Blackpool Pleasure Beach confirmed at Wednesday’s annual season launch that Valhalla is set to reopen for technical rehearsals this April.

Featuring many of the exciting elements that made the ride so popular when it first opened in 2000, the team at Blackpool Pleasure Beach have hinted that there are some surprises in store now that the ride has been truly brought into the modern era.

Riders can expect to be taken on a fantastical journey to Valhalla, boarding a longboat and journeying into a parallel world guided by a brave Viking named Ivàr.

There, they will encounter the spirit of Odin and pass into the afterlife to try to make it to Valhalla.

While on their journey, riders will get to experience the elements – fire, ice and lots of water.