Remove, Refurb or Keep?! Blackpool Pleasure Beach Roller Coasters | The Dispatch Podcast EP3

[@farangtravels3956]

The fact that you guys who are total enthusiasts are talking about this says a lot about the state of The Pleasure Beach.

[@yourexperienceguide]

@Amstradtvr-s3o So wrong, read our Facebook posts about BPB and you’ll see how much they care

[@BILLYFITZGERALDLOL]

Amstrad, just because they dont dedicate hours to roller coasters, doesnt mean they do not care. Thats like saying if you dont donate to chairty, you dont care about charities. Doesnt sound right, does it?

[@BILLYFITZGERALDLOL]

@@farangtravels3956 Some people just like hearing about theme parks. Its simple mate.

[@joecandish3923]

Here's my take for all the coasters: Refurb: Big One: Retrack more sections of it but also reprofile it. Grand National: This is in dire need of an Overhaul similar to what Big Dipper Glow Up had get it back on 4 trains, repaint and retrack it definitely overdue especially as 100th is a Decade away. Nickelodeon Streak: This to is also nearly 100 years old but the only reason its in this place it needs a second train again on busy days the queue line crawls for this ride. Infusion: Given the chance SLCs can be really great ride with a retrack and new trains it could be a top 3 ride in the park the layout is not bad, Keep: Icon: Its great just the way it is though I do wish it ran on all 3 trains again. Big Dipper: After glow up its looking and running better than ever. Blue Flyer: Serves its purpose as a unique junior coaster Avalanche: Whilst its the middle of my Bobsled Ranking still an outta control experience thats quite fun Revolution: This ride is intense and has some nice pops of airtime its a fun Arrow Shuttle Loop and is the most reliable of its type as Sidewinder at Elitch Gardens is SBNO and Diamondback at Frontier City is unreliable Remove: Steeplechase: Don't find this enjoyable at all find it rough, painful but also its a large plot of land that can be used for something else the rest of the coasters

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏

[@diablosandwich77]

Blow infusion to bits for starters and then go from there

[@yourexperienceguide]

Brutal 😮

[@diablosandwich77]

@ not quite as brutal as the head banging though 😂

[@alexius_1]

Yes get rid of Infusion it's the definition of pain

[@RandomGuy4863v]

No Keep Infusion Low Key Best Ride There If U Just Get A neck Brace Your Fine And If Were Head Protection

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Yes chaps thoroughly enjoyed this one. Very ironic that BPB are besties with Mack who have just built Hyperia 😬 Happy new year chaps 🙌🏽🙌🏽🧱👍🏼

[@joshuawells4842]

Replace the big one with a Mack Hyper and make it 15ft taller than Hyperia, same twisted first drop as the big one, but steeper, a camelback, a stangle dive, a dive loop turn around, then rapid fire low to the ground airtime hills until the break run, then rapid direction change twister section back to the station.

[@dougieallison6537]

Scott Steve as always love it when new vlogs are out looking forward to start of season so I can see what adventures use get up to with some hilarious outcomes guys

[@yourexperienceguide]

@@dougieallison6537 thank you 🙏

[@alexius_1]

Big One - Retrack/reprofile it cause it's still rly janky Grand National - RMC or GCI or retrack or remove Big Dipper - Retrack..? Infusion - REMOVE IT THIS INSTANT BLACKPOOL Revolution - Add more supports on the station Steeplechase - Reprofiled layout The Streak - Not that rough, maybe just a little bit of retracking in the valleys Blue Flyer - idk Icon - Keep it!! Avalanche - Idk if they can make the corners less whippy or smt

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you for watching and commenting 😇

[@jamie1449]

I’ve noticed a lot of videos talking about rough coasters and there is always one that’s similar to InFusion on it. I think InFusion offers nothing special and could be scrapped to make way for something new (or even old if they go back to a Flume). I think the big one should be re-tracked, but also someone mentioned that adding an underground section to the first dip, If possible, would be interesting and a way to take the crown back from Hyperia. I think all the woodies should stay. They offer a lovely bit of nostalgia, but also a genuinely different experience to what’s out there now. If they were going to get rid of one of the woodies I’d say Strike as it offers a similar experience to Big Dipper.

