Beaver Creek (Blackpool Pleasure Beach) Explained

Beaver Creek
Area Acre:42
Rides:10
Coasters:1
Water Rides:1
Other Rides:8
Park1:Pleasure Beach Blackpool
Coordinates1:53.7903°N -3.0556°W
Closed1:5 September 2010
Replacement1:Nickelodeon Land

Beaver Creek was a children's amusement park inside Blackpool Pleasure Beach. It closed on 5 September 2010 when Managing Director Amanda Thompson announced that it would be working with Nickelodeon to bring the new Nickelodeon Land. Nickelodeon Land opened in Beaver Creek's place on 5 May 2011.

Many of the rides have either been re-themed and put back into place, or moved into a different part of the park and later renamed. For example, Thor's Turnpike was moved to a different place in the park and renamed Alpine Rallye, same with Veteran Carousel, which is now known as Thompson's Carousel.

Rides at Closure

NameOpenedBrief Description
HelicoptersChildren's helicopter and airplane spinning ride.
Veteran CarouselA Mini carousel ride, now located under Avalanche's lift hill. Renamed Vintage Carousel, then Thompson's Carousel.
Lunar CarouselAn undercover space-themed carousel.
Magic MountainChildren's dark ride with one train, travelling through various fantasy and global scenes.
Magnus' Mini DodgemsPint-sized children's bumper cars.
Pirate RideLarge 'Sea Storm' style ride, retained for Nickelodeon Land.
Tetley Teacup RideChildren's Teacup ride. Since renamed to its original name of Crazy Daisy and was removed in 2017.
Beaver Creek Log FlumeA standard one hill Log Chute, retained for Nickelodeon Land.
Thor's TurnpikeA children's auto-mobile track ride. Relocated inside Avalanche's footprint and currently known as Alpine Rallye.
Zipper DipperA children's wooden coaster composed of bunny hills and a tunnel. Retained for Nickelodeon Land.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zipper Dipper (Pleasure Beach, Blackpool) . Roller Coaster Database . 15 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071002201036/http://www.rcdb.com/id797.htm. 2 October 2007 . live.