Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, Waterfront amusement park in Galveston, United States.

Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier is an amusement park on a wooden pier extending 1,130 feet (345 meters) into the ocean, featuring rides, arcade games and food stands. Visitors find a looping roller coaster, a Ferris wheel, swing carousels and several smaller attractions for younger guests.

The original Pleasure Pier opened in 1943 with rides, an arcade, an aquarium, concessions, the Marine Ballroom and fishing at its end; it was destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961. The USS Flagship Hotel, an over-the-water hotel built on the site in 1965, was demolished after Hurricane Ike in 2008. The current pier, built 1,130 feet out over the Gulf, held its soft opening on May 25, 2012.

The name recalls the original Pleasure Pier that operated here from 1943 to 1961, when Hurricane Carla destroyed it. Today the pier holds 15 rides, carnival games and souvenir shops, and its Iron Shark coaster, built by Gerstlauer, sends a rear section out over the Gulf water. The pier also appears in the 2021 film Red Rocket and the 2022 animated comedy Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe.

The pier reaches 1,130 feet (340 m) over the Gulf of Mexico, so the walk from the entrance building to the far end is exposed to sun and wind. The Iron Shark coaster's rear section cantilevers over the water, and the Texas Star Flyer swings riders 230 feet above the Gulf. The deck is light grey concrete, not wood.

The Iron Shark coaster, built by Gerstlauer, reaches 100 feet (30 m) and has four inversions, with its back section cantilevering out over the Gulf water. The Texas Star Flyer swings riders 230 feet above the Gulf, and the Galaxy Wheel, a 100-foot Ferris wheel, carries programmable LED lights. The pier was a filming location for the 2021 comedy-drama Red Rocket.