[@tuffy10lb]

Thankyou for this guys really interesting! We just had picky party food it was lovely! Happy new year x

[@Acd1984]

One of the good things about pleasure beach is that all coasters are good for most people, if you start putting in more extreme coasters, it's limiting it's appeal imo

[@yourexperienceguide]

Nobody is asking for that, but they’re overdue some modern thrill coasters

[@harrison9976]

Replace Infusion with an Intamin Hot Racer or RMC Raptor. Keep the water below.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Would like to see a water ride there but not against an Intamin coaster in another space 😅

[@T-in-Travel]

Hope you had a good Christmas guys! Love these new style of videos 🙌🏼

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you, hope you had a great Christmas 🎅

[@T-in-Travel]

@ had our first visit to energylandia just before Christmas which made it better 🙌🏼

[@yourexperienceguide]

@ Awesome

[@jacobshaw8825]

No idea who it was but when I was there in September there were two guys in hi-vis vests riding Big Dipper and talking about it as they went around, then they were stood with larger group of people in the station after riding the first time with a clipboard making notes. There was a name on the vests but can’t for the life of me remember which company they were from but it definitely looked like a “technical” kind of thing. They then continued to ride again afterwards. As I say - absolutely no idea who or what they were doing - it could have all been routine, but it “something” was definitely happening. I remember searching what their company did after the ride - will check my Safari history to see if it has saved what I searched!

[@mousecharger]

Thank you for all that you, family and the team do all year around x happy new year forv2025🎉

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you ☺️

[@Coastervisuals98]

Best solution for Big One is removal. Replaced with a gravity group woodie with Timberliners.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Can’t agree

[@kevinhashimoto8367]

Merry Christmas, Scott and Stephen!

[@yourexperienceguide]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@axlandsean]

GTA cut scene 😂😂😂

[@yourexperienceguide]

Side mission 🫣

[@MichaelClarke89]

The F and G word must have been good old JR 🤣, another great video especially the woodies they always turn into good discussions and different opinions

[@yourexperienceguide]

Wouldn’t like to say 😂 Thank you!

[@MichaelClarke89]

@ Get the bloody thing open 🤣

[@sharnmatthews3048]

Hi Daniel love your video being new to resin very helpful. Are these with none acholic inks? Thank you

[@K-kq7ub]

Hope they refurb wallace and gromit and add new scenes from vengeance most foul

[@andrewbrazier9664]

Doesn't need a refurb but one of those" No job to small " gnomes the end would be ace 👍

[@K-kq7ub]

@andrewbrazier9664 yes

[@Mitjitsu]

Steeplechase and Infusion are the two rides they need to get rid of. River Caves could do with a makeover. Wallace and Gromit would likely need a change in scenes to take account of the recent movie. Grand National needs to be shutdown for a season so it can be retracked.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Big Grand National refurb from the Gravity Group would be great

[@kaneworthington]

Here's what i would do: KEEP Big Dipper - Keep but update the station platform for unloading and have 2 train ops. Big One - Re-track and significant re-profiling. Update the ride system and ensure 2 train ops. Grand National - Complete re-track with new lighter trains and a redesigned station and new ride system. Blue Flyer - Keep if possible but if you're removing Nick Streak for a new signature ride and need the space here too I would remove it. REMOVE Nickolodean Streak - Tough call but if one woodie has to go it is this one due to no desire for 2 train ops and poor station design. Attempt to revert the station to how it was previously for better load and unload first before removal. Steeplechase - Insanely uncomfortable to sit and ride on. Rode it this year and queued for 45 mins with barely anyone in front. Terrible ops. NEW RIDE: In the plot of Nick Streak and Steeplechase there is so much you could do, it just depends where you want to put the station, for me that's either a new station where the existing one is, or near Rev. One option for me, ignoring Nick land as the kids section, is you put a new station where the existing station is. You exit the station with some soft launch and twist before turning the bend into a huge launch section up a 300ft inverted tophat - launch, rise, twist, invert, drop and then have the following layout where steeplechase is before completing the out and back down past the launch with airtime hills and an inversion etc. If you really wanted too, dependant on nearby houses, just stick a huge lift hill in that space, a triple swing launch with a spike and tophat like TT2 with the main tophat where the nearer end of steeplechase is. Tonne of potential. Infusion: - Remove immediately. Rode again this year, came away with bruising on my shoulders and a lot of pain for the week after, an absolute joke. I'm 6ft 2 and average weight and build. What would I replace it with? Given B&M have poor build quality at the minute, I actually think a Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster with a project similar to The Smiler potentially for the inversion record would work well here. Avalanche: - It's had its day, maintenance and ride ops / throughput are very poor. Clear the space alongside the grand prix site for multiple rides and a new area that is intermediate family thrills. I would put a gyroswing here alongside a family coaster, of which a 'bike' style coaster either vekoma, intamin, zamperla whoever has the best ones currently as a steeplechase replacement here too. Revolution: - Love it but it's had its day, the structure is aging and looks awful to the GP. Inaccessible too. I would remove the dodgems under Revolution and put a flat ride here, something like an Intamin suspended twin hammer. Just whilst we are here, please can we remove that god awful space invader building from the park.

