{"id":179,"date":"2019-02-13T17:05:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T17:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coastersonthecoastblog.home.blog\/?p=179"},"modified":"2024-02-18T19:03:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T19:03:45","slug":"3-favourite-dark-rides-at-blackpool-pleasure-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"Top 3 Dark Rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach &#8211; February 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are our top three dark rides from Pleasure Beach. Of course others may disagree and have different views. Which we\u2019d love to hear across our social media accounts.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Valhalla\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Of course Valhalla is our number one. The overall experience is amazing when it&#8217;s fully working, of course. It\u2019s certainly one of the best in U.K. if not THE best. The main downfall is just how wet you get given Blackpool isn\u2019t the hottest of places at the best of times.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-792 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_1614-1024x683.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wallace &amp; Gromit Thrill\u2019O\u2019Matic;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This is one of the best dark rides in our opinion. We adore it so much, it&#8217;s such a quirky little ride. We\u2019ve enjoy all of the programmes which is probably why we love it so much. The theming is beautifully done with so much attention to detail. It\u2019s one of those rides which we can\u2019t resist re-riding at least 4 times each visit. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-460 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dsc_5922.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dsc_5922.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dsc_5922.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dsc_5922.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dsc_5922.jpg?resize=1568%2C1045&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dsc_5922.jpg?w=1620&amp;ssl=1 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>River Caves:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s such a classic and iconic dark ride. Given it\u2019s age it\u2019s really not in a bad condition in comparison to some younger dark rides (no shade intended). Of course it could do with some TLC throughout. But we\u2019d never like to see this be replaced or leave the park. It\u2019s the ideal ride to relax and have a pleasant break. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1504 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/96612d79-48d5-4f3c-af0d-83ac3348cc32.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/96612d79-48d5-4f3c-af0d-83ac3348cc32.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/96612d79-48d5-4f3c-af0d-83ac3348cc32.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/96612d79-48d5-4f3c-af0d-83ac3348cc32.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/96612d79-48d5-4f3c-af0d-83ac3348cc32.jpg?resize=1568%2C1045&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/96612d79-48d5-4f3c-af0d-83ac3348cc32.jpg?w=1620&amp;ssl=1 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What is your favourite dark ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach? We&#8217;d love to know yours in the comments below or across our socials.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7365\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/545E3022-CE60-4736-B83D-19CA972D3EF1.png?resize=900%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our personal 3 favourite dark rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5051,5053],"tags":[76,2790,79,637,100,116,118,164,356,402,1664,2185,1286,434,445,2210,448,459,2791,1864],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attractions","category-theme-parks","tag-blackpool-pleasure-beach","tag-blackpool-pleasure-beach-dark-rides","tag-blackpool-resort","tag-bpb","tag-classic-dark-ride","tag-dark-ride","tag-dark-water-ride","tag-favourites","tag-river-caves","tag-theme-park-blogger","tag-themes","tag-theming","tag-travel","tag-travel-blogger","tag-uk-dark-rides","tag-uk-rides","tag-uk-theme-park","tag-valhalla","tag-wallace-and-gromit","tag-wholesome"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_0380.jpg?fit=5152%2C3864&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb4qDv-2T","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7958,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions\/7958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}