Blackpool Pleasure Beach | Icon | Mack Multi-Launch

[MLDesigns]

59" for the back row?? thats absurd

 

[Efan]

A sign of amazing amounts of airtime?

 

[streetmagix]

59" for the back row?? thats absurd

Why is it absurd? The lapbar is bigger, has a higher 'secured' position. The seat is also deeper and wider than the other rows. This could pose a safety issue to smaller guests.

 

[RyanB19]

I'm 99% sure I read somewhere that the pattern on the train is 'Zen pebbles' which would fit in with the theme of a Japanese zen garden if so.

 

[CrashCoaster]

A sign of amazing amounts of airtime?

I wish.

Although I think if you are smaller and are strapped in more loosely, you could get a lot of airtime.

 

[Lofty]

I wish.

Although I think if you are smaller and are strapped in more loosely, you could get a lot of airtime.

You get the same amount of airtime as a child as you do if you're a fully grown adult?

Doesn't every Mack mega have this restriction? I'm sure Blue Fire, Helix and Alpina Blitz did?

 

[Temleh]

The train pattern is snakeskin.

ICON is a serpent that been released from the depths of the Earth by a giant sword after a tidal wave hit the land of Blackpool.

Before you say it’s ridiculous, if Alton can have an alien called NEMESIS then Blackpool can have a serpent called ICON.

 

[owentaylor121]

The train pattern is snakeskin.

ICON is a serpent that been released from the depths of the Earth by a giant sword after a tidal wave hit the land of Blackpool.

Before you say it’s ridiculous, if Alton can have an alien called NEMESIS then Blackpool can have a serpent called ICON.

But that is ridiculous, Nemesis has a theme to back up the story line, with massive amounts of landscaping too. This has a train that looks like old bathroom tiles and next to nothing else.

 

[Temleh]

But that is ridiculous, Nemesis has a theme to back up the story line, with massive amounts of landscaping too. This has a train that looks like old bathroom tiles and next to nothing else.

Is Icon finished yet? There’s still a lot of landscaping and theming set pieces to put in.

 

[SilverArrow]

The train pattern is snakeskin.

ICON is a serpent that been released from the depths of the Earth by a giant sword after a tidal wave hit the land of Blackpool.

Before you say it’s ridiculous, if Alton can have an alien called NEMESIS then Blackpool can have a serpent called ICON.

So is this the official story? It's alright. Got not problem with it. Interesting to see Blackpool create a story for one of their creds.

 

[Bert2theSpark]

The train pattern is snakeskin.

ICON is a serpent that been released from the depths of the Earth by a giant sword after a tidal wave hit the land of Blackpool.

Before you say it’s ridiculous, if Alton can have an alien called NEMESIS then Blackpool can have a serpent called ICON.

So is Icon based off the Japanese mythology of Ikuchi?

Just looking up this Ikuchi thing, Sounds a bit like Icon...

INTERACTIONS: When an ikuchi’s path crosses a boat’s, the sea monster envelopes the boat in its tentacle-like body. It slithers over the sides and across the deck, slowly sliding its whole body over the boat. Ikuchi are so long—many kilometers, by some accounts—that it can take hours for an entire one to slither over a boat. On a few occasions, boats have been tangled up in this monster for days. During this time, sailors must constantly bail the monster’s oily slime off of the deck to avoid being capsized by the heavy goo.

Source

 

[Matt N]

I'm surprised that the ride even has a backstory...

 

[Sandman]

Is Icon finished yet? There’s still a lot of landscaping and theming set pieces to put in.

That Wicker Fish is going to look great

In all seriousness though, the fact BPB are going to the extra lengths to add set-pieces is great. Just curious as to wtf they are now.

 

[Crazycoaster]

The train pattern is snakeskin.

ICON is a serpent that been released from the depths of the Earth by a giant sword after a tidal wave hit the land of Blackpool.

Haha.. so the tidal wave brought a giant sword? Or was the sword there before the tidal wave?

 

[rob666]

No, the snake surfed in on the sword, carried over the tramlines by the tidal wave, and dumped into Tom Sawyers lake.
Bit obvious really.
Rumours of testing starting on Monday, but I'm not allowed to say apparently.
So I won't.

 

[Ben]

It's really cute they're doing a story for it, but that is total bollocks.

 

[Dar]

On the plus side; at least it's not called Ziz

 

[Temleh]

ICON started testing today. It gradually got further and further up the top hat before tests finished at 5pm. I’d say it got about 3/4 up, tomorrow it should clear it for the first time.

 

[HoganDeBogan]

Nice, can't wait for this thing!

 

[Efan]

No vids? Was it during off hours?