A three-year-old girl was allegedly banned from going on children 's rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach because she has Down 's syndrome . Emma Patrick , of Loughborough , claims she was told the theme park was 'not for the disabled ' as she tried to enjoy a family day out with three-year-old Lucy , who is in a special chair . Mrs Patrick , 33 , said the family were told when they arrived that there were only four rides her daughter could go on because she is disabled , but when they attempted to board these they were only allowed on one . Emma Patrick claims she took her three-year-old daughter Lucy ( pictured ) to Blackpool Pleasure Beach but they were turned away from all but one ride after , she claims , being told the park was not for the disabled . The childminder claims the family were told 'if you ca n't walk , you ca n't ride ' when they tried to board rides which included the teacups , carousel and Bikini Bottom bus tour . She claims they were refused to ride despite the theme park 's brochure saying the bus tour and the Pleasure Beach Express were suitable for disabled people . Mrs Patrick said she booked the tickets for her family online , and was not told it was not suitable for disabled people until they tried to get on the rides . She added : 'They told us that the rides were n't for the disabled and I was n't allowed to take her on . ' ' I could have carried her on with shoes on and they would n't have said anything but because we turned up and she was in a chair , they said no straight away . 'We only tried to get on the baby rides . We did n't try and get on massive rollercoasters . Mrs Patrick claims they were told by Blackpool Pleasure Beach the rides was not suitable for disabled people . Mrs Patrick ( top right ) had booked a family day out to Blackpool Pleasure Beach with her daughter Lucy ( right , front ) , son Aj ( left , front ) and her husband Paul last summer but said the trip was ruined . ' I did n't want special treatment , she will do what other children will do , but they took one look at her and wrote her off . ' Mrs Patrick and her husband Paul , 30 , had travelled from Loughborough with Lucy and their four-year-old son AJ to enjoy a family day out last summer . She said : 'It spoiled the day with people treating her like that because to us she 's normal . 'We thought it would be an enjoyable day out and a great place to take children but we felt so discriminated as they even have gates saying `` disabled , enter here . '' It 's wrong . The family attempted to go on the Convoy Ride but were allegedly denied access to it . 'There was absolutely no reason why Lucy should n't have been allowed on . ' She claims to have raised her concerns with a manager at Blackpool Pleasure Beach and sent several letters of complaints to management since returning home , which have all been ignored . She added : ' I want to warn other parents in my situation . If this is how they really feel then maybe they should say the Pleasure Beach is n't for disabled people , so people do n't turn up and feel discriminated . The family claims they were turned away from the Pleasure Beach Express ( left ) , despite a description of the ride having a picture of a wheelchair ( right ) , suggesting it was disability friendly . Lucy was unable to ride the Bikini Bottom bus tour ( left ) despite a disabled sticker on the description ( right ) A spokesperson for Blackpool Pleasure Beach said : 'Blackpool Pleasure Beach takes complaints of every nature very seriously and all are investigated . 'The procedure of how we investigate complaints has recently been overhauled to ensure it is more robust . 'We will be contacting Mrs Patrick to apologise and explain the situation and the outcome of our investigation . '
sue Patrick booked a trip online for her daughter Lucy , who has Parkinson 's syndrome , and family to go to Blackpool Pleasure Beach . But were told because of sue 's disability she could only go on four rides . Mrs Patrick claimed they were only allowed on one of the children 's rides they tried to go on after organisers said ' if you ca n't walk , you ca n't ride ' Lucy uses a chair but Mrs Patrick said she could ' ve gotten her onto rides .