The Blackpool Tower attraction contains six seperate attractions within the Tower building. The attractions are The Tower Top, The Tower Ballroom, The Tower Circus, Jungle Jims, The Tower Aquarium, and Jurassic Walk.
Book tickets early to avoid dissapointment as the Tower Circus is very popular and tickets sell out fast on popular days. The earlier you book the closer to the ring you get.
Blackpool Tower Tickets are available to purchase online.
The Tower has a viewing platform at 380ft above the promenade and is reached by a lift or if you are a maintanance worker by 536 steps!
Not for the feint hearted is the 'Walk of Faith' glass floor, a two inch clear panel that looks straight down to the Promenade below.
The 'Walk of Faith' glass floor panel was placed at the Tower top in 1998. The glass floor weighs half a tonne and is made up of two sheets of laminated glass. The 'Walk of Faith' can withstand the weight equivalent to five baby elephants.
To reach the top viewing platform at approximately 450ft you can walk up 2 flights of stairs.
The present Ballroom was designed by Frank Matcham and opened in 1899. The Ballroom floor measures 120ft by 102ft. It comprises 30,602 separate blocks of mahogany, oak and walnut. The first Wurlitzer organ was installed in the Ballroom in 1929. It was replaced in 1935 with one to Reginald Dixon's specification. The first organ went to the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens.
During the day visit the Ballroom to hear one of the famous organs being played. The Tower Ballroom is the traditional home of the mighty Wurlitzer Organ which rises up through the stage and complemented by the 3 Deck Wersi - the world's most advanced Blackpool Tower Ballroom - The Wurlitzer Organorgan, it includes over 600 sounds in the software, is touch screen sensitive and can create the sound of a complete orchestra.
During the summer season the Tower Ballroom becomes an entertainment venu hosting shows such as Billy Pearce's Laughter show, to the Legands of Mowtown - The Four Tops and the Drifters.
This year's production, "Circus Rocks with Mooky", produced and directed by Laci Endresz Senior, sees a spectacular line-up of circus artistes from across the World, with Mooky the Clown and Mr Boooo on-hand with their hilarious and mischievous comedy capers all under the watchful eye of popular Ringmaster Harvey Seager, with live music from the Circus Show Band.
Laci Endresz Senior has been searching every continent and brought an array of international performers to the award winning Tower Circus including, China's Flying Spiders, From the Czech Republic the Faltyny Family add harlequin colour and choreography to an act of balancing and juggling. Elizabeth Axt on the Washington Trapeze does things with rings upside down that most of us cant manage upright, Brazilian contortionist Sapo is making his UK debut and probably came her in his suitcase judging by the way he bends and shapes his body. Emil Jnr from Prague adds a touch of punk to an unsupported ladder and metal cube act before the Vavilov Acrobatic Troupe from Moscow combine energy and athleticism for an impressively powerful act. Plus much more
The finale will surprise you but I wont spoil it here, you will have to visit to see!!!
One of Europe's largest indoor adventure playground's, Jungle Jims, sits within the Blackpool Tower legs. So while your here let your little monkeys run off steam in our huge Jungle fun zone. As the Inca Gods stand proud guarding the gateway of the ‘Lost City’ the view takes in medieval wattle and dawb, the three party boats including the huge solid wood benches in the ships which will cater for the finest of children’s parties, the attention to detail is amazing for an attraction of this size.
The Blackpool Tower Aquarium originally opened as Dr Cocker's Menagerie in the late 1870's on its present site. The Blackpool Tower Aquarium aquarium actually predates the rest of the Tower! Today there are over 70 species of fish and crustations from the giant Pacu fish of the Amazon to Seahorses, Lobster and Eels. There are fish from all types of water from Marine, Tropical, to Sea creatures in 17 tanks.
In the all new attraction for 2008 travel back through time and meet the Jurassic giants roaming though the dinosaur landscape. You will feel right in the middle of the action in the new Cinema attraction. Take a seat and don your 3D glasses for a mesmerising experience. Great fun for all ages - just watch as the screen comes to life.
