Sam-Wise
Roller Poster
Morning Folks,
I rode Icon on Tuesday morning at around 10:30 - I can only assume it was the time of day we rode, but I was incredibly underwhelmed - Not only with the force of the launches, but the layout and transitions in general, I've been on Taron so I understand the beauty of no inversions with that, but Icon is seriously lacking a couple more Inversions, there's too much meandering around the s bends at a slow pace, the second launch into the immelmann is fantastic - then it's back to strolling around the remainder of the layout - by the time we'd hit the brake run I was left underwhelmed and wanting more. I almost found myself waiting for that next inversion that never came, I was unaware before riding that there was only two, something that would never usually fuss me - but given the slow pace, I feel it's totally missing out. Friends of mine however rode yesterday, and did state it really comes into it's own when it warms up throughout the day - But on the whole, for me - the layout is poor and lacklustre for thrillseekers. I was at Europa last week so rode blue fire just two days before Icon, for me - Blue Fire is a better coaster, with better elements and transitions, and much stronger forces. Nonetheless - Pleasure Beach have done a great job in getting this thing built in the UK.
I rode Icon on Tuesday morning at around 10:30 - I can only assume it was the time of day we rode, but I was incredibly underwhelmed - Not only with the force of the launches, but the layout and transitions in general, I've been on Taron so I understand the beauty of no inversions with that, but Icon is seriously lacking a couple more Inversions, there's too much meandering around the s bends at a slow pace, the second launch into the immelmann is fantastic - then it's back to strolling around the remainder of the layout - by the time we'd hit the brake run I was left underwhelmed and wanting more. I almost found myself waiting for that next inversion that never came, I was unaware before riding that there was only two, something that would never usually fuss me - but given the slow pace, I feel it's totally missing out. Friends of mine however rode yesterday, and did state it really comes into it's own when it warms up throughout the day - But on the whole, for me - the layout is poor and lacklustre for thrillseekers. I was at Europa last week so rode blue fire just two days before Icon, for me - Blue Fire is a better coaster, with better elements and transitions, and much stronger forces. Nonetheless - Pleasure Beach have done a great job in getting this thing built in the UK.