[@kaneworthington]

Going to chime in on myself here, but I genuinely think if The Big One has X years left, the ONLY place you can build a tall, or taller replacement is where Nick Streak is down the back of the park into the Steeplechase plot and back. If they could do that and then remove The Big One, they would cover themselves and have another recognisable skyline coaster for the next 30 years - but proximity to nearby houses is an issue - hence a suggestion more focused on either a reverse spike and swing launch and fast low coaster into steeplechase or you have a launch up a tall but narrow inverted tophat (NOT like Kingda Ka or Top Thrill/TT2 or Stealth etc but with the approach and descent back to back not side by side. Reduces the space needed then and inverting it would be fun and challenges Hyperia's layout to a degree. Hell, maybe you build a Hyperia style coaster here and take back the height record - depends on lift hill vs launch but launch If possible.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you for watching and commenting 😇

[@brianlloyd7207]

Merry Christmas Scott and steve and a happy new year 🎉

[@yourexperienceguide]

Same to you! 😊

[@KD52304]

Merry Christmas Scott and Stephen. Like the shirts. I agree with most of what you said though I would keep avalanche and give it a refurb. I completely agree about getting rid of infusion. The last time I was on it, it was so rough. I'd replace it with some sort of modern log flume or a river rapids. Before I would have argued about keeping revolution and steeplechase but as I'm now disabled and go between crutches and a wheel chair I am in agreement about getting rid of the two of them. Revolution looks so tiered The woodies in the park, retrack and refurb all of them and rename nic streak back to an old name velvet coaster. Like you Scott I hope they put in a thrill ride in place of grand prix.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you, hope you had a great Christmas Day 🎄

[@KD52304]

@yourexperienceguide I did thanks. Hope you did too.

[@Lolfromskull-l7d]

Unpopular opinion but Nickelodeon Streaks my fav woodie in blackpool cuz its smooth but not silky smooth and the bunny hops at the end gave me a load of airtime

[@yourexperienceguide]

It’s a fun coaster

[@andrewbrazier9664]

It's the most re-rideable coaster in a day - if the Q line wasn't so slow. That's the problem with 1 train ops.

[@Ainsworth_Antics]

I'm poorly with the flu so this has been a welcome distraction. Oh and Infusion doesn't just need scrapping, it needs burning to the ground. Merry Christmas chaps!!!

[@yourexperienceguide]

Wishing you a speedy recovery from it

[@BILLYFITZGERALDLOL]

