+Pleasure Beach Experience His point was not necessarily irrelevant if you think about it. Considering the only real two competitor parks alton towers and thorpe park both having specific ride height restrictions in their development plans, with thorpe park being at roughly 200 feet and alton towers much lower as they are not allowed to build above the tree line. Im sure if these restrictions were not in place one of the two might have built a B&M hyper or giga much taller than the big one. And so yes, while it is the tallest, it doesnt mean that his comment was irrelevant as that is pretty much the reason why nothing taller has been built
I have only been to blackpool pleasure beach once (and the only time i have ever been on a rollercoaster) This was fucking scary! But the first drops is all you need to worry about the rest isn't half as bad as that! :)
he didn't mean the coaster was lame. if you've watched other videos of theirs. the guy Rob hates breaks because that means time to slow down or rides over lol. so that's what he was referring to as lame - the breaks on that part of the ride.
The scariest part about it is that there is only a bar going across your lap and that is the only bit that keeps you in there. If your thighs are small, God bless you good luck on this ride.
I'm a Malaysian,went to this theme park.In my opinion,this is the best theme park in the world! I ride Pepsi Big Max One three times and never got bored! :D A must visit park! 10/10
The only scary part is the first drop, after that it's quite tame and enjoyable. My advice would be to go on some other rides to get ready for example Infusion or one of the Wooden coasters, then just go for it: put your fears behind you and jump in. Like I said, the only scary bit is the first drop, then that's it.
Haha, first two times I went on this I wasn't actually big enough and they neglected to measure me properly - my mom half-shielded me when we were walking through the barrier so the guys couldn't see me tip-toeing. I wasn't that much smaller than the limit, but still too small. Loved every second, and I keep going back for more (yesterday being my most recent ride) :)
The Pepsi Max One-Trick Pony. We all know about the famous "B&M roar". Well this features the Arrow rattle. I last rode this in the Autumn, just a fortnight or so after having ridden the magnificent Shambala. Can we call them both roller coasters? The difference in experience was sooooo stark that one of them should possibly be re-branded as something entirely separate.
Kyle Hammond, people like it because they're not as luck as you, going 4 times a month. Some places have nothing like this so it's a pretty big thing! You should e grateful! I've been once and I loved it.
Need to back the breaks off from the 1st brake run to make the second section abit more interesting. From the video it looks like a very glorified run back to the station.
This was a weird ride, the first drop is great but after that the ride is pretty dull and really slow at some parts. The seats is weird too, they kind of bulge outwards and make it uncomfortable to sit on. Personally, I prefer the little woodie that is named "The RollerCoaster" at Blackpool over this ride.
I'm glad he skipped the lift hill. I went to Pleasurebeach back when I was in high school with the choir, and we sang the entirety of part 2 of Faure's Requiem between the bottom and the top of the hill. It was great though because we hit the loud climax of the song just as we went over, which made it about twice as dramatic. After that we couldn't sing for screaming, but you get the picture. :)
went on it this weekend.did not enjoy it as much as i used to.it is now too rough,no longer smooth.needs a complete revamp.no height restrictions here like towers so why not make it even higher and longer,make it go all around the park.just think miss Thompson the uk,s 1st hpercoaster.blackpool used to be the trendsetter for theme parks in the uk.sadly not anymore.still a good park with unique and quirky rides(Valhalla best water ride in the uk) just feel its missing something.space issues aswel
@Coasterman2222 *AHEM* in 1994 it had no sponser and the Pleasure Beach staff called the first drop "The Big One" (the ride itself, beforehand was known as "Project '94" as can be seen on a plaque to the left of the exitway). and I don't need to correct you with it's correct name. You're telling me what it was called after Pepsi gave it sponsorship (which I already knew, having rode it since it's opening) and I - read this carefully - ASKED A QUESTION REGARDING ITS OLD NAME.
