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
Pleasure Beach Bridge timbers creaking and shifting under the weight of passing cars. Prior to the bridge's construction, Pleasure Island was accessible only by ferry. In 1907, the Pleasure Beach Ferry Company was given the rights to build a movable toll bridge. A series of trestles were built across the tidal flats with a swing span across the dredged channel. The swing span was constructed in 1927, but in the Great Depression the Beach Ferry Company transferred control of the bridge to the city of Bridgeport. The tolls were removed and the bridge continued to be used after Pleasure Beach's closing in 1968,