Blackpool Pleasure Beach | Icon | Mack Multi-Launch

[CrashCoaster]

Coincidentally I am going there tomorrow!

 

[rob666]

Might be a tiny bit busy.
I have to wait until Tuesday.

 

[CrashCoaster]

Yeah, it will be busy, but I would expect/hope for 2 train services on most rides.

 

[Temleh]

Heading there myself tomorrow, just to check up on things and take a few photos. Looking forward to hearing the soundtrack on location tomorrow, it should be playing in the shop.

Feel free to say hello, I’ll probably be on the bridge with a drink watching Icon test!

 

[CrashCoaster]

^I might bump into you. Look out for a teen in a Marvel t-shirt and jeans and it will likely be me. I wonder if Icon's general areas/pathways will be open tomorrow.

 

[rob666]

Must be if the shop is open.
Temleh can be quite the expert at spotting random geeks in coaster queues.
Coaster tale of the year temleh!

 

[James F]

I am going to be filming a documentary about Mack Rides for my uni project. I will be there on opening day, so if any of you would like to be interviewed (discussing icon, mack rides and being an enthusiast etc) make sure to come and meet me, I will be around icon for most of the day. I give give further details soon if anyone is interested.

 

[Sandman]

Credit to Club Pleasure Beach Experience Facebook page for this image taken today. Really impressed with how this area is coming together. Just want to see the station finished now!

 

[CrashCoaster]

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More from the TPU Facebook:-

https://www.facebook.com/Coolcabbage43/

Sadly, there was no testing today but I am greatly looking forward to this ride now. Less than 3 weeks to go!

 

[lachlan]

Thanks @ATI

The ride itself looks fantastic IMO, better than I thought it would. Also nice to see some good looking merchandise, although I still wish they would call it something else. And when did it start having a Japanese (?) aesthetic?

 

[Temleh]

Fantastic update, it’s funny - my Apple Watch looks suspiciously like that guy’s.

And when did it start having a Japanese (?) aesthetic?

Literally since April 2017, when the name and logo were announced.

 

[CrashCoaster]

^Did you see me?

 

[Jamesss]

The shop exterior looks nice but I am starting to lose hope for the station building, which still looks ****. Why couldn't they make it the same style as the shop?

 

[lachlan]

Fantastic update, it’s funny - my Apple Watch looks suspiciously like that guy’s.



Literally since April 2017, when the name and logo were announced.

Ok, I don't remember it at all in the announcement. Shame they didn't give it a Japanese name to match

 

[Lofty]

I genuinely really like the finish on all of this tbh.

 

[Robbie]

Ok, I don't remember it at all in the announcement. Shame they didn't give it a Japanese name to match

It looks like they bought the ride, then thought of a name, then hired an agency to design and promote it and that's why the first announcement and early promotion were completely different colours and looks. To me the name and theming seems like an afterthought and doesn't really fit together, but in a park like this maybe it doesn't matter.

 

[Temleh]

That’s literally how 99% of attraction develop works though. For example, the name “Nemesis” came about 1 hour before the deadline after a sleepless night in a locked room with alcohol as fuel!

From the park that gave us such an inspired name as “The Big One”, I’ll take ICON all day long.

 

[Robbie]

That’s literally how 99% of attraction develop works though. For example, the name “Nemesis” came about 1 hour before the deadline after a sleepless night in a locked room with alcohol as fuel.

Yeah, but the theming on Nemesis was consistent from day one, and integrated into the ride. You can’t really say that of Icon.

 

[Dar]

Wasn't the original video in such garish colours because they knew it would wind Amanda up? Or was that just another fever dream?

 

[CrashCoaster]

Wasn't the original video in such garish colours because they knew it would wind Amanda up? Or was that just another fever dream?

Yep, she hates green and orange.