My home park Is finally having something descent happen to it! I've never been so happy for the park. The audio is fantastic, they should definitely have speakers around it and have it play while you ride! Cannot wait!
This is Perfect!. Imagine the interaction with some iconic rides this Mac is going to deliver. Launching through an iconic Arrow Hyper then under and over some of the last 1930s woodies on the planet. This on ride will be AMAZING!! - I get there will be haters (always are) but honestly - I knew about the layout months before release and what type of ride it was last year but seeing this makes me even more excited. Well done Amanda and well done Mac.... on a big green track.
Great Britain is absolutely smashing it with new coasters recently! With SW8 and construction 2018 just around the corner, there's just no end in sight of things to look forward too! P.s. Shout out to the milk man! The dude is legend-dairy!
Something you'd expect to see open at a Merlin park with regards to being built in Britain! This will definitely put Blackpool PB on the market for sure. Can't wait for ICON!!!!
Same, tbh BPB needed to step up their game. Honestly I hate Amanda but I know that we can't get the old owner back. I have my reasons but I don't wanna admit it but she's actually quite good at running the park...
xxniceucyxx MSP It's been a difficult run for Amanda since Geoffrey's passing ... she's not only had to get the trust of the banks to prove she can run the place but she's had to pay off a significant debt what was left over from Geoffrey which is why in recent years we have only just seen huge investment as she has been paying it off and the debt was in the millions. she also tidied up the place, improved security round the park and investing in the business for the long term and now this! it's at a turning point .. she knows what she's doing it's just had to take longer than expected due to debts and stuff!
That's the thing... She was forced to close Southport Pleasureland due to the debts she had to pay off! So it was either close one business to save the other (In this case Pleasure Beach) or let them both keep running and eventually declare bankruptcy and loose both parks.
I can't wait for this ride! I go Pleasure Beach around 10 to 20 times a year and I love it. It's basically a tradition for me and my dad. He did an event at Pleasure Beach on the ride Valhalla, go check it out. Just type in : Mark Jump Valhalla Event. Thanks!! Xxx
Coming back to this video puts it in perspective of how exodus is gonna be. This video is like 100x faster than icon so exodus will most likely have a much longer ride time than in the recreation.
Seems like a fairly long ride, something the UK desperately needs! For all our best coasters, they're still mostly 90 mins queueing for 1:30 mins ride... What exactly are 'interactions' meant to be, though?!
The airtime in this thing is going to be crazy. I've not been on Maverick yet (that will be 2019, finally) - but some of those bends look like they're built for airtime too, like mini i305 awesome. I can't wait either. Not long now!
Has a lot of the same elements as Taron in Phantasialand ... and i can tell you that's a good thing ! :D 2 launches , alot of nice curves in the tracks , lots of airtime ... It's like a less faster Taron with 2 inversions ! Yeey
Love the music... is this "Icon" theme music? Be great to have the music on the ride itself like Space Mountain at Disneyland Paris. Cant wait till next year.
I came back today and I sat on icon and im 10 years old it was the best roller coster everrrrrr and its not green but I als o went on my first upside down ride and this was my second ever upside down ride and first ever roller coster and it was mt first ever giant thrill ride
looks intresting a mack mega coaster me as a theme park visitor I love mack mega coasters would I go on this ride not too sure will I go on it yes I will out of 10 stars I would give it a 5 or 4 because I haven't been on it to give it a higher stars but from the video I would give it a 5 or 4
One year ago we were treated to seeing this for the first time. one year later.... And yet we still haven't seen a single support or piece of track go up!
4 years later Project 2018 turned into icon and has the identical layout as planned Imagine they went with the Green and orange paint job icon would be much different
Hello guys someone said that the new icon in Blackpool is to have a tunnel going though when you leave the station this is true or not as i cant see anything like that
They have already gone.. The monorail (real one) is the only one left with parts still in place. No other rides are being removed.. that's what makes this ride FAB!
well it's not replacing anything. so would you rather remove nothing to put this in or remove infusion and put a small mack double launch coaster in its place. (also I find that infusion is smooth on the front row)
aw - disappointing news ... it was one of the last wooden wild mouse rides left anywhere in the world, and extremely scary. I had some fun times on that ride!
