it um not 9 to5 you know not so much like like it is now uh you talking 85 hours 90 hours a week sometimes six days a week three
Years in all weathers through the winter up the scaffolding at Valhalla um jet was Tom so bridge and all the rest of it running the trains in on um X Y and Z painting all the rest of it driving dumper trucks all over the place and those little sort of cleaning machines
And stuff in the winter period and and you know scouring the park for for um uh waste wood to go and finish off the uh the uh the rock face at Valhalla um the wooden you know the wooden rock face frame you know scouring the B for that
Sort of stuff um and it it it took three years of my life it really did you know when any New Year’s Eve when everyone was out partying here’s me stone cold sober because I’ve got open the big one the next morning at 8 o00
Um you know it it it’s it was proper full on three years you know I literally devoted myself to the place uh because that’s all you know was out of that or nothing that’s all they were interesting there spiky M yeah in both senses I’m taking it um PL me wrong massively when
They get it off from the main Sea from uh put the stupid eone tickets and the right yeah eone tickets I just don’t know what’s going on and I think the only reason that we’re getting these tickets uh and stuff is because PL Beach want that control they don’t quite want
To release that control again um because they believe that they’re going to get people climbing over the walls and and stuff like that um so that’s why we’ve got these de tickets um they can’t take phones on the ride but you’ve got to carry your phone
To the to uh scan thing in the uh uh ticket machine each on each one that’s uh yeah I don’t think we’ll see that in the future I think that will be phased out because if it was me that’s that’s a cost in itself it wouldn’t have been
Brought in it’s just you know it’s crazy crazy um I Splash sh because it’s still waiting for parts big one sh because more work and Grand Prix is being replaced by a roller coaster do we know that Michael because you know Amanda said don’t ask any question questions that
Was to say to your fans yeah Grand prix’s showing we’re we’re think we’re getting a new attraction there don’t ask me any more questions uh don’t listen to rumors don’t listen to gossip I know what’s going on I haven’t decided yet oh whoa welcome to opening day at Blackpool
Pleasure Beach everyone stay off Twitter stay off Twitter um I hope it’s not a roller coaster I really do I really do and it’s it’s a point that um sha made at tpw um that’s a massive family attraction it is it always has a massive queue I know
It’s slow sort of through puts uh but it always has a big queue and it’s very very popular attraction hence why it’s sat there for 60 years um replacing a family attraction with a major thrill coaster is not the way to go to be honest I don’t believe that is
The way to go if they’re going to throw another 12 14 16 18 million possible um at another coaster five years ago icon was the big thing 16 million quid where’s the where’s the harah for Icon now it’s it’s just been squandered all that Goodwill and all that
Positivity that icon brought and it was it I mean I dashed down there as soon as I could to go and ride uh go and ride icon brilliant coaster theming is a bit off um well is brilliant r you know that ride should have should have really
Pushed pler Beach you know up but it’s it’s all these other things the you know the lack of atmosphere around the park now the Park’s empty you know really empty considering in the summer uh you know these these late time uh late night riding sessions where rid
Shut at 8:00 when it’s when it’s not even sunet yet because they’ve got fireworks in two hours and they can’t have the roller coasters open it’s and we only get eight of them a year now you know PL of strengths you know that’s the most beautiful Park in in the
Country at night that without a shadow of a doubt um don’t anyone’s aware of this but the big one has won numerous lighting Awards um since it since it was opened um it’s it’s Bonkers it is Bonkers let me know in the chat guys if you we talk about this Resort uh this
Resort thing now um where do you see La poool pleasure be go and what do you see it looking like in the next 10 years because there obviously there’s there’s plans coming um you know in terms of the ride lineup that’s going to be left or new
Attractions in terms of the the hotel offering we’re going to get another hotel um in terms of shows and stuff is the emphasis now hospitality and that’s pretty much it and every now and again we’ll throw a coaster in for good measure uh to keep you know keep the
People happy uh the day trip is happy but is it going to go to open open uh uh open the gates again it’s where did you see it happen where did you see it going because I’ll I’ll tell you m I know nothing first want to admit I know nothing
Um but I can see it’s full steam ahead with hospitality full steam ahead with hot I show which has been always been the case um been going to pler beach for 40 years never seen the hot SI show no interest in it whatsoever um I’m sure it’s very good I
