page_title: Valhalla (Blackpool Pleasure Beach)
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Valhalla (Blackpool Pleasure Beach) / Design
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of a fire effect on Valhalla at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
context_page_description: Valhalla is a large indoor dark flume ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in Lancashire, England. Opened on 14 June 2000 at a cost of £15 million. It is one of the longest indoor dark rides in the world at a duration of just over six minutes Both a dark ride and a water ride, Valhalla uses special effects which incorporate fire, water and snow. The ride is closed for refurbishment and will reopen for the 2021 season.
context_section_description: Conceived by former park owner Geoffrey Thompson, the ride is based on Valhalla from Norse mythology and covers sixteen different scenes. The ride show, animations and effects were designed by a number of ride manufacturers from around the UK, France and the USA. Intamin provided the water transit system.
  Valhalla uses physical effects such as a dramatic change in temperature and artificial snow throughout the duration of the ride. Riders experience extremes of temperature ranging from −20 °C to 40 °C. There are various water effects during the ride course, including a water vortex and track elements include a turntable (where the boat is turned around thus facing backwards).
  More than 100,000 imperial gallons (450,000 l; 120,000 US gal) of water are recycled per minute, and roughly 35,000 cubic feet (990 m³) of gas is used an hour to provide the flame effects. The ride has a capacity of 2,000 per hour and each journey lasts approximately six minutes covering almost half a mile. The ride is housed inside a building approximately 80 feet (24 m) tall. The front is covered with artificial rock effect (replaced in 2012) and a huge waterfall flows down the ride building facade, dispensing 12,000 gallons of water per minute.
  After the 2001 season, the boats were replaced with brand new updated boats which included a redesigned cannon for the front of the boat and redesigned padded grabrails for the front row and curved metal grab rails for the back 3 rows. The old boats were shipped out to Parque Warner Madrid in Spain to be used on their brand new flume ride Río Bravo.
  After the 2007 season, the boats were given new seats which included padded headrests and updated metal grabrails, and after the 2012 refurbishment, they were all given a new paint job.
caption: Dragon torch with flame effect at ride entrance
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