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Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Icon - 2018 Mack Double Launch Coaster
Rob
TS Team
It is sounding more and more like that this project is now due in 2018. Amanda Thompson has said a number of times on Twitter that nothing is happening in 2017 but that there is going to be something worth the wait.
The Tom Sawyer bridge was removed to be replaced for this season, apparently construction of the new bridge is nearing completion. The new 2018 coaster may interact with the new bridge!
The Tom Sawyer bridge was removed to be replaced for this season, apparently construction of the new bridge is nearing completion. The new 2018 coaster may interact with the new bridge!
The new bridge is a replacement of the smaller "side" bridge that links the Dipper station to the Avalanche station,
not a replacement for the bigger wooden Tom Sawyer Bridge that ran from the Dipper station down to the Big One.
I imagine the new wider replacement bridge was to help foot flow around the park until the new ride (and replacement bridge for the Tom Sawyer one) actually happens.
The Tom Sawyer bridge ran north/south,
and has not yet been replaced,
the new glass and metal bridge runs east/west
not a replacement for the bigger wooden Tom Sawyer Bridge that ran from the Dipper station down to the Big One.
I imagine the new wider replacement bridge was to help foot flow around the park until the new ride (and replacement bridge for the Tom Sawyer one) actually happens.
The Tom Sawyer bridge ran north/south,
and has not yet been replaced,
the new glass and metal bridge runs east/west
TheMan
TS Member
If this happens, Mandy's stock on this forum is going to rocket.
If it's a Big Mack (you can have that one for Free Mandy) it should be one of the best recent coaster decisions made.
And if they're starting works to prepare, 2 years in advance, that is also fantastic forward planning.
Did I just write that?
If it's a Big Mack (you can have that one for Free Mandy) it should be one of the best recent coaster decisions made.
And if they're starting works to prepare, 2 years in advance, that is also fantastic forward planning.
Did I just write that?
Dar
TS Member
I saw on, I think PBE, that the bridge was a bit rickety and needed to come down anyway, so it makes sense that they would take it down now and spread the cost of the ride over multiple financial years.
On PBE, it was noted that the new bridge from Coasters to Avalanche looks good and is on the 2016 map, but the Tom Sawyer bridge is not on the map.
On PBE, it was noted that the new bridge from Coasters to Avalanche looks good and is on the 2016 map, but the Tom Sawyer bridge is not on the map.
Ted
TS Member
I'm really excited to finding out whatever this project could be. Not been to Blackpool for 6 years and besides the rides I haven't done, this will definitely temp me to go back there. Like everyone else, I hope it's a Mack and worth the 24 year wait for a brand new coaster.
TheMan
TS Member
To be fair to the place.
Mouse, Dipper, Big One, Revolution, W&G (still not rode that!), Streak (appropriate for TST), Nash, Infusion, Nick Land, the flats, Valhalla, they're not short on rides - if Mandy's frugality results in adding a BluFi style coaster to the line up, BPB is going to be firmly back on the map.
I really just hope if she is doing it, she does it properly, & ends up with a Helix/Blufi - a PROPER one basically.
A Helix snaking around BPB, with proper good height or a launch towards the promenade, really, it could be absolutely spectacular IF they do it right.
IF.
But.. this is Mack, it's pretty exciting to consider.
Will rename it Pleasure Beach Mackpool.
Mouse, Dipper, Big One, Revolution, W&G (still not rode that!), Streak (appropriate for TST), Nash, Infusion, Nick Land, the flats, Valhalla, they're not short on rides - if Mandy's frugality results in adding a BluFi style coaster to the line up, BPB is going to be firmly back on the map.
I really just hope if she is doing it, she does it properly, & ends up with a Helix/Blufi - a PROPER one basically.
A Helix snaking around BPB, with proper good height or a launch towards the promenade, really, it could be absolutely spectacular IF they do it right.
IF.
But.. this is Mack, it's pretty exciting to consider.
Will rename it Pleasure Beach Mackpool.
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TheMan
TS Member
It'll put the crappers up Merlin as well as it'll be their first serious thrill competition for donkey's years.
TheMan
TS Member
Exactly!
I think we should pop along to Dunelm and do a curtain deal that Mandy can't refuse.
That sounds rude.
TheMan
TS Member
Depends what AT does and how good the Mack is (if) - potential though to have a year I feel we've waited eons for.
94 was THE year though. Can't ever see that being beaten.
Rob
TS Team
Here is a look at the new bridge that has been built for this season:
And the space that has been left by the removal of the Tom Sawyer bridge:
Photos credit to Theme Parks Worldwide
Plenty of space there for the new coaster!
And the space that has been left by the removal of the Tom Sawyer bridge:
Photos credit to Theme Parks Worldwide
Plenty of space there for the new coaster!
MattyH
TS Member
Here is a look at the new bridge that has been built for this season:
And the space that has been left by the removal of the Tom Sawyer bridge:
Photos credit to Theme Parks Worldwide
Plenty of space there for the new coaster!
I heard the lake was going to be re-filled and some new fountains installed instead of a coaster!
jon81uk
TS Member
Here is a look at the new bridge that has been built for this season:
And the space that has been left by the removal of the Tom Sawyer bridge:
Photos credit to Theme Parks Worldwide
Plenty of space there for the new coaster!
Thanks for posting these, I hadn't actually realised it was the main bridge through that side of the park that had been removed. I had to check Google Maps. So now to get from Big One to Big Dipper you need to go down to Avalanche and back up again.