This ride is so dull after the first drop. It IS boring. Look at the access platforms at the bottom of every drop in case the ride stalls and settles in the bottom - they can then release the riders. Just the fact that Arrow designed it that way so as to think it could stall at any moment showed how lame they were. No wonder they went bust.
sorry mate didn't know there was a law against not seeing a video on a channel with over 1,000 videos and also I youtube searched the ride names + on ride POV and as TPR tends to be at the top I assumed they weren't on there (my fault there) and my first comment was over a month ago when the smiler wasn't relased
Went on this yesterday was so much fun! Not scary at all would Deffo recommend this has nothing on the sky coaster (not a rollercoaster) it's on the south pier and is basically you in a harness taken up 400ft and then dropped.. Plus you can go over the sea so it's great!!!
no its a bit scary but once you have been down the drop it is absolutely fine but its so cool im going this weekend and cant wait but dont sit at the back cos wen you go down the drop on the turn you get flung to the side and it kills your back and last time i couldnt walk
i remember i went the're and we we're at the top, and this kid behind me said he had changed his mind, i felt sorry for him, cuz he was in tears and everything, but the ride was stopped for ages while they got him out without the whole train crashing down the rollarcoaster! in the end i lost it...
pls make this the last message cos it is getting annoying to send: the ultimate is not very good and I think (this is opinion) that because of the size of the uk i think we need credit for quite a few good rides and america is better but uk has more parks for its size
Actually its both. Arrow built it originally, but years later, morgan was hire by the park to re-profile the main drop, along with other portions of the ride. Similar to the story behind Phantoms Revenge (originally Steel Phantom) at Kennywood in PA.
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The thing is, I'm too scared to go on the infusion ;L, I like the 'Roller Coaster' and The Grand National, they're quite tame but fun, I'd end up getting on it, then crying or something while it's going up the big hill leading to the drop ;L
Never been on this but I'm going to Blackpool for 5 days on Monday. I really want to go on this but it's really scary and soo high. I am full of nerves. Any advice on what it's really like? Anyone? (I am 12) ;L
what do you mean lack of records 75% of all out themeparks have 1 world record or more and i don't care about PMBO anyway cos we have better like swarm an exact repleca of x flight and colossus and saw ride
@Hellwyck By the way, they renewed the sponsorship, it is still the Pepsi Max Big One. On the website for the park on the Big One's section, it states 'Sponsored by Pepsi Max'
@xXxSexyEmoBoyxXx Yes I know, I can read. After sponsorship it was called "the pepsi max big one" people only called it "the pepsi max" due to the Jeremy Kyle generation having this stupid need to shorten names.
He was upset about how hard the brakes were hit on the mid course break run. Roller coaster enthusiasts do not like strong brakes during the ride, as they greatly lessen the intensity of the second half.
Went on it with my brother and the harness seat things were far too big, I could lift mine and my brothers up a good few inches.. It's far too rickety for me, I prefer Air at Alton Owers :S
When I went I got a wristband and it was £35, I dont think you can get the tickets now because every rides got a scanner that scans the wirstband bar code. (it was like a fews about i went)
we have not got tall rides but hell we got worlds fastest bike coaster and the worlds forst vertical drop coaster the worlds first 10 inverting coaster and thw worlds steepest drop (in 2007) so gooby pls
@devolition5456 I seriously recommend you only leave comments rather than verbal "face punches". I have to believe that TH-cam could block anybody from their site if such an action became necessary.
@LittleMissClayton its funn i went on easter suunday thisyear and it was sooooo fun i went on ever ride but make sure ur bars sukerd on the pepsi max and the belts not foltie and ur sat at the front
that was the intention when it was being built, the last owner of the park really pushed what he could with land that he had, wish his daughter had the same passion that he did =(
This rollercoaster is terrible! I didn't find it exciting at all... Rides like the Incredible Hulk in Universal Orlando and Saw the Ride are what I have to go on again and again.