I would keep Icon, as it is obviously relatively new and still my favourite rollercoaster in the UK. It has the perfect amount of hangtime,airtime that I just love it. Still wish that it was a tad bit more intense, but it does mean families can ride the coaster aswell which is fantastic. Love Icon. Avalanche is a coaster I would refurb. First of all, the rusty colour scheme is awful and probably a reason why it is seen in bad light. Recoat the ride in maybe bright blue paint and it would be a lot better. I do believe it is a tad bit short however has great intensity and thrills and is also fantastic for families. Furthermore, I do wish the rollercoaster had a larger station for more capacity. Last time I went was actually on a busy day, so two trains were being sent out very quickly. I mean one was at the top of the lift whilst everybody was getting on the train below. Perhaps the 'storage shed' taking up most of the station could be removed. I like Avalanche. Big Dipper is a keep. It is aperfect wooden coaster. I would not change it one bit. This coaster has the perfect 'wooden coaster' roughness that is just outstanding. Love this thing, it is a great woodie. The Big One is OK. Perhaps a retrack and tweaks to the layout to have more airtime. Agreed, the coasters first drop is fantastic but the rest of it is literally just a monorail 😅. Just make it more intense after the initial drop! Blue Flyer is a lovely little ride. I enjoyed riding it and it is a slow paced, unique childrens coaster that I simply love. Oh no, Grand National! Retrack this thing with gravity group. It is so intesnely rough. Its not just that. Im guessing when it was manual it took those airtime hills a lot slower, because the speed going over those hills was painful. RMC'ing is not needed, just the gravity group team. I do love its historical value but even as an enthusiast, I do not believe we would be losing much if it was even demolished. Infusion is just terrible. Perhaps retracking it with one of the new models of the vekoma coasters (The Vekoma suspendes thrill coaster) like you would see at Emerald Park, Ireland would be good, as it is very smooth. I do not think investing in this could be worth it, and a removal could just be the better option. Although I agree that Nickelodian Streak is an under-peformer, it is perfect for children, and as it is now under the demographic for a childrens series, is perfect for that area of the park. I do find it quite fun, although the lack of airtime is clear. But I would keep it. Revolution is insane! Although it is only a loop, it arguably applies some of the biggest thrills in the park. I love this beast, and I would certainly keep it under the circumstances that they remove the station building and perhaps replace it with something similar. I would be sad to see it go though! 😢 Steeplechase is a very unique attraction that I would keep. It is the last of its type and is very rare. It isnt worth removing and replacing as it is seen as a fan favourite and wouldnt be worth money for newer expensive attractions. I would simply pay attention to the other lower performing attractions before removing this.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you for watching, and taking the time to comment about all the coasters 😊

[@EmeraldIV]

9:40 one day i would love to see chance rides come in, reprofile most of the ride (keeping the drop the same of course!) and turn the big one into some huge hyper gtx - would likely become one of the best coasters in the world

[@yourexperienceguide]

Just as long as they don’t use the same trains as the one at Kentucky Kingdom 🫣

[@dougbriglmen716]

Like Stephen has said, steeple is the last of its kind in the world, that is something that’s just too valuable in my opinion to lose. As for the comment on them not being very good, I firmly disagree. I mean, to quote somebody who used to be in YEG/PBE. (what other rollercoaster Can you race on a fibreglass horse with your friends?) I’m absolutely against it being removed!

[@yourexperienceguide]

Who was part of YEG that said this? None of the current team have ever said this. Something better with higher throughputs, and more appealing to the target audience of the park could fill that space.

[@masterknife8423]

Steeplechase needs to go imo. Makes the Grand National look like the comfiest roller coaster in the world.

[@dougbriglmen716]

@@masterknife8423 there’s nothing wrong with steeplechase at all, for the point on capacity. None of the rides are plenty of beach can cope on a busy day anymore, so that’s not a good enough reason in my book. If you don’t like the thing just don’t ride it.

[@masterknife8423]

​@dougbriglmen716 Loads of people don't like Infusion and they wish it could be removed myself included. And there is something wrong with Steeplechase. Both sides of your waist feel extremely sore everytime you come off. I at least feel comfortable on Grand National. Can't say the same about Steeplechase.

[@dougbriglmen716]

@@masterknife8423 that’s my point though, just cause you don’t like something doesn’t mean it should be removed purely because of that, I don’t like confusion either but I don’t call for its removal all the time unlike everybody else does with it and with the likes of Steeplechase.

[@ballbag]

Grand National needs GCI's steel track, if it's light enough to be suitable for the structure.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Should stay a woodie IMO, but thank you for watching and commenting

[@dougieallison6537]

Fusion could go to rough and avalanche my wee boy loves it pal

[@chris-pike]

Merry Christmas guys great Hawaiian shirts your both wearing 👍

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you, hope you had a good Christmas 🎅

[@janicejacksonthethird]

Merry Christmas to all at Your Experience Guide!

[@yourexperienceguide]

Same to you!

[@KevinPotts-u7b]

Keep them all. Apart from Infusion of course!

