Wednesday 14 September 2011

Rides from £1 at the Grand Pier

From now until the end of September all rides on the Grand Pier will cost just £1 on Friday evenings from 5pm to 9pm and during the rest of the week (and weekends) all rides will be half-price. This will include the Grand Pier’s famous F1 simulators and Go Karts.

There will also be special offers in the children’s soft place area, Adventure Cove during term-time. Entry into Adventure Cove on weekdays will cost £1. A £3 meal and play deal is also available all day every day during term time.

Between 10am and 12 noon every Saturday and Sunday Adventure Cove will charge an entry fee of £3 and children will get to meet our special TV characters.

Tuesday 6 September 2011

Fireworks and fun at The Grand Pier

Thousands of visitors are expected to enjoy a night of fireworks and fun at the Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare on Saturday 5th November.

People who come along will be able to watch a large firework display on the beach from the comfort of the new giant Grand Pier conservatory on the South Deck and enjoy the rides.

Visitors who pay a £5 admission fee will receive a free £5 Grand Pier ride voucher and visitors to pay a £10 admission fee will receive a free £10 ride voucher, plus a burger or hot dog.

Grand Pier owner Kerry Michael said: “I am looking forward to watching the Grand Pier firework display from the new conservatory. We can give people a warm and dry vantage point, with a spectacular view, which on a cold November night is something unique.

“Our rides will be open all evening so it should be a fireworks and fun evening for everyone”.

Tickets are available via www.grandpier.co.uk or from the Grand Pier Gift Shop on the first floor of the Pavilion building.

Ride and food vouchers can be collected from the Grand Pier on the night on production of a valid ticket.
Doors open at 6pm and last admissions are at 7pm.

Monday 5 September 2011

Giant Conservatory

Weston-super-Mare’s Grand Pier is to install a giant glass conservatory on the South Deck of the Pavilion building.

The conservatory, which will be more than 50 metres long and 10 metres wide, will cost over a quarter of a million pounds. The roof will open and retract electronically and the doors will all slide open and stack, so the whole area can be opened up on sunny days.

Work will begin this week and the conservatory will be ready for the October half-term holiday, one year on from when the Grand Pier re-opened after the fire.

Grand Pier owner Kerry Michael said: “The conservatory will enable us to extend the season and allow our visitors to enjoy the great outdoors day to day during the winter months.

“It will also be used for special events like concerts and weddings and will be a great place to watch the Grand Pier firework display on 5th November”.

The conservatory will be specially constructed with tall, wide automatic doors at each end which will allow the land train to drive through it and turn around.