Mean it’s it’s world-renowned but I have no interest in that whatsoever um I see the um I see the ride lineup being depleted mainly from Tiny sort of older attractions I think you know impossible I think that’s probably probably going to go um I think a few of the catering
Units the smaller catering units we’re looking 10 years ahead I think they’re going to go there’s going to be more Landscaping on the park the lineup will be reduced but we will get I think I would say another one maybe two decent roller coasters go in there replacements
For for stuff that’s uh allegedly looking at going um I don’t think ni I don’t think Nickelodeon Land will be there much uh much longer um but it’s it’s clear that the the Heyday of you know show stoping rides at Blackpool new show stoping rides coming along the line at Blackpool it’s over
It’s done um let me know your thoughts guys let me know your thoughts uh D said crazy golf is fantastic did you Vlog that day did you do did you Vlog the crazy golf or was that in the main Vlog say because it is good been there donkey
Shears I’ll be closed I’ll be closed next weekend um it’s passion it’s passion it’s not a rant it’s passion and this is building up you know I’ve held it in for uh for a long time but it’s it’s you know I don’t mind what happened Saturday so much I’m
I feel horrendous for the poor people that have suffered it and traveled to suffer what happened to Blackpool in terms of it was a complete [ __ ] show um not for the first time on opening day of that part like I say uh I feel bad for Content creators who
Love the park and wanted to say as much uh nice things about it as they could um it was impossible impossible uh that’s why most people that did actually absolutely slate the place on opening day uh said how good it was to meet other content creators which is
Great which was great um like I say families going there didn’t have that luxury didn’t have that luxury uh pleasure Beach Lancashire yeah and again big shout out to your experience guide best Vlog from opening day there uh so far that have seen uh hands down beats uh tpw uh I don’t think
For me tpw didn’t get into it for whatever reason tpw didn’t get into it now I don’t think it’s because they got free tickets because they always usually get season passes and stuff like that they don’t need to uh kiss ass really with uh with pleaser Beach um and
They’re always sort of onon his but but they didn’t really get into the nitty-gritty of what was happening around them as they were enjoying rides on on this side the other um icon 2018 yeah icon was 2018 did I say 2016 I know yeah icon was 2018 Um Rufus says what park are we even talking about there’s so many names I think there’s another 30 names been added over this weekend roffers to be honest not many of which we can uh I can I can voice tonight uh but yeah Big shout out to your
Experience guide they went in the um in the kiss me quick shop which if if you’re not familiar with black p pleasure Beach um is the main sort of merchandise shop as you go in um opposite um PlayStation or as you call it the ice blast and they have pler Beach
Lancashire I think Blackpool pler Beach branded merchandise alongside the new pledge of each Resort um stuff and I don’t know if everyone’s seen um again check out tpws logs they did a bit more of this than I think Scott did um sorry if I’m wrong about that but that’s I
Remember tbw doing quite a bit in that shot merch is fantastic you know if you’re into your merch really good merch and not you not overly priced unless you want a ride par which um yeah merchandise this year really really uh Next Level Next Level they’ve always been good for the merchandise
Blackpool um rers run into the ground yeah but we say that I mean the amusement park doesn’t seem to have had TLC uh that it usually get yeah the ghost trains had had a liquor paint and a couple of new scenes added um the Alison Wonderland rides had a bit of a
Lick of paint as well and but when you go to other rides you know Nickelodeon land looks very tired uh it does look a very tied sort of place and that’s you know I remember when they’re opened I’m sure many people do but back in the day and I keep saying
This and it always sound like that old man you know in my day but I remember two weeks before that park opened everything was being jet washed everything was being jet washed even I remember jet washing I remember jet washing the station truck in the in the
Um the Dipper station all the way through that tunnel uh to the other side uh under the chain lift and you can imagine the of grease in there you know full sort of uh waterproofs on and literally face literally just covered in in dirt and uh grease by the end of it
But that’s what they did you know that’s what they did and you know there’ be six of us at the big one station uh with um paint strippers getting the chewing gum off off the floor um polishing the lights getting the cobwebs up from those column lights in the station um and the
