Blackpool Pleasure Beach | Icon | Mack Multi-Launch

[Robbie]

New hotel to replace the Star Inn:
https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/...-blue-hotel-to-get-a-little-brother-1-8866066

 

[CrashCoaster]

^How popular is the Big Blue hotel?

 

[Lofty]

Big Blue has a really high occupancy rate, surprising considering the cost of the place. It's mainly due to the fact that it's also used a lot for commercial/corporate occupancy as it's a really nice hotel within Blackpool, which is an irregularity.

 

[CrashCoaster]

Icon Construction/Out of Season Update 28/10/2017

• Vertical construction has begun.
• More track arrival.
• A LOT of work progressing.

Video by Pleasure Beach Experience.

 

[Temleh]

Icon is indeed vertical, and can be seen outside the park / off of Pleasure Beach property with a good lens!

Credit to Auto Ride Count for the photos!

 

[Smithy]

Honestly that's such a ****ing horrible colour, it really does look unfinished.

 

[CrashCoaster]

Is that the bottom of the Immelmann in the photo? I'm struggling to tell, I don't see how Wallace and Gromit TOM could be in the background from the angle the photo is taken from, if that is the Immelmann.

And it seems RCS is building the coaster, since the wagon and the crane in the photos has the RCS logo on it.

 

[Temleh]

It’s the immelman’s pullout.

 

[Ethan]

Colours look fab in my opinion, I like the subtlety of it. Excited to see this progress!

 

[CrashCoaster]

It’s the immelman’s pullout.

You mean just after the second launch, or after you've gone through it and just going into the overbank?

 

[Temleh]

You mean just after the second launch, or after you've gone through it and just going into the overbank?

Just after the crest of the Immelmann inversion.

 

[CrashCoaster]

^Well it's quite steep then...

I think you will easily be able to see the top hat from outside the park (Being right next to the big one), maybe from the M55 or open points of Yeadon way.

 

[MakoMania]

I think the colour scheme looks great!

 

[Sandman]

Is the colour scheme not the same (if not very similar) to Revolution's current look?

 

[HeartlineCoaster]

^Seems a fair bit lighter.
Hopefully rev can remain known as t' one with too many stairs so this can become t' grey one.

 

[CrashCoaster]

Upon closer inspection, in the first image, it seems as if the sections if track just before the final brakes are also in place.

 

[Sandman]

And so the official updates begin. These are the updates I've been waiting for!

 

[Pink Cadillac]

I've been waiting for this day! This thread will be fun from now on.

 

[MakoMania]

It looks byouuuutiful :emoji_heart_eyes:

 

[CrashCoaster]

It's much bigger, and much more compact than I expected! Definitely will be the best coaster in the UK when it opens.