Went on this yesterday, pretty good coaster, there was a guy there riding this all day called Richard Rodriguez who sets records on them, he eats, drinks, and sleeps on the things :/
Im gotta go on this weekend nut im petrified of heights. I've been ont charlift over a cliff that was 120 feet high just dangling on a wire and im scared to go on this hmmm
why not, they can go where they want and really your not going to go up to them and like say cya later... try going on a holiday that will be just the same, just sayin'
i went on that ride i couldnt look down.... same as on the tango ice blast i couldnt open my eyes because when i do it urges me and i just see the ground fall away...
I always thought this coaster was rather spacious for the UK considering their normal compact style; I wouldnt b suprised if this was one of their biggest.
That flume ride in the background at 1:09 is fucking gross and needs to be cleaned up and if not then just removed altogether. This park must be dirty. :\
@MissLouisTomlinson Well, gotta get over that "fear of height" phobia. About 100% of these coasters reach up to the upper 310 (Millennium Force anyone)?
20 years on and still the tallest coaster in the UK.
It's manily because of council planning laws in the UK
Nat Kennedy Breese Ok...
+Nat “Lath Halius” Kennedy Breese Irrelevant really, it's still the UK's tallest now.
+Pleasure Beach Experience His point was not necessarily irrelevant if you think about it. Considering the only real two competitor parks alton towers and thorpe park both having specific ride height restrictions in their development plans, with thorpe park being at roughly 200 feet and alton towers much lower as they are not allowed to build above the tree line. Im sure if these restrictions were not in place one of the two might have built a B&M hyper or giga much taller than the big one. And so yes, while it is the tallest, it doesnt mean that his comment was irrelevant as that is pretty much the reason why nothing taller has been built
DualShockFury 200 feet for Thorpe Park? Geez no wonder most of the coasters are shit compared to what America has to offer
So cool. The best ride EVER
Sat at the front of this roller coaster yesterday... AMAZING.
They used to have this coaster as an onride simulator at Europa Park to promote Silver Star.
I'm going tomorow... So pumped! I'm going to see the lights too.
went on this for the first time 6months ago, dont do roller coaster and ended up at the front!!!! was act thrilling!!!!
Going on it tomorow!
excuse me I've been on this rollercoaster probably 7 or 8 times now, so please don't call it lame, its the funnest roller coaster ever.
talking about the brake run lmao
I have only been to blackpool pleasure beach once (and the only time i have ever been on a rollercoaster) This was fucking scary! But the first drops is all you need to worry about the rest isn't half as bad as that! :)
Irn Bru is painted grey and renamed Revoulotion
He said that the pointless trim brakes halfway through the ride were lame, not the ride itself.
My cousin was sitting behind and she was tickling me when it was going up LOLLL
Thats what I used to think, the worst thing is the queue.
I'm going on Easter Sunday I promised my friend ill go on dis;D
It's the hil bit i'm scared about,but i'll be fine:P I'm going on thursday with my school!:LD
So, you have come to britain???
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
@TotalNonstopAction97 ok cool, where is this located?
same
I've only been on this ride once, when I was nine. Oh boy, it was horrible!
My little sister who is 7 went on this with my cousin and I set behind them lol
I've been on this roller coaster at least 5 times and I can tell you it certainly isn't 'lame'
he didn't mean the coaster was lame. if you've watched other videos of theirs. the guy Rob hates breaks because that means time to slow down or rides over lol. so that's what he was referring to as lame - the breaks on that part of the ride.
I'm a bit late but he was referring to the brakes because they killed the fun so he called them lame
He was talking about the brake run
Stan HH I agree
Yeah it's sooooooooo fun!!!!!
arrow hyper 1 looks to intense for me
Hyper Coaster 1 is really good value.
The slogan for this ride should be "Is Pepsi okay?"
CoasterRebel No it’s not
just to mention its was only called pepsi max because they had a deal for a few years
The scariest part about it is that there is only a bar going across your lap and that is the only bit that keeps you in there. If your thighs are small, God bless you good luck on this ride.
