This week saw the much
eagerly awaited grand opening of Blackpool's very own COMEDY CARPET.
Lovingly constructed outside of the Tower, it features sayings and well
known phrases from our much loved British Comedy Heroes. KEN DODD was
the main guest of honour along with other comedy celebrities like THE
KRANKIES, DAVE SPIKEY, THE CHUCKLE BROTHERS etc. A well publicised
opening ceremony was broadcast on news channels to make everyone aware
of this new must see feature. "They talk about the Hollywood Walk of
Fame- but no-one has one of these" was KEN DODD'S verdict.
I know it's looked out of sorts for a while but now
we're cooking on
gas!! A little bit of knowledge is a very good thing
and I wish I had
known that JLS were at Blackpool Pleasure Beach last
Saturday as I
might of nipped down and shown my face!!
BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH opened it's
spectacular NICKELODEON LAND with the likes of DORA
THE EXPLORER, SPONGEBOB SQUARE
PANTS, PATRICK DIEGO, THE BACKYARDIGANS to name but
a few. Check out the BPB
website for further details especially for their 12
Days of Christmas special in December right up to
Christmas.
Louis Tussauds has been taken over by his famous
cousin MADAME TUSSAUDS
and has been a massive sucess since it's opening on April
2011. It's already
looking amazing and I for one can't wait to get in
there and have a
good look round at all her new stars!!
BLACKPOOL TOWER has also been going through a
massive change. The
MERLIN GROUP have also taken it over and are
installing some fabulous
new features such as the TOWER DUNGEON and the
TERROR TOWER RIDE, again
check their website for more info on all of these
great new places.
The GOLDEN MILE will be opening it's doors to it's
brand new WEDDING
CHAPEL any time soon as it nears completion. Blackpool will boast it's own
chapel of love in
front of the TOWER.
2011 so far has been an exciting time for
Blackpool, with people
predicting massive success for the region with
millions of holiday
guests flocking to the area to take advantage of all
the new
attractions along with all the old favourites.
Watch this space, it's been a great year and we've not finished the
illuminations yet!!
These are two of my fave photos of Blackpool that I
have taken. Yes
sometimes it even gets a bit blustery in Blackpool
too!!
Blackpool Tower flying the flag
for the football
team.