Grand National misses the 2025 season start after winter works
Pleasure Beach Resort announced in February 2025 that Grand National would not be ready for the season start. The classic wooden coaster from 1935 stayed out of service because winter works had not yet been completed.
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Pleasure Beach Resort opened 2025 with a clear warning for guests: the full attraction line-up would not be available at the start of the season. Alongside several smaller rides that would remain closed for the year, the park said Grand National, the 1935 wooden coaster, would still be out of service when the season began. The reason was practical but significant: winter works on the ride had not yet been completed.
For Blackpool fans, that was a meaningful update. Grand National is not an ordinary coaster, but one of the park's classic wooden icons and a rare mobius racer, with both sides forming one continuous track. When a historic ride like that misses the season start, it affects the character of Pleasure Beach itself. Guests visiting for the traditional coaster collection had to adjust their expectations.
The news sat within a wider phase the park described as a period of transformation. Pleasure Beach wanted to invest, rethink parts of its offer and still hold on to the things that make it special. For Grand National, the article mainly marks the vulnerability and value of heritage maintenance: a wooden classic only stays part of the future when heavy work continues behind the scenes.