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 coaster which was present at the Pleasure Beach from 1929 to 1931. In 1929 Pat Collins attended the Paris Colonial Exposition, where the largest attraction was the Scenic Railway. It had been designed by German Herr Erich Heidrich of Hamburg especially for the Exposition, and was operated by showman Hugo Hans. At the close of the Exposition, Pat Collins bought the ride and had the components shipped to England. They arrived in February 1932 and a team of German workmen began constructing the ride on the sands of the Pleasure Beach site. The ride opened to visitors in April 1932.