Same would be happening at every ride you know a week before they opened all the staff for those rides will be dispatched to the ride to get it get it clean get it clean get it running uh and just keep cycling it as well as as clean
The ride they’d all be spotless uh would all they would all be spotless but you don’t really see that much now and I appreciate the ride lineup is is depleted and I’m sure that the the sort of winter teams have shrunk in size as well uh but they still do a cracking job
I mean I can imagine the pressure they’re under is is insane absolutely insane um but it just it just wasn’t good enough from pledge beach yesterday it just wasn’t good enough and it just comes out what made it even worse is that they now re they’ve now recently rebranded themselves as a result Um wasn’t very resy was it uh wasn’t very resy um reports how they might be open up the theme part back in M I did at the cor my ey was a doom scrolling as as you do and I did see that I didn’t um uh
Didn’t pay too much attention to it is that is that going to be a permanent thing because I’m I’m sure I heard that um Taylor’s Funland were looking to go go in there for the summer uh this was last year so I probably it wrong anyway
But that’s why I sort of heard Tony’s in uh good evening to you Tony uh I Margate Blackpool is going to go like yeah it’s Margate again Margate it’s a bucket list part for me really is uh really is a bucket list part um because of the classic machines they’ve got there as
Well as the you know the the coaster and stuff but um yeah I I I do worry about Blackpool now I do worry about Blackpool it’s it’s if you ever in Blackpool in the illuminations and you passing the south end of the prom you see all the
Lights and the tower it up and people crowds of people on the weekend just lying the prom uh trams going past full to the rafters just take a look at pleasure Beach it’s more than likely if it’s after six o’clock 7 o’clock it’s in complete darkness on a
Saturday uh on the ground B start selling one pound but they certainly do they certainly do uh that wouldn’t fit in with the resort uh you probably need to add a zero to that one pound thing uh Resort prices uh says Great Park in 2018
2019 that was more of a music V some vintage rides which they charge Lo yeah and I’ll say again I was almost going to title this uh this live uh this uh tonight is it time for the Retro Squad to go into Blackpool pleaser Beach I
Think it is I think I think for if the The Ice blast is going to be out for a while if Grand Prix is short indefinitely um if the you know the big one you know if if they’re waiting on parts and stuff and what they can’t they
Can’t afford to have another day next weekend like Saturday um I don’t necessarily think they will but I think they need something in there and where they need it is that space that’s next to the National where that useless bit of Green carpet is um and the uh the
Dancing fountains F the dancing fountains off and get a couple of machines in there um you know something that would fit um the aesthetic of the sort of area um I think it’s time I honestly do think it’s time um but they won’t do it because they know best and that’s that’s
It alen’s in evening Howen hope you’re well uh hopefully another roller coaster more R it needs another roller coaster in the dark as they are popular yeah but when would they get to ride it in the dart um eight times a year I think seven times a year is the uh
The uh the late night riding but it’s us it’s only really in September when they do it late August September they start actually getting really dark towards the end of the night um opening day is always an event who remers Charlotte tbw Dave Dave you can’t do that you
Can’t hang on have you not been a mod Dave let me let me there we go and G yeah just checking it was you just checking always got to check these days can’t be uh Michael Crosby in oh you’re welcome uh price of getting into the
Park and staying at the hotel is too much for the clientele of people who go to Blackpool surely more people paying 15520 pound than 35 pound and having the park empty I completely agree Michael um fourstar Boulevard Hotel um and even the big blue to be honest you know it’s I
Mean it might be out of everyone’s price br braet I’m sure they’re very busy uh CU there’s certainly a market for it but I think it’s just theme park hotels in general uh they don’t want the sort of 40 50 pound a night crowd uh which I
Include myself in that even I be you know om and AR at 45th de T night um it’s it’s Resort it’s a resort now it’s it’s completely enclosed off from from Blackpool now um it’s just its own little entity and building their own little sort of Dome around the the site
And that’s it you know the day Trippers and stuff can all set off uh now you know the coach loads and people going out for staging endus and stuff on a Friday night which you know it’s not as bad as it used to be in Blackpool but
It’s still you know still brings money into the town you know they all they can s off now because you know the the place isn’t open for a star Friday night um so um they said I think sh was Towing fine to Towing the company line a little
