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Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Icon - 2018 Mack Double Launch Coaster

skyscraper said:
Strange that it will open on a Friday instead of a Saturday!
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Quite a few parks do this, actually! Some rides even open on a Thursday - I think The Smiler's originally scheduled opening date of 23rd May 2013 was actually a Thursday!
 
I bet AT wishes it had gone with a soft opening for Wickerman. It helps to be able to work on reliability by being able to say it is still in testing, rather than the current mess of daily failures when the publicity campaign is at full speed.
 
TheBolt said:
I bet AT wishes it had gone with a soft opening for Wickerman. It helps to be able to work on reliability by being able to say it is still in testing, rather than the current mess of daily failures when the publicity campaign is at full speed.
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But didn’t they do that between the snowed off launch one Saturday and the actual launch a week later?

I know faults will happen but PB have had plenty of time to get rid of most.


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TheBolt said:
I bet AT wishes it had gone with a soft opening for Wickerman. It helps to be able to work on reliability by being able to say it is still in testing, rather than the current mess of daily failures when the publicity campaign is at full speed.
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If it wasn’t for the weather Wickerman would have had 2 weeks of off season operation to help with ramping up operations but the beast from the east put a stop to that.

PBE have had less time to get rid of faults than WM as the woodie was running for three full months of testing prior to opening. That said this is a Mack and they are pretty reliable beasts (then again I thought GCI where too ).
 
ScottPBE said:
Here we have Icon from different vantage points, the Big One's lift hill;



I do have a lot of photos from doing the lift walk yesterday too which will appear on social media over the weekend.
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Just given it a "like" on You Tube. :)
 
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Icon seems to be a half decent coaster but not a massive draw from what I've seen. It looks pretty slow and the area around it looks terrible. Concrete central. The queue-line in particular just looks crap. The fence is like some council run basketball court. I'm hoping for a dash of colour to distract from the grey ride/warehouse and surrounding areas but it looks like more grey stones are being spread about. On an overcast day you won't be able to see the ride against the sky.
 
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