Valhalla (Blackpool Pleasure Beach) Valhalla (Blackpool Pleasure Beach) Valhalla is a large indoor dark ride at Pleasure Beach Blackpool in Lancashire, England. Opened on 14 June 2000 at a cost of £15 million (equivalent to around £24 million in 2017), it is one of the most expensive water rides ever to be built and is the longest indoor dark ride in the world. Both a dark ride and a water ride, Valhalla uses special effects which incorporate fire, water and snow. Valhalla replaced the Fun House, (which burned down in 1991 in its place); Valhalla opened in 2000. Conceived by former park owner Geoffrey
Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 1935. Paige had designed numerous other rides at the Pleasure Beach, including the "Rollercoaster", another wooden coaster that was constructed on the site of The Velvet Coaster in 1933. The success of Paiges' wooden coasters resulted in a complete reprofiling of the Big Dipper in 1936, which was extended towards the south-westerly side of the park. During this time Thompson hired Joseph Emberton, an award-winning architect who was brought in to redesign the architectural style of the Pleasure Beach rides and buildings, working on The Casino Building, Noah's Ark and the "Ice Drome", a 2,000 seat ice rink. Emberton