Celebrating 90 years of shows at Pleasure Beach Arena
The nightmare will return… October 23rd – November 1st 2025
From the creative minds behind the world’s most iconic circuses comes CABARET EXTREME – a beautifully bizarre collision of burlesque, daring drag, extreme stunts, and contemporary circus. This Halloween, the rules are out, the stakes are high, and the stage is set for something spectacularly strange. – 23rd October – 2nd November
Click here to see what’s on this Christmas
Celebrating 90 years of shows at Pleasure Beach Arena
The nightmare will return… October 23rd – November 1st 2025
From the creative minds behind the world’s most iconic circuses comes CABARET EXTREME – a beautifully bizarre collision of burlesque, daring drag, extreme stunts, and contemporary circus. This Halloween, the rules are out, the stakes are high, and the stage is set for something spectacularly strange. – 23rd October – 2nd November
Click here to see what’s on this Christmas
Changing the skyline of Blackpool forever, The BIG One was constructed in 1994 and designed by Ron Toomer and manufactured by Arrow Dynamics. Standing 235 ft above Pleasure Beach Resort, the iconic structure was the tallest, fastest and steepest steel rollercoaster in the world!
The clunking sounds of the lift hill slowly build anticipation, until the release at the exhilarating first drop sending riders hurtling along the track, high above the park below.
Constructed:
1994
Track Length:
5,497 ft
Max height:
235 ft
Max Speed:
85mph
Duration:
3 mins
Capacity:
1,650 riders/hour
No. of trains/cars:
3 trains with 5 cars – each carries 6 riders






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