Its thrilling just watching a POV. It gives me goosebumps. I cant wait to ride it!!!
My home park Is finally having something descent happen to it! I've never been so happy for the park. The audio is fantastic, they should definitely have speakers around it and have it play while you ride! Cannot wait!
We look forward to riding it
I can’t wait!! Love the silver/grey colour scheme!
About time Pleasure Beach invested into something like this! This is going to be awesome!
such great news, I cannot wait!
Looks a total beast. Bring it on.
WOW! Can't wait for this beast!
As i live in Lytham (10 mins away from Blackpool) I am super excited to try out this new ride next year!
Thats incredible! I need to go there and ride it when its done.
Can't wait! So hyped for this ride!!
Realy like the update to the wooden coaster. A ride that magically floats is so good
This looks amazing
I go Pleasure Beach every year, and 2018 is set to be an awesome change up!!
This is Perfect!. Imagine the interaction with some iconic rides this Mac is going to deliver. Launching through an iconic Arrow Hyper then under and over some of the last 1930s woodies on the planet. This on ride will be AMAZING!! - I get there will be haters (always are) but honestly - I knew about the layout months before release and what type of ride it was last year but seeing this makes me even more excited. Well done Amanda and well done Mac.... on a big green track.
Totally agree, the haters are just AT fanboys who worship the ridiculously overrated Nemesis.
I agree
We can't wait to experience this awesome coaster!
Actually is grey xD
OMG IM IN LOVE WITH IT CANT WAIT TO GO ON IT YAYAY
I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
Looking forward to this!
Great Britain is absolutely smashing it with new coasters recently! With SW8 and construction 2018 just around the corner, there's just no end in sight of things to look forward too!
P.s. Shout out to the milk man! The dude is legend-dairy!
It sure is! Thank you we will pass this on to him!
yeeeeeeeees a Mack mega coaster at a close decent UK theme park sooooo happy
2018 is going to be a great year for us park lovers!
Fantastic ride it’s fast very good hope it gets a good vote I vote it 100%
Something you'd expect to see open at a Merlin park with regards to being built in Britain! This will definitely put Blackpool PB on the market for sure. Can't wait for ICON!!!!
my fav amusement park and now its getting this
so happy
Same, tbh BPB needed to step up their game. Honestly I hate Amanda but I know that we can't get the old owner back. I have my reasons but I don't wanna admit it but she's actually quite good at running the park...
xxniceucyxx MSP It's been a difficult run for Amanda since Geoffrey's passing ... she's not only had to get the trust of the banks to prove she can run the place but she's had to pay off a significant debt what was left over from Geoffrey which is why in recent years we have only just seen huge investment as she has been paying it off and the debt was in the millions. she also tidied up the place, improved security round the park and investing in the business for the long term and now this! it's at a turning point .. she knows what she's doing it's just had to take longer than expected due to debts and stuff!
alanm4072 Yeah but she closed Southport Pleasureland and look how crap it is now
That's the thing... She was forced to close Southport Pleasureland due to the debts she had to pay off!
So it was either close one business to save the other (In this case Pleasure Beach) or let them both keep running and eventually declare bankruptcy and loose both parks.
YES! YES! YES!
Looks so good
I’m in the boulevard hotel right now and can’t wait to go on this for the first time tommorow. Very nervous but excited!
Wow, just Wow. Please don't ruin it Pleasure Beach by giving it VR.
Hopefully VR is just a passing fad
I hope your right, which you probably are.
Subtle shade at Alton towers 😂😂
VR is not a passing fad.
VR is amazing on video games but not on roller coasters.
I can't wait for this ride! I go Pleasure Beach around 10 to 20 times a year and I love it. It's basically a tradition for me and my dad. He did an event at Pleasure Beach on the ride Valhalla, go check it out. Just type in : Mark Jump Valhalla Event. Thanks!! Xxx
its nice ro now see more launch coasters in the uk
Coming back to this video puts it in perspective of how exodus is gonna be. This video is like 100x faster than icon so exodus will most likely have a much longer ride time than in the recreation.
Damn, this coaster looks amazing!
I'm going on Saturday I'll see what it looks like in the area
currently it looks like a flat piece of cement.
