SANDCASTLE WATERPARK CONTINUES TO MAKE A SPLASH AT THE AWARDS!

It’s Official - Sandcastle Waterpark is now heralded as the winner of the Large Visitor Attraction of the Year 2008/2009, voted at the recent Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board Awards. Many attractions and accommodation providers attended the fifth annual Lancashire and Blackpool Tourism awards, which were hosted by Radio Lancashire’s Ted Robbins, and a guest appearance by the Hairy Bikers, who cooked up a storm!

Up against other attractions in the Lancashire and Blackpool region, Sandcastle Waterpark was marked in areas such as, customer service, commitment to excellence, training and development, accessibility and care for the environment to mention a few. Ted Robbins built up the winning of the award by stating “This attraction has made significant investment in its facilities and set itself high standards to achieve a excellent all round performance. It has placed customer service at the heart of everything it does, and also has made a commitment to staff training and development.” The awards were supported by the Northwest Development Agency (NWDA) and the tourism director, James Beresford, said, “The winners are a reflection of the hard work and commitment that is helping tourism to thrive in the North West. Quality is the key to success and these winners are helping to raise the benchmark.”

As part of the acclaimed award, Sandcastle Waterpark will now be put forward for the North West Region Awards, so keep your fingers crossed, we could be putting Blackpool attractions back in the top line up.

Sandcastle Waterpark has 18 slides and attractions and an 84o tropical climate with something to entertain the whole family. John Child, Managing Director of Sandcastle Waterpark said, “We continue to strive to be the best at what we do and have some great future developments in the pipeline so keep your eyes open.” Sandcastle Waterpark is open all year round and welcomes families from all over the world.

SANDCASTLE VISITS NORTHERN IRELAND with special guest CHRISTOPHER BIGGINS!

18th-20th January saw the famous Holidayworld Exhibition in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A team of staff represented Blackpool and its fantastic attractions, events and accommodation including Blackpool Tourism, Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool and of course Sandcastle Waterpark. A new and innovative stand has been designed to attract customers and plenty of literature was distributed by smiling staff! The show was opened by I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here's Winner - Christopher Biggins. Mr BIggins is a huge fan of Blackpool and wanted to make sure he visited us to share in his stories.

SANDCASTLE SPLASHES INTO ITS 21ST YEAR!

Sandcastle Waterpark will celebrate its 21st birthday on the 23rd June 2007. To mark the occasion the Worshipful Mayor of Blackpool - Councillor Robert Wynne will receive the key to the Sandcastle Waterpark on the 21st June. The park will launch a summer of celebratory events, promotions and competitions so the general public can join in the celebrations. Details of these events will be released later.

The Sandcastle (as it was formerly known) opened its doors on the 23rd June 1986 and was considered to be a 21st Century Indoor Seaside, and being the largest of its kind in Europe, was warmly welcomed to Blackpool. Over the last two years the waterpark has invested a whopping £6 million to develop a new type of Sandcastle. Now the UK's Largest Indoor Waterpark with 18 slides and attractions including the world's longest indoor rollercoaster waterslide - The Masterblaster, Sandcastle Waterpark has brought a new wave of water entertainment.

Sandcastle Waterpark's Managing Director - John Child has said, "To celebrate the 21st Birthday we would like to focus on giving something back to the community with a series of celebratory events, giveaways and promotions." The Sandcastle Waterpark will also be holding a number of charity events to raise funds for the Mayor's Charity, MRI Scanning for kids - Blackpool's A Knockout Appeal.

In addition, the Sandcastle Waterpark will look back at the history of the site and will launch a regional appeal for nostalgic stories and photographs from 1923-1982 when the Open Air Baths were located on site. An event will take place later in the year to re-create some of the fondly remembered 'Bathing Beauties' and 'Knobbly Knees' competitions.

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