[@paulrobertson9610]

Infusion definitely needs a retract at the very least. I agree with the retract for GN, and the station definitely needs work. I'm curious to know where they are planning on putting the Gyro Swing coaster. Will it be were Bowlerdrome currently resides??

[@yourexperienceguide]

Think they’d rather remove than retrack in the case of Infusion. Gyro Swing still unconfirmed, might not happen yet 😮

[@tuberantz4676]

Do you think they'll ever use the foundations theyve got outside the park for your stealth styled ride or are these kinds of coasters irrelevant now ?

[@CamGold]

That was a roumour

[@tuberantz4676]

@CamGold the foundations were built. You can see them on Google earth on the prom

[@Phillip-d4j]

We don't have the weather in the UK for a wet ride....it's either too cold or raining. It's different in Spain or America, where the weather is far better.

[@yourexperienceguide]

We do, just not as often as countries abroad. Heat waves aren’t uncommon.

[@Phillip-d4j]

@@yourexperienceguide I beg to differ

[@yourexperienceguide]

@@Phillip-d4j Ok, going to completely ignore all the heat waves we've had since covid? 😇

[@aldorfc220]

Merry Christmas boys 🎅🎄🎁

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you and same to you 🎄

[@stevehadfield5963]

Totally agree with the yanks, National is THE best ride, and yes, you do over analyse it. Generation wimp continually moan about it being rough, the same lot that got the mouse demolished. One thing i always say about the national is, for goodness sake paint it. In fact during one close season i feel they should go from one end of the park to the other and absolutely everything that needs cleaning/painting gets done so the park at least looks as good as it can look. I do think at times you all completely fail to look at rides through younger eyes. Rides like the rollercoaster, avalanche, steeplechase, are intermediate rides ( class b rides in the past) that are the next step towards the adult ( A or even AA Class) rides and for these youngsters these rides are every bit as exciting as the biggest rides are for you guys.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Grand National definitely should get a full repaint, and refurb. I’ve got a 6 year old who loves coasters, I don’t overlook his viewpoint but I don’t think parks should only be building coasters for kids. Thrill seekers exist too.

[@stevehadfield5963]

Of course they shouldn't, but too many comments here and on similar sites seem to want to remove these rides and replace with white knuckle rides. I think a lot of these people forget they were kids once upon a time.​@@yourexperienceguide

[@Harv_0]

Merry Christmas!

[@yourexperienceguide]

Same to you!

[@jackhodgson8605]

A very merry Christmas to you both hope you have both had a wonderful day 🎄🎁 . Love the Hawaiian shirts. Definitely would keep Avalanche and Steeplechase as avalanche is the only one in the UK and Steeplechase only one in the world of its kind something the park should not lose . The big dipper would definitely be my favorite of the woodies at the park 100+ years old and still an absolutely amazing coaster . Would love them to get some new trains on the grand national but it, is an iconic ride and one that must stay with some work done to the track. The only coaster I would either get rid of or have something major done to is infusion . Visually a incredible looking ride but the headache after and how much you get bashed about I've coined it the headbanger central 😅

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏

[@hi-5004]

I do love Steeplechase, however I don’t see it being with us in the next five odd years, it’s certainly one of a kind but we can’t just live in the past, I swear that red track (one with the white horses) hasn’t been in operation for ages? As for the others, Infusion needs to go, oh my gosh I’ve never had such an awful experience than with that thing, it’s horrible and not worth it, save your backs and heads. The rest I’m quite satisfied with, Streak needs another train, although I’m not sure if that includes tech investment as well? Because those queues are pretty bad especially running on one train. Although I am sad about it, getting the grand prix removed was a step in the right direction, does that mean they don’t want to get rid of their proper vintage rides (mainly coasters)? I’m not sure, but we will have to see.

[@yourexperienceguide]

We’re definitely going to see a different approach going forward IMO, not every old ride will be saved when they need big money spending on them. Just a guess from what we’ve heard lately. River Caves could be an example of this.

[@nathanirwin01]

I feel like PB is just stuck at a certain level, for me it's too much of a trek for Icon when I can get to Thorpe in less than an hour. The other rides feel like they are more liked because of nostalgia. I didn't find the Big One great, the view of the beach on the first drop was nice. Everything else though was just ok, I did enjoy the Streak. At this moment I'd rather just go abroad or go TP if desperate.