Where Scott was brutal but honest yeah uh and you got to PR you got appreciate that uh to be honest um because it’s it’s been such a big part of people’s childhoods and I get there’s a lot of you know people 20 odd years old or anything like that or
Younger saying don’t be don’t be ridiculous black play species are the most amazing place in the in the in the world um because they’ve come into it a lot later you know some of those people might have come into it sort of 2010 20 know 2005 will only know this Lampo
Pleasure Beach that we sort of have now uh and won’t know what it what it could be or where it came from and what it stood for back then uh and I think it is the mums and dads that remember that um remember how blp pleasure Beach
Started what they built the success on what the unique selling points were and those unique selling points now just seem to be slowly being torn up uh and they just want to go full Resort Merlin without any sort of there’s no Um I don’t know there’s no precedent for it in Blackpool there’s it’s always been about the historical ride it’s always been the amusement park it’s always been about the laughing clown Mr funshine all that sort of stuff that sort of stuff is being Swept Away Now slowly um and I
Think we’ll see that stuff completely Swept Away in the next five years even though they’re saying they’re not um I think it’s uh that’s the way it’s headed now and it’s a shame it’s a shame who was crying Rufus who is crying no no we can’t have that not so
Not going there watching on the replay yeah maybe not look at that one um Craig says 37 Mar we agree BPP is a shambles and basically [ __ ] on next subject this is the subject uh this is the subject um uh let’s have a look Um’s we U Rufus yeah if uh I don’t you’re in in here in the start and Dave yeah we’ve we’ve lost a couple of people who weren’t quite who they say they are um but yeah we’re on it now uh and uh me and Car Talk between the
Lives we know what’s been going on we know what’s been going on anyway uh catch on the rest of the chat here PlayStation BBB future uh BBB future Deal or No Deal Um Penguin on Ice no we’ve got we’ve got our mods now that’s uh ban Craig ban Hammer came down like those Hammers and on Valhalla they literally uh came down came right down um okay let’s have a look Um right um Dave said Blackpool is like a pretty woman Dave won’t bloody say in your own channel would [Laughter] you uh anony Paul it’s interesting question interesting question you’re meant to be taking care of this David Stratton um # mod uh people say wonder
What it would be like if uh Jeffrey Cod rest s was still alive now it would be I think personally I think the part would be smaller because that’s you know don’t forget the the economic um crashes that we had um 2008 and and a few years
Later and cost living crisis is R out affecting everybody um I think theart would be smaller I think it would be more colorful I think it would be more modern it would they’d still go with the modern uh take on it but I think it would be modernizing what they had and
Keeping it in theming with what we all know as PL P pleasure Beach instead of painting everything gray um and not sort of treating the customers um and again no slce on the staff this it’s and it’s not the first time this has happened um this year the owner is sort
Of it’s there very much Us and Them between enthusiasts and fans which fans aren’t just channels YouTube channels and rest of it they’re actually paying customers they families you know that don’t have YouTube channels they’re just fans of pleas Beach and when um you know when when Amanda says that you know
Don’t ask me questions stop listening to rumors of Gossip I know best it’s like well nah that’s not the Pledger Beach that that I know um and I think carries on that way without somebody sort of um riging that in a bit because that’s not the sort of talk that should be
Happening at a family amusing part not in 2024 that’s why they have PR that’s why they have guest relations uh can you bet a pound to a penny if guest relation staff had talk to customers like that they’d be out the door their feet wouldn’t touch uh they would be out the door
Um they do have good Fireware displays do have good firework displays but um yeah so in terms of uh pleasure Beach like I said the reason I wanted to have this sort of AD hog live was because I saw everything unfolding uh yesterday and like I say
It’s not about the rides going down um it’s about the communication and that widens out to what I’ve just been talking about with the the Twitter comments from the owner um in conjunction with that the website being updated um uh when when the park became aware of rides not being
Available for opening weekend and that not hitting the website with that information not hitting the website until first thing on satday um yeah not uh not great well uh I think we’ve uh I think we’ve done bpb to death just one final question and we’ll have a quick um we’ll have a quick
10 minutes uh General chat afterwards anyone can let me know in the chat guys um bpb yes or no just generally just say yes or no would you uh would you visit bppb again yes or no CU I think we’re all sort of within distance um obviously Dave’s been there as well