I love how it’s a nice long ride! I wish they kept that old color scheme though instead of black and white... !....
Seems like a fairly long ride, something the UK desperately needs! For all our best coasters, they're still mostly 90 mins queueing for 1:30 mins ride... What exactly are 'interactions' meant to be, though?!
Interactions they probably mean like going close to other rides or pathways
Interactions between the other rides at the park
wow cant wait to ride that
Will it be a big green track that's made by Mack
How did I not realise that until now!
It's gonna be Silver now :P
I agree I'm can't wait to get on it next year
Jasmine Foster the tracks grey
Hey Shawn, it was nice meeting you last monday at Alton towers. It was a rainy but otherwise great day
Can't waitttt
this looks insane
I love Icons main theme music. Its played in the area around near Avalanche,Big Dipper and Icon
I went on it yesterday 4 times. Amazing ride
2 UK Records:
First Multi-launch coaster in the UK
First coaster to use LSMs in the UK
XBCPG LSM?
Linear Synchronous Motor - Its the launch mechanism...
XBCPG ah ok... whats the difference?
What u mean?
XBCPG like whats the difference between the launch on rita and on this?
The first drop. AIRTIME!
Check out an on ride POV from the finished ride here: th-cam.com/video/QAg3OdGyrFg/w-d-xo.html
Any chance we can get it sooner? Maybe tomorrow?
Very Very cool!!!!
A new reason to travel up North!
The Second Launch
Travel down to England from Scotland for me 😂
Can I use some of this footage in my videos?
This footage was sent to us from Blackpool Pleasure Beach and belongs to them
Theme Park Worldwide oh ok :)
Can't wait !!!
All hail lord Mossmachine.
The airtime in this thing is going to be crazy. I've not been on Maverick yet (that will be 2019, finally) - but some of those bends look like they're built for airtime too, like mini i305 awesome. I can't wait either. Not long now!
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat this looks so good. The line for the monorail will be short when this opens
MaskofMystery the big one is great. I went on it 5 times this weekend
Monorail doesn't exist mate
VAGINER_ 101 it’s the big one
@@lefishe6715 what do you mean? There is no monorail
The transitions at the end remind me so much of Taron
I can't wait
omg i cant wait
1:54 I wish they put another corkscrew in ;(
It's not a Cork screw it nearly goes up side down but it turns round
Has a lot of the same elements as Taron in Phantasialand ... and i can tell you that's a good thing ! :D 2 launches , alot of nice curves in the tracks , lots of airtime ... It's like a less faster Taron with 2 inversions ! Yeey
It does look incredible, we can't wait to ride it!
I prefer the infusion colours but the rude looks great
WHAT A COASTER!
When is the station going to get bigger and bigger Sw8 has already got the lift hill.
Looks amazing can't wait to ride this next year
Love the music... is this "Icon" theme music? Be great to have the music on the ride itself like Space Mountain at Disneyland Paris. Cant wait till next year.
At first I thought this was fake but it turned out to be real Wow!!!!
Now I don't need to go to Germany for Taron wahay
Not long now. Can't wait
Very excited!
I came back today and I sat on icon and im 10 years old it was the best roller coster everrrrrr and its not green but I als o went on my first upside down ride and this was my second ever upside down ride and first ever roller coster and it was mt first ever giant thrill ride
this is the concept POV made at a time when they didn't know what colour they wanted it to be so they made it green and orange as a place holder
looks intresting a mack mega coaster me as a theme park visitor I love mack mega coasters would I go on this ride not too sure will I go on it yes I will out of 10 stars I would give it a 5 or 4 because I haven't been on it to give it a higher stars but from the video I would give it a 5 or 4
I am pretty sure this won't beat Helix but it still be great for the UK market.
daniel sheldrake you never know...
THIS IS INSANE
Check out our latest construction updates to follow the progress of the ride!
One year ago we were treated to seeing this for the first time. one year later.... And yet we still haven't seen a single support or piece of track go up!
Supports are now arriving on site which is good!
Hope I'm big enough! I love Blackpool 2 MUCH!
