To not want to go on holiday to blackpool

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I think dh has lost his mind.

He reckons the dcs will love it?

I wouldn’t go this time of year mainly because it will be bloody freezing.

I’m in Cumbria and the weather is awful - floods, gale-force winds, the lot. Stay somewhere dry!

I'm honestly quite happy to be a snob if it means I never need to go near Blackpool again

Stay in South Shore, as the prom is quieter and there are a few art installations that are fun to see. You can walk down the prom to the Tower etc, without having to stay in the thick of it.

The Sandcastle is great- take costumes.

Have dinner at The Beach House as the sun is setting (book in advance and ask for a table on the enclosed terrace).

Go to The Grand Theatre, or the Opera House if there's anything suitable on.

Watch the starlings around North Pier, then walk along the beach to Bispham and catch the tram back.

If you go with an open mind and don't just follow the other tourists, Blackpool can be great!

YABU, the kids will love it & that's all that matters. Its what you make it. I dont understand the snobbery around Blackpool, as a family we've had much more enjoyable weekends at Blackpool & Skegness than Centre Parcs. Yes it's a bit run down most seaside resorts are. I'm Whitby born & bread btw.

I grew up in a poverty stricken council estate. It was brutal.

Maybe that makes me a snob because I was shocked by Blackpool - and I was there yesterday.

But we don't do the weekly shop at Tesco! I'm pushing Whitby hard

So in other words you want a holiday that you'd enjoy more but not so much for the kids to do?
Love Whitby, been millions of times. There's seriously not a lot for kids to do though.
They can go to the beach, spend money in the arcades, trudge around Whitby Abbey (great for the grown ups, "boring" for the kids) , or scare them silly on the Dracula experience or tire them out by making them walk up the 199 steps.
That's about your lot though.
Might be "prettier", but the kids'll definitely have more of a blast in Blackpool!

I must live on a different planet to most people on here - vile? I've been there twice this year with my kids, partner and parents and we all had the best time! Beautiful beach, history in the piers and the tower, the Pleasure Beach is awesome and there are loads of lovely places to eat and see shows. I could go for a fortnight and not get bored.

Well I'm sold. Blackpool sounds ace.

If you really have to go, stay outside in a nicer area, and go in for the day to do the pleasure beach, the tower circus, maybe the beach. I recommend Lytham St. Anne's, much more gentile and child-friendly!

We go to the illumination every year. Kids love It, arcades are fun. Zoo or aquarium during the day. Tower, pleasure beach etc. It's tacky yes but that's the fun of it. Maybe the reason our seaside resorts are run down is because of all of these people who refuse to go to them because they are 'vile'. If your kids want to then what's the harm?

I was there last month. Yes it looks terrible

I wouldn’t go this time of year mainly because it will be bloody freezing

It's always bloody freezing, we went in August and it was bloody freezing then. DD loved the pleasure beach and coral island, be warned that if you go to the sandcastle go early though, it gets more and more crowded later on.

What is that thing sticking up?

Mild lol at gentile friendly.

I had fun at Blackpool years ago but it was hell getting there (by train).

The thing sticking up? They had people with parachutes jumping off it onto the beach. About 3 at a time , was very entertaining.

I used to go as s child, but only for the day or for the evening illuminations, when my dad wouldn't let us get out of the carDon't think I'd want to spend a long weekend there.

Meant to add, but it may have changed.

We went last year, stayed in a premier inn just outside Blackpool itself and trammed it in (you can get cheap day saver tram tickets). We did the tower, madame tussauds, some Star Trek exhibition (at DH's request!), went to the beach, arcades and then the zoo the next day before heading home. If we were there longer, we would have done Sandcastle water park and Pleasure Beach (although rides not my thing!) It was cheap, it was tacky, but we had such a lovely time. Sometimes you just have to embrace it and not over think it! We did go in summer though and had absolutely amazing weather. We could have been abroad. I think that helped. Definitely book multi save tickets online though. Lots of the attractions are Merlin so sometimes you can get vouchers etc or you can get discount online for booking several things.

I love Blackpool. We used to go nearly every year with my grandparents to see the lights being switched on.

We took our eldest when she was 3 and we did the zoo, 2 days on the beach( donkey rides) a day a the pleasure beach and then a day doing Harry ramsdens and the sea life centre followed by the arcade. We also did the tram ride to st Anne's and all the way down to the other end of the line as my grandfather loved trams.
Some of my best memories are at Blackpool.

Stay in St Ann's (which is very charming IMO) and have an afternoon in Blackpool for the kids to play on the 2p machines/go to the Pleasure Beach, maybe see a show at the Opera House and drive through the illuminations. A day there is ok for kids. It can be VERY windy/bleak in winter though.

Sad to hear so many posts knocking Blackpool - lived there in 70s and 80s (in Cleveleys) and it was great!
Live in Kent now- you could always come to Margate for a change!

"Mummy, why's that lady lying in the road with her skirt up?" (At 5.30pm.)

Wow - read half the posts and am

Went this summer (an overnight). DC LOVED it. I mean, highlight of their summer loved it. We did all sorts else, but Blackpool Pleasure Beach, the Tower Ballroom, the huge, long, sandy beach... they had a ball.

Very snobby, this thread.

There's NOTHING "snobby" about not wanting to visit a coastal resort in autumn/winter, where you have to pay just to walk on the beach , and where the pavements are copiously covered in piss and vomit every night.........

I went there to see the lights with the kids on Saturday night. It was packed with people but they loved it. They are very young though. I also watched the air show in August with the red arrows that was ace. Blackpool is fun for people of all ages. And can be as cheap or expensive as you make it.

Lytham is lovely. Cleveleys has a nice front. My SIL and DB always take there kids to fleetwood haven and go to farmer parrs. There’s lots to do along the fylde coast, you don’t just have to restrict yourself to Blackpool. The beauty of it is you can get a tram to different coastal towns easily enough. Enjoy yourselves!