Ikr like me
Madeleine Rose doesn't matter how small your legs are as long as you reach the height requirement you will not fall out. 99.99999% of the time
OMG It was scary!! (But I'm still here) xD
I loved the Pepsi Max, me and my friends were scared but boy was I glad after! I wanted to go straight back on, if only you went around twice.
I going to Blackpool on Wednesday and if I have a courage pill I'll go on this
Did you go on?
+Squashed Potatoe yes 3 times
Hyper coaster 1 looks too scary for me
Classic Arrow: lonnnnng sections of straight track joined by small radius peaks, valleys, and turns! First drop is best part of this one.
Don’t forget the pointless catwalk during the ride 😂
I live in blackpool yay i go 2 the pleasure beach 4 times a month yay big whoop what is it everyone likes??
If i'm honest, it's much scarier when your on the ride, feels much higher, but it is pretty crap after the first few steep bits.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 anyone?
Garble The Dragon yes :P
My heart always stops when it get close to the top, the view of the beach, the clicking sound.
I'm a Malaysian,went to this theme park.In my opinion,this is the best theme park in the world! I ride Pepsi Big Max One three times and never got bored! :D A must visit park! 10/10
This is bad. No airtime, rough as hell and that mid course still sucks
The only scary part is the first drop, after that it's quite tame and enjoyable. My advice would be to go on some other rides to get ready for example Infusion or one of the Wooden coasters, then just go for it: put your fears behind you and jump in. Like I said, the only scary bit is the first drop, then that's it.
went on it yesterday and lost my sunglasses but the ride was awesome
This is one rickety piece of shit the incline going up is awful you feel like it's any second away from tearing off the track.
Oh god man !! dont tell me that
+Jesssations all part of the experience haha! Have you been on it yet?
Yatesy+ Or maybe it's just you're TOO scared to even think about the beauty. If anything you're a rickety piece of shit.
Yatesy this ride is great
Welcome to Blackpool.
I went on that last october so fun, I went yesterday too but I went on InFusion instead but the Big One is still my favourite ride!
This was the first roller coaster I ever went on. :)
Haha, first two times I went on this I wasn't actually big enough and they neglected to measure me properly - my mom half-shielded me when we were walking through the barrier so the guys couldn't see me tip-toeing. I wasn't that much smaller than the limit, but still too small. Loved every second, and I keep going back for more (yesterday being my most recent ride) :)
this ride is awesome
Not my idea for a first rollercoaster
SmileSubscribe Star Me neither haha
It was my first coaster 😂 quite drunk at the time so that probably explains it!
The Pepsi Max One-Trick Pony. We all know about the famous "B&M roar". Well this features the Arrow rattle.
I last rode this in the Autumn, just a fortnight or so after having ridden the magnificent Shambala. Can we call them both roller coasters? The difference in experience was sooooo stark that one of them should possibly be re-branded as something entirely separate.
Kyle Hammond, people like it because they're not as luck as you, going 4 times a month. Some places have nothing like this so it's a pretty big thing! You should e grateful! I've been once and I loved it.
The first scream machines lift hill audio clip was from theme park review on 2014/2015.
Okay I play #RollerCoasterTycoon and this ride always crashes and I have to shut down do to lack of funds :( Dose this happen to any other players?
Need to back the breaks off from the 1st brake run to make the second section abit more interesting. From the video it looks like a very glorified run back to the station.
How does Arrow go from Magnum to this??? I'd still take Magnum over this ~
It's not that bad, you'd probably love it if you did go on it. :)
Oh um that looks "fun". I've rode better in no offense. Its looks kinda boring.... No offenseeeeee
Il be going on this tomorrow and I shall be dragging my girlfriend on it with me Muhahaha!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Went on in 3 times in a row in the shittest weather!!!