Um exactly ruus you know you know the score it’s uh you can’t you can’t talk to people like that you can’t talk you can’t even hint at talking to people like that because like I said the staff were facing it on Saturday and full credit to all the staff and the bet is
The maintenance and the engineers running around the park trying to fix rids i b they were getting a bit of it as well from uh from the public complaining um you know they’re the they’re the heroes of Saturday really but it doesn’t help when the
Boss um is sort of undermining that uh a little and sort of stoking it a little bit because it did it did enrage a lot of people uh a lot of people um all says no uh Michael says yes uh Rufus says yes if everything was open don’t go up any Day in
2025 day i’ just give it a wide birth now definitely give it a wide birth uh C no no no no is that definite no is it Jolly says no Tony says no um I I think think for me Blackpool pleasure beach has had its last chance
Um and I’m not I’m not basing this on one crap day on opening weekend I think that was just the final straw um yeah with me black pres has had its last chance been a fan of the place for 40 odd years um many happy memories there uh going with family and and
Friends and stuff over the years but it’s just not I don’t think it’s being aimed at me market wise I don’t think it’s being aimed at dads and and stuff now it’s all about the you know 20 25 35 maybe 20 you know 20 35 something like
That age bracket um and now the hisory historical rides are going those memories for everyone will start drifting away as well and those memories what and the Nostalgia of the place is what brings a lot of people still to Blackpool it’s why people like me and
Dave and and and the rest of uh the families will bring their kids to plge beach for the first time I told my daughter to plge beach for the first time she loved it loved it uh Dave says Craig Mark pleasure Beach fancy Island fancy Island hands down hands down hands
Down without a shadow of a doubt because I’ve said before you get fancy Island on a fireworks night in the summer on a Wednesday night when the parks open till I think is it 9 or 10 and you get the fanal music the atmosphere is kicked in
You’ve got the music playing out across the park as well fantastic fire show uh they they do and you don’t need a you don’t need 160 million pound Ma you know double orange coaster to to have a a good part you just need plenty of atmosphere um you need part to be well
Looked after you need it to look right look fresh um and that’s what Ms have done with it that’s what Ms have done with fanan they’ve turned that place around and you know they they inherited to really really good coasters uh both for coma we that for one sec but yeah 100%
100% if fancy Island was two hours away from me in Blackpool pleasure we was two hours away from me I’d be at Fantasy Island you know as much as I can much as I can um like I said not been to sper beach for the last five years last time
I went it was just it was like walking around her uh if you can imagine these like walking around a doctor’s waiting room does that make sense does that me it was just atmosphereless atmosphereless uh don’t get why people go on opening day to be honest because they’re excited you know
People are excited you know kids are excited and these Parks Stoke up that excitement you you have to go to the Fantastic marketing um that Alton have uh you Merlin been pointing out from hyperia and Nemesis reborn fantastic marketing especially at Alton Towers and they Stoke up the excitement because
They want people to get there for opening day you know as soon as the place is open for the season they want people piling in they want people piling in um blackpool’s definitely still worth going to Adam yeah completely agree definitely still worth going to uh peers really good you know
Um high quality attractions the peers wasn’t always like that but now I think peers are really yeah got cracking atmosphere of the peer of night really really cracking atmosphere uh and some good machines there really good machines there on the p now with more to come the investment’s gone in Um H said the way it’s going I’m not sure only reason I pasz gel Tera gang I like family to passes gel Tera yeah yeah world renowned scare attraction I remember when it opened um I’m trying to remember the date it was I do remember when it
Opened uh can’t think it anyone in the chat let me know when it opened but um that’s just world class world class scare attraction right on the doorstep for pleasure Beach um fantastic I only did it once did it once and if you ever you’ve ever if you’ve ever done it you’ll know
Why Um uh Paul yes but I wouldn’t be happy after driving four or five hours what happened yesterday 51 this week had great times morning yeah not far off here uh Anthony Paul uh to be honest um I’ve had some fantastic memories there but yeah driving for 4 hours and I don’t
