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Opening weekend Mini Review

 So opening weekend has been and gone and my life is miserable now it’s over. I just wanted to get all my thoughts of an amazing weekend out there as a way to keep the memories made somewhere. 


So after arriving in Manchester on Friday evening and having a couple of drinks and going to sleep way too late we woke up at 6am Saturday morning with the plan of getting to the park pretty early. Unfortunately trains ruined are lives however it wasn’t too bad and we were towards the front of the queue. 


Starting on icon, as we do, it was running so well and it


was so good to be back on it. We then proceeded to hit out some more rides and managed to cram in a good ride count before 1. We then went to the PBE log flume takeover. I was not sure if we would go on but we hopped on and it wasn’t too much of a soaker so we went again and that got us bad. After food the rain started coming down heavier and we ticked off a few more rides before calling it early to get ready for spoons. 



Spoons was an experience, bells everywhere and lots of drunk enthusiasts. Moment of silence for Austin who did not survive the night. 


Sunday was rough and after a McDonald’s breakfast we headed to the park and for the first time ever, we didn’t start on icon and instead opted for the next best thing: Dora. After going round on a few more rides and a couple of re-rides, the last couple of hours drew and we decided to


focus on icon. A few goes round plus a lap on the Pleasure Beach Express and we signed off a wet and amazing weekend in Blackpool. We walked back up the promenade, quick stop in Coral Island then we headed back.


Overall this was an incredible experience and one that we won’t be forgetting any time soon. Our next trip will be for Alton towers opening so stay tuned. Thank you to everyone we met and spoke to for making the weekend legendary.




As always, thanks for reading and let us know if you’re heading to Pleasure Beach this season

Take care and see you in the next post!

Tom ✌️


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