Blackpool Day Trip

If you're like me, and you adore theme parks then you'll love Blackpool.

Ok, Blackpool itself is very tacky, the city seems pretty outdated and visiting there feels like stepping back into the past, but that's why I love it.

Since my gran lived there, I have loads of childhood memories of visiting, I even remember going to sleep as a kid and hearing people screaming as they went down the roller coasters. 

I went with my friend, Jillian. We got the train from Glasgow, with a quick change over at Preston. All in all it took about 4 hours to get there which isn't too bad. We arrived around 10, before the park opened so we decided to walk along the front and sit at the beach. The weather was amazing, we couldn't have asked for a better day to stroll around. 

I hadn't been to Blackpool in about 5/6 years and there were a couple of new rides there which I couldn't wait to try out. We pretty much went on everything. I'd say if you live in the UK, it's one of the best theme parks here. I much prefer it to Thorpe Park as I don't think there's enough rides there, and with everything that happened in Alton Towers recently, I was slightly put off in going there.

You've got plenty of roller coasters (which is my favourite type of ride) although some need to be updated because I was literally in so much pain as The Grand National jerked around corners. 

The upsides were the fact it only costs £21 for wristbands online which I think is a pretty good deal for a whole day. The food is reasonably cheap, so it's easy to grab a quick bite and it's not extortionate like restaurants and shops in Disney. There are plenty of rides for all ages, and if you don't like theme parks but come as a family, you can purchase a non-rider wristband. 

The downside was that we booked it on the day that the EU vote was taking place, so it was schoolkids galore, which I usually wouldn't mind as much but since they were all there for the bigger and better rides, the queues were a nightmare! Oh, and I was dragged on Valhalla which I bloody hate. It's alright if you're in a roasting place like Florida and welcome the water, but walking around Blackpool with frizzy hair, wet trainers and feeling uncomfortable wasn't my favourite...

It is a really good day out though, and I'm going back next month with my wee brother since I've been promising to take him for aaaages.