[@ToastGhost]

I feel like Pleasure Beach is the 4 woodies and you can't lose any of them. I would love a massive GCI retrack of the national though

[@yourexperienceguide]

Would go with Gravity Group, they’ve got an excellent track record of refurbing old woodies

[@ToastGhost]

I’ve never actually rode a Gravity Group but I’ve heard they’re awfully rough

[@ronaldeccles5147]

Interesting video. I enjoy PB and really want it to have a good future. I do think there are questions with all their coasters though sadly. Even Icon, which is great - you touch on this, but they surely should have cleared the space for a real signature world class ride - which wouldnt necessarily have cost more to build. Hyperia wouldn't impact them so much of they had already built something to that level. I think more thsn anything getting some newer signature rides in - rides that people will travel to Blackpool for - matters more than what stays or goes. Most current coasters have good points; most don't sell the park though. Yes get someone in to do work on the wooden coasters, for sure. I'm not much of a fan of them generally. So - prioritise getting newer things right, and if it means clearing space- the right space for that ride - then do it.

[@yourexperienceguide]

A new signature/eticket attraction has to be a priority soon, hopefully

[@paulclover2839]

Enjoyed that thanks 👍

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you 🙏

[@steruss9481]

Vekoma Suspended Thrill Coaster (STC), is the replacement for the SLC. Just take Infusion, and launch it off the end of the South Pier.

[@T-in-Travel]

From an enthusiast standpoint it would be better but it might be hard to market to the GP

[@yourexperienceguide]

Hard sell to non enthusiasts would be a worry

[@mellowmaggot7046]

Too jazzy Keep the Big One and for goodness sake give the rides a lick of paint 🎄⛄🎄

[@yourexperienceguide]

Too jazzy 😅

[@mellowmaggot7046]

@yourexperienceguide watch yourselves back through your fingers whilst wiggling them a bit, it's like a kaleidoscope

[@dougieallison6537]

Guys great vlog but love the shirts

[@yourexperienceguide]

They were a dodgy choice lol

[@manchester1972]

Please don't hate on icon.. Lol.. It's fantastic, just really terribly marketed.. That ride for 4 years was the best in the UK.. Icon in the dark is next level. The lighting is amazing.. But pb closes at 5pm most days.. Lol.. Do me a favour..

[@yourexperienceguide]

@@manchester1972 quality coaster but there’s better out there 🙂

[@kkrispy2009P]

Merry Christmas all xxx hugs

[@yourexperienceguide]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@garethcalleja2556]

This is a great podcast but it is reality vs money no object. If money no issue keep all woodies and refurb infusion goes huge foot print and do the vercoma 2 coasters same as emerald park. Big one stays.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Possibly, people may be surprised by BPB’s movements in the next ten years 🥲

[@stuartbrazier2464]

I'd keep everything and reburb them all theres been enough removed .i can understand that people are particularly fed up with infusion because its very rough and i think it needs a complete refurb soon as possible or would it be cheaper to replace it i dont know.Steeplechase is historic but is it at a point where it needs to be replaced

[@yourexperienceguide]

Be happy to see both removed and replaced with modern coasters 👀

[@stuartbrazier2464]

@yourexperienceguide yes I suppose it comes down to cost as we have said before

[@Andrewoll68]

Merry Christmas to you all. Avalanche, Rev and Steeplechase should go. Huge footprint to build on. 😀 Huge RMC. 🤞

[@yourexperienceguide]

Merry Christmas 🎄 Tbh would hate to see 3 coasters replaced by 1

[@eventpromotionservices4109]

Why not change the trains on Icon so they are all spinning but rather than just one per train 4 sets of back to back seats similar to Ride to Happiness/Timekeeper? They wouldn't lose capacity, every ride would be different and they would have an amazing new advertising angle to build on and basically a new coaster to market. Think it would be an amazing experience having experienced Enso and visually would look amazing too!

[@yourexperienceguide]

Why though? It’s extremely popular already

[@eventpromotionservices4109]

@ just with it being mentioned it was never really heavily pushed when it opened, it would be a great new experience which was open to everyone rather than a up charge and just my personal thoughts after the Junior Immelmann loop it just twists and turns and doesn’t really do much it didn’t do in the first part of the ride. It has great interactions but for me that’s about it and spinning trains would just make it a new experience. Totally appreciate it would not be a popular opinion with everyone though but it would make the ride even better I think.

