Unit X - Mini Archive - Blackpool Visit

I have been the Blackpool pleasure beach previously, but going on the behind the scenes tour with the education team really opened my eyes to just how much time and effort goes into create an exciting experience for its customers. The day was split into 3 sections; a tour of the pleasure beaches archives, looking around the theme park itself and a tour of the costume making area and costume vault.

Visiting the archive was informative; it allowed us to see models of what the park looked like previously, before updating rides and certain areas of the park. This made me think about how much thought and work has to going into maintaining the park to meet the ever growing standards of the public.

The second area we looked at was the costume vault and workshops; I found this section really inspiring as costume is something that has always captured my attention, and I was simply in awe at the vast amount of materials, costumes and designs. For me it was an unlimited collection of inspiration.

The final section of the tours was looking around the park, I think this was helpful in terms of visual research inspiration. Taking photographs of the rides looking at structures and geometric lines, although I am unsure what route my visuals will take at the moment it is still valuable primary research.