Blackpool Pleasure Beach gates are occasionally opened to permit large groups of guests into the park during the peak season. The park has 5 car parks and a coach park. Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station and the "Big Blue Hotel" are towards the south end of the park. The park is split up into 3 sections: North Park, Nickelodeon Land and South Park. The main park is divided by separate themed areas. These are "North Entrance Plaza", "Heidi Strasse", "Bean Street FY4", "The Watson Overpass", "The Tom Sawyer Bridge" and "South Entrance Plaza". Many of the rides in the park are built over
Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach but also the Carousel (1954), and the Snails & Fairytails (1966). These are complemented by thrill rides like Evolution and Sky Drop. In 2008 the Pleasure Beach became one of only a handful of parks in the UK to have a large ferris wheel, called The Yarmouth Wheel. This was a semi-permanent ride, first erected in April 2008 for that season and again in April 2009 for that season. Pleasure & Leisure Corporation PLC, trading as Pleasure & Leisure Property Corporation PLC were one of two applicants to reach the final stage in bidding for the large casino licence which