I going to Blackpool on Wednesday and if I have a courage pill I'll go on this
Guys this roller coaster is friking scary my school went on it and it's lots of fun
seen this ride when i went blackpool i didnt go on it because i was the only one who can go on it which is boring
This was a weird ride, the first drop is great but after that the ride is pretty dull and really slow at some parts. The seats is weird too, they kind of bulge outwards and make it uncomfortable to sit on. Personally, I prefer the little woodie that is named "The RollerCoaster" at Blackpool over this ride.
im 9 and i went on it when i got off i saw the track of the pepsi max when you get off it seems bigger
I'm glad he skipped the lift hill. I went to Pleasurebeach back when I was in high school with the choir, and we sang the entirety of part 2 of Faure's Requiem between the bottom and the top of the hill. It was great though because we hit the loud climax of the song just as we went over, which made it about twice as dramatic. After that we couldn't sing for screaming, but you get the picture. :)
went on it this weekend.did not enjoy it as much as i used to.it is now too rough,no longer smooth.needs a complete revamp.no height restrictions here like towers so why not make it even higher and longer,make it go all around the park.just think miss Thompson the uk,s 1st hpercoaster.blackpool used to be the trendsetter for theme parks in the uk.sadly not anymore.still a good park with unique and quirky rides(Valhalla best water ride in the uk) just feel its missing something.space issues aswel
@Coasterman2222
*AHEM* in 1994 it had no sponser and the Pleasure Beach staff called the first drop "The Big One" (the ride itself, beforehand was known as "Project '94" as can be seen on a plaque to the left of the exitway).
and I don't need to correct you with it's correct name.
You're telling me what it was called after Pepsi gave it sponsorship (which I already knew, having rode it since it's opening) and I - read this carefully - ASKED A QUESTION REGARDING ITS OLD NAME.
This ride is so dull after the first drop. It IS boring. Look at the access platforms at the bottom of every drop in case the ride stalls and settles in the bottom - they can then release the riders. Just the fact that Arrow designed it that way so as to think it could stall at any moment showed how lame they were. No wonder they went bust.
sorry mate didn't know there was a law against not seeing a video on a channel with over 1,000 videos and also I youtube searched the ride names + on ride POV and as TPR tends to be at the top I assumed they weren't on there (my fault there) and my first comment was over a month ago when the smiler wasn't relased
Went on this yesterday was so much fun! Not scary at all would Deffo recommend this has nothing on the sky coaster (not a rollercoaster) it's on the south pier and is basically you in a harness taken up 400ft and then dropped.. Plus you can go over the sea so it's great!!!
no its a bit scary but once you have been down the drop it is absolutely fine but its so cool im going this weekend and cant wait but dont sit at the back cos wen you go down the drop on the turn you get flung to the side and it kills your back and last time i couldnt walk
i remember i went the're and we we're at the top, and this kid behind me said he had changed his mind, i felt sorry for him, cuz he was in tears and everything, but the ride was stopped for ages while they got him out without the whole train crashing down the rollarcoaster! in the end i lost it...
pls make this the last message cos it is getting annoying to send: the ultimate is not very good and I think (this is opinion) that because of the size of the uk i think we need credit for quite a few good rides and america is better but uk has more parks for its size
Actually its both. Arrow built it originally, but years later, morgan was hire by the park to re-profile the main drop, along with other portions of the ride. Similar to the story behind Phantoms Revenge (originally Steel Phantom) at Kennywood in PA.
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The thing is, I'm too scared to go on the infusion ;L, I like the 'Roller Coaster' and The Grand National, they're quite tame but fun, I'd end up getting on it, then crying or something while it's going up the big hill leading to the drop ;L
I was gutted came to Blackpool to go on the big one but the wind had to come and spoil it
@TotalNonstopAction97 yeah it is awesome lol ive never been on the irn bru or the ice blast tho XD
Never been on this but I'm going to Blackpool for 5 days on Monday. I really want to go on this but it's really scary and soo high. I am full of nerves. Any advice on what it's really like? Anyone? (I am 12) ;L
what do you mean lack of records 75% of all out themeparks have 1 world record or more and i don't care about PMBO anyway cos we have better like swarm an exact repleca of x flight and colossus and saw ride
@Hellwyck By the way, they renewed the sponsorship, it is still the Pepsi Max Big One. On the website for the park on the Big One's section, it states 'Sponsored by Pepsi Max'
@xXxSexyEmoBoyxXx
Yes I know, I can read.
