Blackpool Pleasure Beach | Icon | Mack Multi-Launch

[GuyWithAStick]

Why not? ICON is going to be an ICONic ride in an already ICONic lineup at an ICONic park!

 

[FistedColossus]

Icont believe the Iconic jokes are still going.

 

[JoshC.]

I guess one could say this new coaster will be their Big One?

 

[MakoMania]

Must say I am a little overwhelmed by the response from the VIP Boarding card riders on # icon this morning. I am so pleased that you loved it. See you tomorrow for more VIP early riding with your VIP Boarding cards. You can still buy them for Sunday Monday Tuesday

— Amanda Thompson OBE (@MandsThompson) May 19, 2018

 

[toofpikk]

im not visiting bpb until amanda learns how hashtags work

 

[rob666]

Hastag.
Is that a posessive hashtag?

 

[sandgrown]

I managed to get Iconoclast in my member profile. No-one's going to beat that.

 

[mouse]

Apparently Amanda used to have an Apple phone but the latest software update slowed it down. You could say that she was the victim of an iCon.

 

[elephant58]

Who wants to see the Pleasure Beach's awful new park map?

 

[CrashCoaster]

Who wants to see the Pleasure Beach's awful new park map?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates it.

 

[Jarrett]

Haha, if anyone’s familiar with the game Parkitect it reminds me of that.

Coaster looks great though! Love how compact it is, especially how it looks jammed up against two coasters like that. Looks to be really well paced through some of those tight maneuvers too.

 

[MakoMania]

Looks like RCT2

 

[Scott88]

We got more Pleasure Beach Experience members to pass on their thoughts on ICON, the reviews are great so far.

 

[Smithy]

Think that map's actually quite decent.

Ahhhhh I don't want to get my hopes up for the ride because there's always going to be a bit of fanboyism hyping it up a bit upon first opening but I REALLY need to ride it asap.

 

[James F]

I quite like the map. I enjoy the simplicity of it.

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[airtime_uk_ash]

Must be the only map that makes the rides look more spaced out than they actually are.

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[ThrillX_the_Xplorer]

I was fortunate enough to ride Icon today (in the last but one row) and it definitely delivered.

When you compare the ride to Nemesis - my benchmark for UK coasters - I think BPB's new kid on the block might have it beat. Sustained intensity is the only thing of note that's missing from Icon in my opinion, but there's more than enough pops of air and exciting shifts in direction and height to keep you on your toes. I could imagine marathoning the Mack coaster for far longer than is sensible with the B&M machine, ultimately getting more enjoyment out of the process too. Pleasingly, very little of its quite considerable ride duration is wasted on quiet or dull moments - thanks in part to the absence of a lift hill and the interesting arrangement of different elements/ride progression.

I think I was always going to like Icon because Blue Fire impressed me a lot when I rode it several years ago. I'm just a little surprised to find a very similar, high quality coaster from a top manufacturer at Blackpool Pleasure Beach of all places!

 

[FistedColossus]

I like that map. Alton Towers had something similar mid 00’s did they not?

They got Icons track the wrong colour though.

 

[henryjwillis]

Ahh so excited now. I know people might be getting caught up in the hype a bit, but the fact that these reviews are all coming from early morning half filled rides is making me very optimistic. And yeah the map's pretty retro. I like it.

 

[elephant58]

I like that map. Alton Towers had something similar mid 00’s did they not?

They got Icons track the wrong colour though.

They did indeed and it was ****.