Just one problem – if you believed it, you were taken for a ride, according to a post on Pleasure Pier’s Facebook page. The original post, which went up last week, was shared more than 1,200 ...

The $60-million Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier plans to open in May with 16 rides, including a vertical-lift steel coaster, a 100-foot-tall Ferris wheel with programmable LED lights and a ...

Galveston Pleasure Pier isn't a shopping destination—it's really all about the rides—but there are a few places right on the boardwalk to procure souvenirs and treats.

Construction is under way. After its scheduled late-May opening, the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier will jut out 1,000 feet over the surf at 25th Street, where the original Pleasure Pier ...

4. Pirate’s Plunge AstroWorld Equivalent: Bamboo Shoot The crown jewel of branding at Pleasure Pier is Pirate’s Plunge, which goes all out on the buccaneer theme right down to having bad ...

The construction of the Boardwalk’s Pleasure Pier coincided with construction of the first beach Casino in 1904. The 150-foot structure was illuminated by electric lights and initially called ...

The new Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier is situated on Seawall Boulevard and will extend over 1100 feet out into the water. Originally built in the late 1940s, Galveston’s Pleasure Pier ...

The Pleasure Pier sat at the end of Peoples Street in downtown Corpus Christi from 1922 until 1939, when it was removed to make way for the seawall.

The Pleasure Pier sat at the end of Peoples Street in downtown Corpus Christi from 1922 until 1939, when it was removed to make way for the seawall.

A disaster-prone Texas tourist destination that for more than a century has been an on-again, off-again home to oceanfront amusements will once again lure thrill-seekers with roller coasters ...