Valhalla Blackpool Pleasure Beach TV Documentary (2000) 

Someone should send this to the pleasure beach so they remember how amazing this ride was and how amazing they could make it!

This ride was the best water wide in the world up until it’s temporary closure by rankings. I’m hoping BPB pulls out the big guns and really makes this renovation awesome. The effects and experience are unmatched and you can clearly see the care that went into making this as good as possible. I love this ride and can’t wait for it to reopen better than ever.

We went on it in 2000 and 2001 it was amazing and all the effects worked. In more recent times lots of effects are missing but it’s still a great ride albeit VERY wet. Looking forward to giving it a go next year after the relaunch.

It’s great that there are people like you that care about documenting things like this. Thanks!

This is fantastic. I’m so excited to see Valhalla reopen in 2021

Cant wait for the return of Valhalla - BRAVE THE ADVENTURE!!

I'll never forget the first time I went on this. I hadn't got the memo and went on thinking it was a River Caves type ride :'') I was an absolute nervous wreck throughout it but it simultaneously became my favourite ride ever

20:57 So that's who played the projected Viking on the lift hill. The park should bring him back for an updated version for 2021

I live in the northern part of Northumbria where the Vikings were regular raiders Esp the coast nearest to me & i often stand on the cliffs near my coastal home & imagine those Norsemen landing & the locals panicking & running for their lives! Many of those Norsemen settled here & many old settlements have been unearthed from those times, I once watched a good documentary on the Longships sailing up the River Tyne & the many viking surnames in this area of Newcastle & the North East coast. Maybe its why i love the Valhalla ride, my surname is Viking & my maternal great grandparents were from Scandinavia & my Viking surname from my paternal great grandparents from Inverness in Scotland Thank you for this video on the making of the wonderful Valhalla ride, best ride in the world!

Thanks for uploading this.I never knew it existed.Ive always been fascinated by the ride itself so to see this was awesome

Thanks for this amazing documentary, been looking a while for something like that.

Thank you so much for this. There’s some footage here that I’ve never seen. Really interesting!

You’re kidding me! I can’t wait to watch this! Welcome back!

THE LEGEND HAS RETURNED! British Theme Park Archive is one of my favourite top channels 👌 can’t wait for the book my’dude.

Fantastic video of a great ride. Even better when you get to the reverse drop and it breaks down. We had, probably, the best ride evac ever.

Brilliant documentary, thanks for sharing.

These videos are incredible! Thanks for sharing, can’t wait for the book!

23:23 take a shot everytime he says snow

Brilliant documentary really enjoyed watching it. Subscribed! 👍

I've Been To Blackpool Lancashire In England Back In June 2018 And It Was Super Awesome. Thanks Mate. X

I was working there when this was filmed. Absolutely amazing ride. Love it still to this day

GT- we always build new spectacular rides every four years, and if we didn’t, I think the public would be very disappointed. 20 years of Amanda Thompson’s management 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 GT wherever you are GT, I pray that one of your grandkids can turn this whole park around!

31:01 The ring of fire in all its glory😎🔥🔥🔥 Is it just me or does it look more like a square of fire rather than a ring?🤔

Well you learn something new everyday, I thought the flame effect was actually real flames. Hope they make it as good as it used to be again using the latest modern technology that's now available.

Rode it in the 2000s and it was amazing I just hope it is been maintained properly I would love to ride it again

i was there a week ago 16th August 2021. was told its still closed until summer 2022😔 Miss it loads

Amazing documentry well done sir

I saw this being made it looked amazing at the time and they did an excellent job on the whole ride. Nice to get drenched and have a fire ending to the ride. Got stuck on it once lol.

Always loved this ride but its never been given the care and maintenance it deserves. Such an amazing experience.

The best ride ever now a documentary to tell how it came about.

Great vid, thanks for posting. Only been on this ride once....don't know why I bothered buying a waterproof Poncho though lol.

Lovely doc there hope the closeure for 2020 season gets the tlc the ride needs. I named my busniess after the ride so hope they kerp it on for many more years to come i have alot of menorys on that spot from fun house want to see more fun till im in my 80s cant ride rides anymore

8:53 oh my god that flame effect tho

went to PB last year and went on Valhalla and it was crap. Half of the effects were struggling to work and it wasn't much more than a boat ride in the dark. Needs a lot of rehabilitation.

Very interesting video.

Been on it many time great ride surprising drops you get drenched through on it. Not all the effects are in place as it’s got older but it’s still a good ride

18:39 Oden’s head for the refurbishment should be done with projected mapping😎

Definatly will miss it this season. not getting absolultly soaked is a thing for this year.

Hello There, great video, looks like a pretty decent ride, it's great that they are refurbishing it as well, keep up the food work! Cheers Peter Mc :)

When Valhalla was actually a superb ride. With each 'refurb' the ride gets worse. A shadow of its former self.

I wish this documentary had showing footage of the Tesla coil. I would have been cool to see the laser floor as that was gone by the time I started visiting.

So much of this ride is missing now it is a disgrace 😡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🤠

4:07 R.I.P.

I already know the 2021 version will be not be as good as the original. If it's open on opening day 2021 I will ride it 5 times maybe 10 lol

*Wow, great documentary, shame to see so many rides gone now tho, I’m sure Geoff wouldn’t be too impressed*

yeah- i feel as if they've really made it less exciting recently. i mean, i wasn't alive to ride it back then but it looked a lot better than it does now. even back in like,, oh god i dunno,, 2014/2015 when i first visited the park, the ride seemed a lot wetter i guess? i dunno how to really describe it but i feel like they've really turned down the excitement. hopefully when it reopens it'd be a whole lot better, maybe even making it better than it was when it was brand new. who knows. i can't wait to ride it again though, it is and always will be my favourite ride at blackpool.

What do we all think will be different when it reopens?

Did it ever open with the flames in the water?! I dont remember that and I rode it when it opened 😆

I remeber seeing it go up then I fort this is go be amasing was even better then i fort it would be mr tompson came up with great atractions

I don't like to go on this ride anymore. I went on it a week after opening and it blew me away. Now it just feels broken...

Take a shot every time the guy says "snow" xD

hope with theme trying make it more afordble for run they dont end up spoling it

Will there be one on Vampire at Chessington?

20 years later...

I have been on this ride water since 2014 up to 2019 now closed for 2020 to change the effects of the Valhalla the ride will not have so many affects like it did before but oh well times do change.

Problem is the lazy staff who turn some of the water effects of so as not to have to stand there with the vac draining the boats.

Does anyone remember the old brown Skoda car with the two dummy's in when it was getting built??

Why they doing it up to make it back to this !

28:47 RIP

Only to close the Cableway one year later🤣

He wasn't wrong when he said that 2:32

Did he just say Odin is Thors son 👀

Bel 112

3:28

" well the vikings aren't around today" THE Minnesota vikings enter the chat!

Lets hope they put as much effort in for the refurb probably not

And these days it looks like crap. No park looks after their rides in this country. Think yaselves lucky you arent owned by Merlin. They would knock it down and put some sea containers in its place.

Ye the original was a lot better