After sponsorship it was called "the pepsi max big one" people only called it "the pepsi max" due to the Jeremy Kyle generation having this stupid need to shorten names.
@yazgray1 You don't see as much as the front so it's less scary, and the back is a better experience, because you get dragged down the drops more :)
He was upset about how hard the brakes were hit on the mid course break run. Roller coaster enthusiasts do not like strong brakes during the ride, as they greatly lessen the intensity of the second half.
Went on it with my brother and the harness seat things were far too big, I could lift mine and my brothers up a good few inches.. It's far too rickety for me, I prefer Air at Alton Owers :S
When I went I got a wristband and it was £35, I dont think you can get the tickets now because every rides got a scanner that scans the wirstband bar code.
(it was like a fews about i went)
we have not got tall rides but hell we got worlds fastest bike coaster and the worlds forst vertical drop coaster the worlds first 10 inverting coaster and thw worlds steepest drop (in 2007) so gooby pls
@devolition5456 I seriously recommend you only leave comments rather than verbal "face punches". I have to believe that TH-cam could block anybody from their site if such an action became necessary.
@LittleMissClayton its funn i went on easter suunday thisyear and it was sooooo fun i went on ever ride but make sure ur bars sukerd on the pepsi max and the belts not foltie and ur sat at the front
that was the intention when it was being built, the last owner of the park really pushed what he could with land that he had, wish his daughter had the same passion that he did =(
This rollercoaster is terrible! I didn't find it exciting at all...
Rides like the Incredible Hulk in Universal Orlando and Saw the Ride are what I have to go on again and again.
Went on this yesterday, pretty good coaster, there was a guy there riding this all day called Richard Rodriguez who sets records on them, he eats, drinks, and sleeps on the things :/
@Hellwyck Ah yeah, but I'm mentioning that the Pepsi sponsership ran out. So, instead of it called "The pepsi max" It's "The big one".
Im gotta go on this weekend nut im petrified of heights. I've been ont charlift over a cliff that was 120 feet high just dangling on a wire and im scared to go on this hmmm
why not, they can go where they want and really your not going to go up to them and like say cya later... try going on a holiday that will be just the same, just sayin'
i went on that ride i couldnt look down.... same as on the tango ice blast i couldnt open my eyes because when i do it urges me and i just see the ground fall away...
I always thought this coaster was rather spacious for the UK considering their normal compact style; I wouldnt b suprised if this was one of their biggest.
i love this ride but when i sat at the back at the top of the lift hill u get draged and i brade me arm of the side of the train but i still love it
lolll i live in Blackpool and i kinda go past this ride like whenever i see it:p so funny when you just hear the screams even though your fair away!
@xXxSexyEmoBoyxXx
Technically, only the first drop was ever called "The Big One" but people, being not in the know, named the whole thing as such.
That flume ride in the background at 1:09 is fucking gross and needs to be cleaned up and if not then just removed altogether. This park must be dirty. :\
@MissLouisTomlinson
Well, gotta get over that "fear of height" phobia. About 100% of these coasters reach up to the upper 310 (Millennium Force anyone)?
Went yesterday, i would recommend that you keep ur head back cause if u don't, then it will just push it back real hard! I goes at 85mph i think
I think my heart stopped for 3 seconds when it dropped off the first time.. But the amount of adrenaline probably added 3 years to my life, lool..
So by your standards it's a bad ride if it doesn't go upside down? That pretty much marks a majority of the world's roller coasters as "bad."