[@joshuawells4842]

Replace infusion with a Mack Big Dipper

[@leesmart2157]

The national is the worse coaster ive ever done. 25 yrs ago it was good but it is so rough ill never ride it again.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Wow that’s sad to read

[@masterknife8423]

If I had my way and the park had money to burn I'd completely demolish the Grand National and order it rebuilt from scratch. I know it's listed but it's quite frankly a listed corpse of a roller coaster.

[@kblackie]

i agree enso needs to go even tho done 300+ shots but i have seen many a struggle the ride ops have with folk sneaking on without paying from the main que and guests being confused and stealing rows from others or not being able to ride with friends as enso train is being loaded.

[@yourexperienceguide]

You’ve surprised us here Keith!

[@robertinman7683]

You would fit in around Blackpool with those shirts lol

[@yourexperienceguide]

Not sure about that

[@CoasterJames]

Happy Xmas

[@yourexperienceguide]

Same to you 🎅

[@iKaGe01]

Hot take. Get rid of Blue Flyer. Get rid of Infusion. Replace them

[@yourexperienceguide]

What are you replacing Blue Flyer with? The footprint is tiny

[@iKaGe01]

@yourexperienceguide It may be tiny but it offers nothing really. By the time the front of the coaster is at the bottom of a drop, the back has nothing to offer. I mean, you could shorten the trains. I'm just not sure it offers anything Streak doesn't. My kids hated Blue Flyer yet were fine on Streak and they haven't been on a coaster before

[@yourexperienceguide]

@ Disagree completely, great starter coaster that kids can do as soon as they can walk unaided. It’s a lot smaller than Streak too.

[@iKaGe01]

@@yourexperienceguide But to say that Streak offers nothing Vs Blue Flyer subjectively isn't right but we only go once every couple years or so and much prefer Streak. I do agree with you about Infusion and Steeple Chase is another I agree with. Don't often go on Revolution but it probably wouldn't bother me if that was removed either. Hope you had a great Christmas

[@yourexperienceguide]

@ I have a 6 year old who did Blue Flyer at exactly 12 months old but still won’t do Streak, they’re similar to people familiar with coasters but not kids. He will do it eventually, hopefully! Thank you and I hope you had a great one too

[@flaw3dgenius222]

Lech Coaster... now your talking my language!!

[@yourexperienceguide]

Quality coaster, we reviewed it in 2020 on this channel 😉

[@Gatorblx_UK]

Merry christmas guys

[@yourexperienceguide]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@mellowmaggot7046]

The only one of the two built...

[@yourexperienceguide]

Steeplechase was

[@dougbriglmen716]

Thing is the park can progress without having to remove anything if they chose to do so, I know I sound like a broken record here. But they’re more than capable of doing that. It’s just current management can’t be bothered and that’s what annoys me.

[@yourexperienceguide]

How? Running costs at parks are higher than ever, the cost of maintaining old rides is getting higher, then there’s the cost of training new young engineers to maintain those old rides *and* then the cost of building new attractions. All those costs mount up. Having had the chance to speak with people at a high level in the park, I completely disagree that “they can’t be bothered”. They’re trying to find the balance between nostalgia and modernisation. They’ve done their market research too, people want new stuff Doug.

[@dougbriglmen716]

Maybe they need to campaign for the government to get these running costs, or get some kind of financial help/fund to help them with that. I mean with some of them being listed, and yes, I know the arguments for and against that, but seeing as how some of them are listed, maybe they should be getting a fund from somewhere to help maintain that I’m does alleviate some of the costs. I remember Amanda saying in an interview that GT was also known for dealing with government issues, maybe that’s what they need to do to get around that problem.

[@dougbriglmen716]

Whoever those people at higher level, thought you were talking to, I don’t really trust what they’re saying. I only really trust Nick and and Morgan. And yes, before you say it I know Morgan is not currently involved with Pleasure Beach at the moment and I know it’s unlikely he’s going to be MD in the future like you said before, but those are the only two people that I trust at the moment.