I’m sure the guys on the ground who took the flak uh yesterday um were very apologetic I’m sure because they’re always very professional staff of Blackpool Pleasers Beach it’s always been the case especially guest relations staff you know they’re like sort of um they’re like capping crew almost in
They’re literally professional to a te uh very highly uh trained and uh you know I’ve got a lot of respect for them because they do take a lot as I get relations uh team do um but for PL not to put anything out on social media to comment to say sorry
Um they’ve taken the action to apologize eventually but to say to not put anything on the social media say you know hold their hands up and they get a lot of support they would get a lot of support but it’s that it’s almost like the the bloody bloody mindedness of of
Place of you know um that they they feel as though it wasn’t them it wasn’t their fault wasn’t their fault anyway right we start wrapping it up in a second um General chat guys will we’ll leave bpb to the side we’ll give it 10 minutes of uh of General chat 25
Still in the house thank you very much if you can hit the like button if you’ve enjoyed me waffling on and the chat it’s great to uh to have everybody in and hear everyone’s views uh on the place and uh you know it’s it
Is what it is it is what it is and you know nothing lasts forever um but there’s a reason that I’m looking out Towers this year after five years of not going and I’d be excited to go to Towers I really would um and that’s not
Happened for a long time and it’s not necessarily just because Nemesis has been retracked in that opening um I’d just be excited to wonder around the park and um get some footage and get some stock footage of the part um obviously got obliv again I love Oblivion
Um uh yeah yeah it’s um it’s a shame it’s a shame but you know that’s uh that’s life um best Market I’ve been to yeah have you been to T Prince Market’s a good one another one I’ve grown up with um yeah t Prince Market’s a massive one
Next to T Prince Funland that’s uh it’s a favorite of mine that one um 1997 along with PlayStation or as you call it ice blast thanks Adam um blue jelly is this blue oyster we am I not getting the reference there getting on a bit you know guys I’m getting on a bit
Um Market is good for SM that’s fine Dave yeah that’s how we roll up north I I’ll have a bit of that all day yeah when I come down south this year you’ll see me with me with me Nikes on with the label back to front you’ll know where I got them
From no Rufus no no Um Craig Bring it on I love that I said brought up on uh North Wales Caravan all since I was five uh even younger than that I think um there’s not many North Wales markets that I’ve not been to love it um Rob’s in evening Rob been
To sket Liverpool gr was not busy some started pulling down I spoken to Mar com tonight he’s told me that there are two big fun fairs coming very soon good good because I think U it’s a shame that um if Liverpool has been a bit quiet it
Doesn’t like I’m going to get going to get there um like I said I’ve got priorities at the moment that I need to sort of uh prioritize over uh getting out to to fairs and stuff but we’ll get out there eventually um but it’s it’s a shame if
It has been quiet it’s a new ground for them it’s early in the season um I don’t think there’s anything they could have done better um with the lineup that they’ve taken there um I think the ground was perfect um onsite parking I think the prices were were uh were spot
On um I don’t think there’s anything they could have done I think it’s just maybe it just needs to bet itself in over a couple of years you know Blackburn was pretty much the same I think and then look at Blackburn now it’s you know it’s given them the
Confidence to try these new things and hopefully as we get more into the season more people are going to start coming out to uh to grounds as the uh the nights get a bit lighter and hopefully the next uh new ground that they try will be uh will be good you know it’ll
Be Gooding for them um what you on about Dave you another tier again I get it now I get it now yeah don’t be slating don’t be slating not the uh Seaside Resorts up here Dave definitely worth visiting in Winter luckily for uh luckily for me
Craig I do best chips of any seaside resort um nightly Fun Park Towing Sand M Road opposite the nly’s Long Bar if you ever go to uh Town um shout out to Night Le if you’re watching yeah best best fish and chips fish cake and chips because I don’t
Really sort of uh wish from chippy but yeah spot on every time been going there 30 years yeah you were here first um I said yeah Michael we’re going to sort of uh wrap it up in the next 5 minutes so we’re just going to have a general uh
General chitchat normal service will be resumed for next Wednesday live don’t forget we’ve got play rides right uh we’ll have the updates from uh monks walk walk very exciting times ahead at monks walk we’ll have the final updates as uh alt Towers gets to to reopen we’ll
Have all the fun fair chat uh black e coming up soon uh we’ll see if there’s any more news from Escape to fun Island uh we’ve got Daisy n coming up soon as well um so yeah we’ll all have uh a proper uh chat for uh packed uh packed
