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“I felt like a kid going to Disneyland for the first time,” said Blake Lockwood, 22, describing the giddy journey to Blackpool pleasure beach from Leeds on Monday morning. “There was a buzz from everyone on the train,” added Brad Walker, 19.
The pair were up at 6am to prepare for their big day out, with a detailed itinerary of the park’s 11 rides planned, followed by food, tamer rides while lunch digests, and then a drink on a sunny pub terrace.
