Blackpool Pleasure Beach | Icon | Mack Multi-Launch

[Chris Brown]

I found it incredibly boring. The launches were slow and forceless, the ride practically stalls on the big elements. The ending has some nice airtime but nothing I would call great by any standards. The spike in the back was quite cool however.

Gone from quite slow and boring on the previous page to the above in a few hours! Make your mind up

I really enjoyed, thought it was a bit sluggish through some elements but sped up nicely round the rest of the layout including the airtime hills and the small tunnel. Can’t see this (from the pov at least) being anywhere near as slow and STOE anyways.

 

[Pear]

^I mean I still do find it slow and boring even with the spike and weak airtime included.

 

[henryjwillis]

Jeez, I thought my standards were unreasonably high!

More than 1 world class coaster, I'll grant you, but despite Merlin's best efforts, the UK's not that bad!

Yeah may be being slightly negative.. but really not bothered about anything other than nemesis, megafobia and the smiler. Would be very surprised if Icon isn't the bets or second best coaster in the country.

 

[Sandman]

The thing is STOE isn't really designed to be a fast, gut wrenching thrill machine as such. Mack's USP seems to be their ability to make a relatively slow pace incredibly fun, with good hangtime and airtime moments. Pear is entitled to think Star Trek is slow and boring of course, but a ride that has slow sections doesn't automatically mean ****. I think Star Trek is a fun ride, it's also fairly compact and short, so not entirely comparable to Icon.

On the flip side, I think those that are already calling this the UK's best coaster are jumping the gun a bit. Statements like that really push the hype into overdrive, which makes a lot of people disappointed in the end. Rate it once you've had a ride!

 

[CrashCoaster]

Well what @Smithy has said about Helix being rattly might have slightly lowered my standards. I shouldn't be concerned about Icon being rough or rattly do I?

 

[MakoMania]

I thought the rattle issue on Helix got fixed?

 

[Pear]

Yeah I remember hearing that Mack went to fix the rattle during the 2014-2015 offseason.

 

[Sandman]

Well what @Smithy has said about Helix being rattly might have slightly lowered my standards. I shouldn't be concerned about Icon being rough or rattly do I?

But that's just Smithy's opinion, it doesn't mean you'll think it. There are people out there who don't think Helix is that rattly. I'd try not to have specific pre-judgements until riding, as it can play into your own judgement of a new coaster.

 

[Smithy]

When did I say Helix was rattly?

 

[Smithy]

When did I say Helix was rattly?

 

[CrashCoaster]

When did I say Helix was rattly?

Well you said you had a rough ride?

 

[Mysterious Sue]

Yeah, Helix (in my experience) wasn't rattley at all. Ride it and get your own opinion.

 

[Smithy]

It's top 3, gave me my best ever ride on a coaster but I had a dog rough ride too. Balder pips it out just for being consistently brilliant when I rode it over 2 days, and Shambhala is hovering there or there abouts.

Ironically enough that worst ride I had was at the end of the day, but then I think it had burnt through a wheel or something because the train was taken off not long after and it was rough as :emoji_zipper_mouth: too.

Just re-watched a POV to make sure I was remembering it right, think you're being harsh on it being one of the worst inversions but I can see where you're coming from, I do remember it being a bit jerky. Although it's now made me desperate to go back because that music, that :emoji_zipper_mouth:ing airtime hill <3

I mean, I thought both posts read clearly that I had one bad ride but the rest of them were incredible?

 

[Lofty]

Also, even if it's gonna have the little rattle that can be felt on Blue Fire, it'll still be the smoothest coaster at Blackpool. ATI, stop worrying about the ride, it'll be fun!

 

[CrashCoaster]

I've just realized, Loft's images at the bottom of page 59 no longer work. Have they been deleted?

 

[CrashCoaster]

Found this on TowersTimes:-

^This was posted onto the forum late on Friday.

 

[Temleh]

That’s out of date now as the other major Immelmann support is now vertical, the entire element just needs topping off.

 

[elephant58]

https://rcdb.com/14312.htm
RCDB claims that this is gonna open in April. Don't know if this is just an estimation from RCDB or if the park's said something?

 

[CrashCoaster]

^Hmm... Well April is about right. Spring is technically the months of March, April and May. And considering it needs to test many times and the coaster is only partly complete, it is obvious it will open after SW8, so yeah. April it is.

 

[Sandman]

It could open in May sometime around half term, if it isn't confirmed then we can't definitely say when it's open. It could be April too, but yeah... there's no concrete sign of a date yet. Just assume between April-May.