The other week, against my better judgement, I promised to take the teenagers and their friends to Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Having not set foot in the place since I was not much more than a teenager myself, ie, an awful long time ago(!!) and my memories of it were of a noisy, scruffy, busy and quite depressing place full of alcohol fueled gangs, I was not expecting much 'pleasure' to be had on my part by the whole experience.
However, once inside the gates I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by the transformation and quite extensive regeneration that the 'resort' has undergone. At times I forgot I was in northern England and thought I was in Disneyland!! I was expecting Mickey Mouse to pop up at any moment but instead we got Spongebob Squarepants and Shaun the Sheep! Everywhere looked clean and fresh and the staff were verging on polite and friendly. I may even go so far as to say I was impressed...and I'm not easily impressed by anything!
And I even went on a couple of rides (see below for proof)! ...Blackpool, it's been a pleasure!
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| There is a minion in there somewhere, dodging the (according to my daughter) very scary sky rockets. |
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It was indeed a riveting ride!!
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| Spongebob Squarepants riding some green seaweedy looking monstrosity, possibly masquerading as a seahorse. |
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| People everywhere, with backpacks, queuing... |