Live stream yeah packed live stream next Wednesday but I just wanted to uh yeah just come and address it because I was watching it online yesterday everything unfold and it’s I mean there’s not much that nobody said online or anyway um but I just wanted to come up
And just address it because it’s it’s important to me it is a place that’s important to me and it’s in my in my eyes it’s been it’s slipping away it is it’s slipping away and it’s it’s sad to see sad to see anyway um B and bankrupts
Video CL see I now I’ve checked out this Bal and bankrupts uh Channel and he’s mainly abroad sort of going into like dodgy sort of areas and stuff and um I I’ve never seen him in the UK I might check that out take it’s not like a walk with Tim
See I’m assuming they’re like Polar Opposites um that’s s a lot um Ash um there said poverty in the UK is real certainly is certainly is all the for fair grounds can you mention hoppins is back 21st of June yeah I did see the
Post I did see the post yeah um I’ll try my best to get there it’s my favorite ground of the of the year um and I really do hope I can get there this year it’s a bit of a different year different uh yeah have slightly less time over the
Last 12 months without going too much into it um you I need to be at home a bit more uh these days so it’s uh it’s it’s the live streams and the different types of content that we’re going to be looking at um but yeah hope so hope I
Can get up there because I love thins love it uh fish cake Grim wrong Craig absolutely wrong uh moving on R said New Brighton some festiv about this year it’s a lot bigger this time and have huge retrofir ground big wheel H SC hope so because it
Did it did really well really well uh last year um yeah very very well uh well well um getting that time again uh so yeah I have no doubt that it’ll be uh be bigger this year than uh than last year cuz it’s uh crowd I remember the crowd the
Weather was weather wasn’t that great to be honest they only had one one good half day but the crowd certainly came out uh for it you know facted rides going full Cycles uh every time um J I wish Dave said jok I wish BL Beach all the best hopefully they turn
It around yeah I wish them all the best and I always do um the problem I’ve got is that their view of turning it around and their opinion on if it needs turning around um is very different from a lot of people’s um but yeah completely agree
Always wish them the best whatever um even if it’s the parks’s not for me anymore I still wish them the best because it’s um it’s been going so long now it you know it’s uh it’s got to get got to get better whatever it turns into
In the future it’s just got to get back to uh the profitability and you know bringing the people in again um Michael says should Blackpool pleasure Beach open another week uh you mean at the end of the season um or you mean a week a week later or anything like that Um just let me know just uh it might be my gr matter just grind into a Hol for a bit of Plum maintenance um but yeah just confir do you mean open a week later in the season or go on a week later at the end of the
Season um Anthony Paul says peing Blackpool are brilliant at the night time any news on the new big wheel for Central not yet but we’re we’re keeping an eye out it’s going to be going to be a posh one it’s going to be a posh
One um but no word on timings as of yet we’re hoping to get to the peers this year so I might uh I’ll try and find out um says no well I’m sorry Dave but uh do what I did do what I did it’s uh you know everyone’s welcome everyone’s welcome
Here but when you get the uh when you get the accounts under them unfold and they start yeah um yeah we need to keep these lives tight and uh we had a good one had a good one tonight had a good one people thought at the start that
They can get in and uh and stuff but nah not not here not here um says right about fish cakes are Grim leave you walking around smelling like you you’re definitely eating the wrong fish cakes you’re definitely eating the wrong fish cakes are you even sure there
Are fish cakes that you’re eating there Craig cuz that does not sound like the fish cakes that uh that I have I think you’re missing out I think somebody’s having you one to be honest um where’s the video footage of the Avalanche not making it through one
Of the break runs would love see that one it is on social media I can’t remember where the Scott caught it um Scott might have caught it on his Vlog on you your experienced guy just check that one out cuz that to be honest I’ll say again that’s the best Vlog I’ve seen
So far of pled of Beach and I’ve seen four five um obviously Andy isn’t isn’t out yet I’ll be watching Andy when it comes uh comes out um and miss our c a big weekend from a few years ago big machines used to go yeah it’s a shame that you know some of
These big fairs that that we’ve lost um we’ve still got a few big fairs um next one coming up for us be Daisy no then we’ll be looking in nsford um in the Northwest Michael says a week later at the start of the season a lot of people