[@timduncan9745]

Doug.i actually like Amanda Thompson...she is no nonsense and never speaks with a forked tongue.rather she was like that than a pr man's dream that just tells us what we want to hear

[@yourexperienceguide]

@@dougbriglmen716 It’s not really the government’s problem

[@heather1980]

You can’t take down steeple chase!

[@mellowmaggot7046]

Catapult Falls

[@yourexperienceguide]

Looks fun that!

[@mellowmaggot7046]

@@yourexperienceguide small footprint, no lifthill

[@mellowmaggot7046]

@@yourexperienceguide it's got a log lift, which sounds all kinds of wrong, as well as the catapult bit so no pesky lift hill needed

[@jacobshaw8825]

Do you guys know who Martech are? They were lapping Big Dipper on 18 September and taking notes , whatever that means … 🤷‍♂️

[@yourexperienceguide]

Lots of companies under that name, but the Big Dipper station brakes have been removed

[@mellowmaggot7046]

Bring the Wild Cat back from Southport

[@yourexperienceguide]

That must be in a scrap yard now surely

[@mellowmaggot7046]

@@yourexperienceguide you'd think so...

[@mellowmaggot7046]

@yourexperienceguide swapsies for InFusion tho

[@dougbriglmen716]

30:45 thank f*** for that!

[@yourexperienceguide]

Doesn’t mean I’m right 😂

[@dougbriglmen716]

@@yourexperienceguide Well let’s hope that you are right about that🤞🙏 Pleasure Beach has lost too much over the last 20 years as it is without losing anything else, anymore and you might as well just shut up shop and call it a day🤷‍♂️

[@yourexperienceguide]

@ If rides are replaced within 12 months then not going to kick up a fuss over some stuff going. We all know how much has gone since 2000, unacceptable tbh.

[@dougbriglmen716]

@ but are they going to do that? Pleasure Beach don’t exactly have the best track record for replacing stuff they take out.

[@yourexperienceguide]

@@dougbriglmen716 They don’t, but we’re talking about the future not the past

[@timduncan9745]

The bob sleigh ride europa park is pathetic .it did make me appreciate the bpb one more though

[@yourexperienceguide]

Yeah it’s rubbish

[@craigtooth4701]

They really need sort the space invaders building out its a waste and the area was mad mouse was need a ride too loads of space there

[@yourexperienceguide]

Unfortunately neither are likely to be ride locations again

[@craigtooth4701]

Shame really good dark ride could in there ​@@yourexperienceguide

[@yourexperienceguide]

@@craigtooth4701 It’s not a big space tbh, especially with a restaurant using the ground floor

[@foxallmufc]

needs to go, get something newer, and something less painful

[@yourexperienceguide]

Which one?

[@edwarddowds1014]

The big one has had its day...remove it

[@yourexperienceguide]

Risky move

[@edwarddowds1014]

@yourexperienceguide sometines you have to take risks tho...they need to do something

[@fam_ventures1]

We would just love to be able to go there when it's not pissing down with rain, every time we go it rains being on the big one in the rain it feels like hail stones, and valhalla I've been on it but still haven't seen what's going on in the ride because my eyes were covered with water 95% of the time so we can say we have ridden it but not experienced it

[@yourexperienceguide]

To be fair BPB can’t control the weather 🌧️

[@fam_ventures1]

@yourexperienceguide no but they can control how wet you get on valhalla the fact it's bloody cold up there 90% of the time and rains a lot they could make it that in the winter you wouldn't get as wet as you could in the summer, it is ridiculous how wet that rides get you but so bad that you have water in your eyes throughout the ride and can't see for 💩

[@Fanriffic2020]

The price of scrap metal is quite good at the moment so remove Infusion, Steeplechase and Revolution. Give Avalanche another 5 years then scrap it once the new Grand Prix replacement is opened. Rename Icon, it's naff and it's not an Icon, it's just an above average coaster.

[@yourexperienceguide]

It’s a popular one tbf, but it’ll never draw people in like the Big One does

[@angelachapman292]

Get rid of Big One and Infusion, merry christmas❤

[@yourexperienceguide]

Risky 😮

[@bigdave2308]

Remove everything apart from icon start from scratch call it donkey land

[@yourexperienceguide]

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