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Park News - (2/19/09) You can see pictures and even a video of the new interactive fountain area added to Blackpool this season posted over at RideMad.
  (2/13/09) The Pleasure Beach Blog has posted a first look at the new Spectacular Dancing Waters Show added to the park.
  (2/5/09) There is a rumor going around claiming that Big Dipper and Grand Nash wont be up and running for BPB’s opening weekend on Feb 14th, with a backup plan to open RollerCoaster instead. Meanwhile sources say that you should ride RollerCoaster while you still can as it and Space Invader 2 are said to be living on borrowed time.
  (12/26/08) One of our readers went by Blackpool Pleasure Beach and reported in on the current rehab work on a variety of things like Revolution’s loop, Big Dipper’s station, Grand National, and a large section of track has been removed from The Big One for replacement.
  (12/15/08) I’ve been informed that a newsletter has been sent out to anyone who has pre-purchased a BPB Pass for the 2009 season that confirms that the Hot Ice will not be running for the 2009 season. It apparently places the blame on the fact that there will be some kind of construction nearby.
  (12/10/08) The latest rumors sent in about the future of BPB claim that there may be a big cutback in the entertainment budget next season, with both the Hot Ice show and Forbidden both on the chopping block and not expected to return. Anyone know more?
  (12/9/08) Some construction pictures taken at BPB can be found at TBPPBGuideForums where they are apparently digging up an area for a new water feature of some kind. I’m not sure if this is a fountain or some kind of interactive water play zone, but from the sound of it that may be the only “new” item going in for 2009.
  (11/3/08) Lots of strange new news and rumors have floated in from Blackpool Pleasure Beach this weekend. The first rumors claim that BPB has thrown in the towel on Valhalla, and even came with what appears to be an official BBN News article to confirm it, but this is a fake news article made to look like a real one where all the links on the page are fake. So if you heard this rumor over the weekend, now you know where it came from.
  A few other rumors came in from the guests at the park on the last day claiming that Space Invader 2 may never reopen. As old as that ride is, I can see that being a possibility of course, but the worse rumor apparently was caused by an employee on Roller Coaster telling guests exiting guests that they would be the last riders on the classic wooden coaster ever. I just don’t see this rumor being true either… there would have been some kind of mass uprising from the coaster community at that thought of losing the 1933 creation. I’m guessing it was just a poor joke from an employee trying to get a reaction. Still… it’s strange that all these rumors would pop up about ride removals all on the same weekend, anyone know more?
  (10/8/08) There is an effort underway to convince Blackpool Pleasure Beach to reconsider their plans to make the seaside amusement park more like a traditional park by charging everyone an admission fee to enter. The Stop The Charge group believes that this move will only serve to hurt tourism in the entire Blackpool area. After keeping admission to the park free for the past 100 years, they don’t believe this needs to change. Make the jump to read more.
  (8/14/08) A quick correction to my assumption from yesterday... as is was pointed out that BPB does indeed charge guests to park on top of the new upcharge fee they are asking people to pay to use the parking lot trams. What many don’t know however is that some of the various lots for BPB can be very far away and until now people have pretty much been forced to walk or pay to use some other kind of tram or taxi service, so perhaps the guests are used to this kind of thing. Still... in my mind that would be like Walt Disney World charging guests to ride the monorail between the Magic Kingdom and Epcot and it just seems wrong somehow since it’s in BPB’s best interest to get guests into the park so they can start spending money.

2009/2010 - Future Attraction - Rumor - (6/9/08) A lucky park guest managed to come across a small group of people taking survey measurements and putting markings on the ground at Blackpool somewhere near the Wild Mouse. So far I haven’t heard any serious rumors about 2009 plans yet so this could be for anything.