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Blackpool Pleasure Beach | Icon | Mack Multi-Launch

sandgrown

sandgrown

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Well humour the novice if you can. I am just wondering if people who know more than me can see if Icon is going to be hype or the real deal. If anyone knows you do.
 
Sandman

Sandman

Giga Poster
sandgrown said:
Well humour the novice if you can. I am just wondering if people who know more than me can see if Icon is going to be hype or the real deal. If anyone knows you do.
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See, I think it deserves the hype even if it's not world class. First new coaster since the bloody Big One in a park as prominent as Pleasure Beach. Even if they got Alton's woodie without the theming, it'd be more remarkable than Wicker Man because it's Pleasure Beach - a non Merlin park getting a major cred! Thank your lucky stars it's a Mack multi launch, if you go back to the beginning of this topic during the 'speculation' period, people MOCKED that as a possibility! :p
 
Smithy

Smithy

Strata Poster
sandgrown said:
Well humour the novice if you can. I am just wondering if people who know more than me can see if Icon is going to be hype or the real deal. If anyone knows you do.
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Don't worry about it, even if it's not a patch on Helix it'll still be the best ride in the park and one of the best in the UK.
 
Lofty

Lofty

CF Legend
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What I am trying to say is don't compare two coasters that are clearly not on built on the same scale.
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It doesn't matter about height and speed, it's about the coaster experience and you can tell that both Icon and Helix are going to deliver relatively similar experiences. So don't be having a go at people that absolutely validly compare them.
 
sandgrown

sandgrown

Mega Poster
Yeah, I not coming at this as someone who has been on 500 rollercoasters. To me, it's same manufacturer, same type of trains, same type of track with similar banks and features. Once you really get into something these marginal differences must become obviously bigger, but someone like me sees them as comparable.
 
Robbie

Robbie

Hyper Poster
I don't like those trains. The only problem I have with this ride is that they worked on installing a great coaster but the theming and design seems to have been an afterthought (as shown by the fact they only appointed a design company after the ride was announced). So it all looks flung together and nothing seems to match. The pattern on those cars doesn't seem to be in style of Icon's brand or of any other coaster at BPB. Is it supposed to be a snake, or something? If so, where's that come from? It's just frustrating.
 
CrashCoaster

CrashCoaster

CF Legend
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SilverArrow

SilverArrow

Certified Ride Geek
I probably said this earlier but I love the gold lapbar bars. Makes a nice change from the normal silver.
 
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