Blackpool Pleasure Beach is one of Britain's top tourist attractions with one of the greatest selections of rollercoasters on the planet… and you can have unlimited rides on them for the entire day. These eye-watering menaces include:
The Pepsi Max Big One:
The tallest, fastest rollercoaster in Europe, this behemoth is 235ft high and features over one mile of twisting and turning at speeds of up to 87mph. Not recommended if you’re feeling a bit green from the night before!
Valhalla:
Pushing things boldly to the limit, this is the biggest and most spectacular water-borne dark ride in the world. Designed and constructed at a whopping cost of £15 million, Valhalla is a high speed thrill ride with unique features and a host of multi-sensory elements, which means this will be like sky-diving on LSD. Wheeee!
Avalanche:
The UK’s only genuine bobsleigh ride, this is a unique rollercoaster ride guaranteed to thrill - and give your guts a good churning!
Spin Doctor:
Fortunately, this has nothing to do with that crap band from the early 90s with a similar name. Instead, this little puppy has two rotating propellers that spin riders 360 degrees through the air to heights of 120 feet and at speeds of over 60mph. Best of luck walking straight afterwards!
Grand National:
Europe's first twin track racing coaster was constructed in 1935 and remains one of the most popular wooden roller coasters in the world. A bit of old school fun for those worried that their brains might burst from their eyes on some of the other more ‘extreme’ coasters!
Big Dipper:
A traditional wooden rollercoaster where world record rollercoaster marathon rider Richard Rodriguez rode for an incredible three months non-stop, day and night. Although we can’t understand why anyone would want to actually do this, you have to respect a man who manages to blag three months in a fun park rather than have to go to a job. Bravo, then!
Ice Blast:
The first ride of its kind in the UK, Ice Blast catapults riders vertically up a 210 foot tower at 80mph and thrusts them back down again for an incredible hair raising free fall descent. This is kind of like jumping off a tall building, except paramedics won’t have to scrape you off the pavement afterwards.
Irn Bru Revolution:
Europe's first 360 degree looping rollercoaster. Riders are advised to take any loose change out of their pockets – unless you fancy your chances at catching it on your way back down again.
Drench Falls:
The world's longest log flume. Experience what it would be like to be a bum nugget flushed down the S-bend and ride the rapids around the twists and turns and down the two heart-stopping steep drops.
Rollercoaster:
Despite its unimaginative name, this is another classic “Woodie”. This rollercoaster gives you a velvety smooth ride as it takes you through steep drops, climbs and banked turns. A good option when you’ve gorged yourself on 14 chilli dogs and are after something a little “gentler”.
Space Invader 2:
This isn’t a virtual reality tour based on the classic 80’s video arcade game, but part of us really wishes it was. A rollercoaster with a real difference, this eye-opening ride promises to have you riding through “outer space” in near total darkness.
Steeplechase:
You don't need to be a jockey to enjoy this horse race, but that’s not to say being an actual jockey wouldn’t work to your advantage. Competitive types can race against their friends on this 3 lane steel coaster ride.
Wild Mouse:
Not for the weak of heart, this hair-raising ride deserves its name. Plummet down incredibly steep drops, fly up hills and whiz round a seemingly endless array of bends. As one of only three remaining traditional wooden Wild Mouse rides remaining in the world, this one's a real gem.
Bling:
Bound to be a draw for the likes of Ali G and chavs everywhere, this is a real diamond knuckle experience. Riders are lifted a whopping 100 feet above the ground and spun through the air on giant glittering gondolas. The ride will throw you about in three different directions at speeds of 60mph, the ride pulling a strenuous 2.5gs. Word to your mutha!
Impossible:
An interactive journey of exploration, this is an undercover attraction that will turn your whole world upside down, much like discovering you were actually born a hermaphrodite to a couple of in-bred chimps before being given up for adoption.