Thank you for loving the comment :) I'm a big fan of your TH-cam and I LOVE BLACKPOOL! My fave ride in front is the grand national
Strxwbz MSP that's my favourite ride but I prefer it towards the back
Christian Moss I dont
4 years later Project 2018 turned into icon and has the identical layout as planned
Imagine they went with the Green and orange paint job icon would be much different
Looks awesome! Wonder if Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast will be getting something similar 🤔
nope but we did get one of the best coasters out there so it's fine.
what rides have been lost building this?
No rides were removed to put ICON into the park, just walkways and some smaller pieces of theming
Could be best coaster in the UK
It's a Mack - I doubt it.
watch out swarm
Themeing? THEMEING?
It goes through 7 other rides!
Theming isn't everything. Mack megacoasters don't look like much but they do pack a punch
Definitely a good shout
OMG! This looks amazing. IMAScore Theme song? ;)
Ben Ayre no, by me. It’s part of a longer piece of music for the ride.
So will these be in place of where Infusion is?
Infusion will be staying!
Sadly :(
What type of restraints will it have
Mack style lapbar restraints
Steel Vengeance is going to be the best coaster of 2018....don't even try to deny that fact!
It does look epic!
Wow!!!
will this be replacing infusion?
no unforntunatly :(
Coaster Corben infusion is great! My second favourite ride!
+The 5TypeGamers why?
Infusion is awful
I can safely say that infusion is THE worst suspended ride in the world
Hello guys someone said that the new icon in Blackpool is to have a tunnel going though when you leave the station this is true or not as i cant see anything like that
The tunnel is located at the end of the first launch
You got the email too then?
Should be ok. But, they claim its 2.5 minutes long, but the on ride video isn't. Weird, eh! (From 1:32 - 3:07)
What do you think about it Shawn ?
It's a fantastic move for the park, we can't wait!
so what rides have to go to make way for this :(
They have already gone.. The monorail (real one) is the only one left with parts still in place. No other rides are being removed.. that's what makes this ride FAB!
as fab as this ride looks, it would have been even better if it replaced infusion
*ducks*
well it's not replacing anything. so would you rather remove nothing to put this in or remove infusion and put a small mack double launch coaster in its place. (also I find that infusion is smooth on the front row)
Yep, id rather remove infusion
Save money for a the future
cant wait can't wait can't freakin wait!!! shame I have to tho
Where's it going to fit
Quite a long ride. Wonder what G as doesn’t look that exciting
Welp, time to go to England.
Are they keeping the big dipper?
They are indeed
if they got rid of her, people would riot.
Blackpool is a museum of the best ever rollercoasters - that's its selling point.
So they are DEFINITELY keeping The Big Dipper.
Mai Nem they can't remove it. The grand national (amen), big dipper, blue flyer, flying machines and the ark are listed. It's a shame the Mouse wasn't
aw - disappointing news ... it was one of the last wooden wild mouse rides left anywhere in the world, and extremely scary.
I had some fun times on that ride!
It's a big green track made by mack
It wont be green, it's just so it is highlighted.
Watch the Europa park blogs :)
Well... Slower a bit in real life but still the best ride I ever been on!
It rides so much better than it looks!
Wayyyy cooler looking than SW8 at Alton Towers ... and its Blackpool!!! Forget Alton, go to Blackpool Pleasure Beach!
Both will be great I'm sure!
how fast is it gonna be?
does it matter?
Well obviously its what makes Rollercoasters interesting, ffs.
yeah I guess that was a bit of an broad call, but what I mean is speed doesnt make kingda ka better than blue fire or helix
Chris Levesley uhh.... yeah it does...
Around 50mph
it doesn't look like it's gonna be that intense but what will the hope full max speed of if
have you ever seen a mack megacoaster? they dont need speed and intensity to be some of the best in the world
what is the faeming going to be
Japanese style gardens!
mack yes
Now I all I really want to see is sw8 in its glory
How did u know
Got vip boarding tickets to be one of the first on it
Have fun!
Theme Park Worldwide thanks we will
Theme Park Merlin see you there lol! 👍👍
Macks version of Cheetah Hunt.
CAN'T WAIT BUT...THE CAT AND MOUSE HAS ALSO BEEN... DEMOLISHED!!!!
It has unfortunately, we will miss it!