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Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Icon - 2018 Mack Double Launch Coaster
Rob
TS Team
Agreed, I still think the station looks poor but will save my final judgement until I see it in the flesh in a few weeks. Every time I see a testing video, I am hoping to see it take that first hill at more speed. I think it's time to give up hope there!

Dogdangling
TS Member
Where is the 2nd launch? I'm still confused to where it is.
Rob
TS Team
Where is the 2nd launch? I'm still confused to where it is.
It runs alongside the first launch, but in the opposite direction.
Skyscraper
TS Member
Construction Update from PBE:
Includes footage of the (Awesome) name signage on the station!
(Skip to 7:08)
Includes footage of the (Awesome) name signage on the station!
Camera-Man
TS Member
John I have to say - your profile pic is quackinI miss photo updates. Everything is a video these days which is fine for testing updates but less convenient for general construction updates

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Camera-Man
TS Member
I couldn't give a hoot about the look of the station. I just care more about ride experience. Icon will be a fantastic ride ugly station or not
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Coaster
TS Member
I think that's a little harsh, the rock/memorial garden is minimalist but very effective, and should be nice with the water feature. I also really like the fencing used around the ride, it's high but doesn't obstruct the view of the coaster - quite an underrated design feat really when you consider how many parks completely block otherwise brilliant views with fencing.I'm not sure why they've bothered with the theming, it all looks so cheap and naff. The ride looks great, of course but I think it would have been better if they'd just gone for a modern feel like Helix.
I had hoped for more greenery in line with the "Japanese garden" theme, particularly around the second half of the ride, but the stones they have look smart enough.
My big issue is the station. You've got a stylish, perfectly streamlined coaster and modern trains with some nice minimalist theming, but then a massive shoebox covered in cladding which completely ruins the feel and flow of the ride. I'm not sure what the cladding is for, had hoped they would grow some foliage on the sides but it doesn't appear to be the case, therefore it looks a bit out of place and doesn't fit in at all. The ledge at the top looks silly, if it did have to be part of the design, it'd have been great to see PB make a feature of this IMO (maybe something similar to the cladding around Helix's station but in gold?)
The coaster looks fantastic and I like the theming, but it is a shame to see a poor station when it is something PB have done so well in the past.
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Brad97
TS Member
I think that's a little harsh, the rock/memorial garden is minimalist but very effective, and should be nice with the water feature. I also really like the fencing used around the ride, it's high but doesn't obstruct the view of the coaster - quite an underrated design feat really when you consider how many parks completely block otherwise brilliant views with fencing.
I had hoped for more greenery in line with the "Japanese garden" theme, particularly around the second half of the ride, but the stones they have look smart enough.
My big issue is the station. You've got a stylish, perfectly streamlined coaster and modern trains with some nice minimalist theming, but then a massive shoebox covered in cladding which completely ruins the feel and flow of the ride. I'm not sure what the cladding is for, had hoped they would grow some foliage on the sides but it doesn't appear to be the case, therefore it looks a bit out of place and doesn't fit in at all. The ledge at the top looks silly, if it did have to be part of the design, it'd have been great to see PB make a feature of this IMO (maybe something similar to the cladding around Helix's station but in gold?)
The coaster looks fantastic and I like the theming, but it is a shame to see a poor station when it is something PB have done so well in the past.
Yeah, the way I worded that was a little harsh, I should have mentioned I was mostly focusing on the station. Hopefully the entrance feature will look good.
I do agree that the rocks and fencing around the ride are quite nice.
Coaster
TS Member
Theme Park Updates has posted a photo update, the decoration around the ride area is looking rather good now;
https://www.facebook.com/Coolcabbage43/
https://www.facebook.com/Coolcabbage43/
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