Blackpool Pleasure Beach | Icon | Mack Multi-Launch

[Jamesss]

Any info on whether the station building will become anything more than a black box?

 

[sandgrown]

Mandy says peace garden won't be peaceful but is happening. She Twittered about it.

 

[Matt N]

I love this view of the ride's ONLY inversion:-

Best. View. Ever.

 

[Robbie]

Quite weird that Nash is now the only coaster on the north side of the park. Lonely old sod.

Yeah, they may as well dismantle it at Easter. Make room for a burrito bar.

 

[Coaster]

Grand National is really going to struggle on the throughput side of things this year, in fact I expect the whole of North Park will as the only rides with decent throughputs are Derby Racer and Flying Machines.

Will be awful walking through the FY4 area without the sights and sounds of the Mouse...

 

[rob666]

North park will be very quiet this year,as it was when the Big One opened.

 

[TommyAlex]

Any info on whether the station building will become anything more than a black box?

Hey! At least if it is just a black box you know you'll be able to ride on time.

 

[sandgrown]

North park will be very quiet this year,as it was when the Big One opened.

I worked at the Pleasure Beach in the 94 season at the North entrance catering 'hot/cold units'. We were ****ing rammed and smashed sales records. It was just comparatively quiet compared to the South Park, queues for the BIg One actually going well out of the Ples in the early weeks post-opening. Still really busy though.

 

[Sandman]

The station reminds me a bit of the Kaaba. If only Icon was themed to Islam.

 

[sandgrown]

Haaj an interesting substitute name for Icon but possibly blasphemous.

 

[Robbie]

They knocked down the Blackpool Mecca in 2009.

 

[Sandman]

Meh, that one didn't have any fountains. This one probably will.

Actually been listening to the soundtrack from the initial reveal video some more recently. I actually really like it, can imagine it amping up the atmosphere in the surrounding ride area whilst 2 trains frequently whizz past - a first at Blackpool! God bless ye Mack capacity.

 

[CrashCoaster]

^It has 3 trains!

 

[Sandman]

And this is Pleasure Beach

 

[Scott88]

New update;

 

[Temleh]

I don’t think North Park will be much worse at coping than last year, it’s not like the Wild Mouse was a throughput monster.

Icon’s station isn’t finished yet, I doubt it’ll even be black once it is complete.

The soundtrack is wonderful, it’s great to hear some diversity from the usual IMAScore offering.

 

[Jared]

Is the soundtrack by IMAScore?

 

[Bert2theSpark]

Is the soundtrack by IMAScore?

IMAScore confirmed in an interview with TowersStreet that the soundtrack is not by IMAScore.

 

[witchfinder]

^It has 3 trains!

But there will only ever be two whizzing by, as @Sandman said. The third will either be in the station or in a shed

 

[Temleh]

Is the soundtrack by IMAScore?

No.