Ask this and whenever the opening day a Blackpool keep it on topic opening day black pool [ __ ] you always say well they they opened a bit you know can they get it ready a bit to you know early uh this early should they not wait a bit you
Know wasn’t ready and S of bollocks you had twice as many rides 20 years ago and and to to use one of Jr’s phrase all those coasters were singing and dancing a week before that place opened year on year um I I completely understand that the the teams probably
Were a bit bigger then but that’s down to that’s down to the top you know if if people aren’t able to get rides ready and like I said massive respect for the engineers and I know how hard they work and the electricians and the plumbers the gardeners you know all that in those
In-house departments the painters especially cracking jobs that they’ve done on the bits I’ve seen But to say that oh is it long enough for for plure beach to get ready yes it is if they want to if they want to plan to get ready for February
Um then March sorry then uh then they just need to put the resources in to make it happen it’s it’s you know it’s not how they do or they don’t you know how do they do or they don’t um and it was just sloppy satti sloppy
Sati there’s a there’s a hashtag for you everyone in the comments when this is finished but sloppy satti in in the comments uh looks like the wild mouse is being pulled down from South oh really okay um are they moving it maybe is it being moved I’m not anything about it
Um got the B role of Tilly is Tilly allowed in pleasure but they don’t have dogs in the plge beach don’t think they do crashy can’t even get cheese buty into bloody BL plge Beach these days days let alone a dog um don’t start me off on taking food into that
Place just shut the Ground Prix that would make a fantastic uh picnic area think of the space they just line the track with picnic benches that’d be amazing that’ be amazing uh maybe not uh nuts foit atmosphere hopefully hopefully all the uh it’s going to be a
Cracking one again always is is the May one always is Um I it’s passion Craig it’s it’s passion and there’s been a bit of swearing him but it you know I can’t swear in me own living room than when uh I think we’re all old enough now and we’ve all seen it on uh on on YouTube uh makes me laugh people
Complain about swearing on YouTube you have youve seen what the kind of videos that are on YouTube anyway I strle woke um didn’t we all Craig yeah great say great days of the pleasure Beach Saturday night Saturday night after work down the flagship if you know Blackpool you know it
Well um but yeah we’re on half nine now I’m going to start wrapping it up guys uh still 22 in the chat thank you very much uh for uh joining in our impromptu live stream about Blackpool pleasure Beach y Ona um I think we uh We’ve covered pretty much all the bases I
Think you certainly know where I think uh we had a good chat about it and got everyone’s opinions if you’re watching this on the replay let me know in the comments guys um what do you think of the direction that plure beach has been heading in um and now this uh obviously
This Resort that seems to be here to stay now um together with the the uh [ __ ] show that was opening Saturday I believe to be fair to them I believe they’ve got it sorted mostly for today it’s been a lot calmer today um like I said that happened again when it was
When it happened a few years ago um they pulled out all the stops and fair play to them you know it’s the engineering teams that are doing it you know and all those maintenance guys that are pulling the stops out you know working late but as a company they’ve still got major
Attractions down major attractions down but uh anyway enough of that I think we’ve uh we’ve talked BBB to death now you’re welcome Anthony thank you very much everyone for uh joining me uh tonight uh next live will be Wednesday 8 o’cl back to normal um uh because I
Don’t think I don’t think I can stomach another I’ll have been all Blackpool pleasure Beach vlogged out uh by then um but H yeah alls great to have you in uh again um especially a vlogger in the Northwest good to good to have you in
Good to have Helen in as well thank you Rufus for coming in again it’s been great to have you in as well and Craig and all the mods and Michael uh and Dave uh I’m not g Adam from UK from UK Fair photos uh Rob in as well um there’s uh
Yeah I’ll uh aliser I’ll try not to name everyone because I will miss people out but yeah uh you guys make these lives happen um so yeah I’m waffling I’m going to go for a re Psy refill uh which hopefully won’t cost me 15
Quid to get one more in I to get one more in um thanks very much guys again uh hit the like button uh if you’re watching this on replay drop us a comment drop us a comment let let us know what you think guys and join us again Wednesday 8:00 normal service will
Be resumed and I will see you in the next one as I try and end the Stream professionally and seamlessly see you later Guys
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Great live stream mate
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