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Blackpool Pleasure Beach: General Discussion
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shakey
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Well it is almost the end of another year so why not start the closed season rumour mill off early.....
Amanda has recently tweeted.....
"here's to 2020 and #HEXPRESS the new addition"
Probably nothing to do with a new ride but we may as well start speculating, there's not much else to do in the winter months !!
Amanda has recently tweeted.....
"here's to 2020 and #HEXPRESS the new addition"
Probably nothing to do with a new ride but we may as well start speculating, there's not much else to do in the winter months !!
Benjsh
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Just confirms what I and others have already said. PB is a great place run by complete amateurs. Didn't have the slightest bit of confidence they'd get this event right and low and behold it was a total disaster. Glad I didn't bother.
It's actually a perfect location for a good Scare event though as I think old amusement parks can be very eerie at night. They should have just gone for 3-4 proper mazes dotted around the park and built from there. Don't try and think too big when you haven't got the experience to do it.
It's actually a perfect location for a good Scare event though as I think old amusement parks can be very eerie at night. They should have just gone for 3-4 proper mazes dotted around the park and built from there. Don't try and think too big when you haven't got the experience to do it.
Dipper_Dave
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Does anyone have any idea what HEXPRESS might be?
Hogworts Express
Slight letter change like a gocci bag. Make it affordable by avoiding that IP.
It's an epic scale retheme of the train ride, and reopening of the other platform.
shakey
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Sounds very plausible. Not sure it will be on an "epic scale" but it will be interesting to see what they do.
Perhaps they've booked former 'steps' star H on an express train to Blackpool to give the ice show a bit of star singing power!
MiserableMonkey
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No idea what is being alluded to in that tweet. Maybe something small on the way for next year. The season we should be looking forward to is 2021!
Dipper_Dave
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Please expand on this
Rick
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In 2021, the park will be getting the First SW to be Removed as voted for by members of TowersStreet.
Dipper_Dave
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I’ve said it before but a dive coaster at BPB would be immense. They can go one better than the one trick pony Oblivion and get something like Sheikra.
MiserableMonkey
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Definitely nothing major! We’re looking at a flat for 2021 to replace dear Mousey.
Amanda Thompson and her PA built the new hotel all by themselves - without any help. She even designed the chairs herself. It's hard not to be impressed.
https://www.iaapa.org/news/funworld/great-british-icon
Apparently it looked a bit like this:
I'm still reading the article, but the next section's called, 'A family affair', so I think I'm about to read some juicy gossip.
https://www.iaapa.org/news/funworld/great-british-icon
Apparently it looked a bit like this:
I'm still reading the article, but the next section's called, 'A family affair', so I think I'm about to read some juicy gossip.
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ScottishChris
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Space - yes they do. The absolutely do.
Station behind Loki's. Lift hill and first drop in the Balmoral Road car park. a few high-g banked hills weaving around the Ice Shot, Derby Racer and Flying machines before a massive airtime hill up and over Watson Road between the Ice Arena and Grommit. A few High-g turns around PBE, Revelution before diving into the monorail trench under the Big One before rising into a mid-course above Icons [what might be a] helix. A banked air-time drop towards Avalanche before a tight turn before rising up and over [the now nameless] arcade. A diving turn into the car-park before an airtime hill back over the arcade and down towards the old Trauma Towers area. A final air-time hill and the track will pass between the White Tower and Globe back to the station. All areas should have space for B&M Tubular supports. Not that I've thought about it....
Matt N
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Ooh, I'd love a BPB dive coaster if it were like SheiKra! Oblivion is a good ride, but SheiKra is immense; still one of my top 5 coasters even 3 years after riding it!
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