I feel like Valhalla is big enough that it seems like a whole area in itself and launch pad is near the planes so I suppose they look similar? I agree it’s so random for it to be said there but I think it’s a good idea tbh. Great video again 💞💞💞
Have to say I'm glad it's getting that new pressure cylinder, even as a 20-year-old who never rode it when it was new, knowing it's going to be performing like it did when it opened is great news. I did get worried that it could be removed. So happy that it's staying as it's a fantastic ride imo! Thanks for the updates👍
Glossy magazines like that have long production lead times (it can take two weeks just to receive back the finished print run after you sent them your digital copy, including proofing), the information was probably given to them months ago and Pleasure Beach forgot about its impending publication/was released earlier than they were expecting.
That wouldn’t surprise me. But you’re right it takes months to put something like that together. I do wonder if they announce anything before the start of the season.
A great video mate 😁👍, very informative and I agree it’s strange to have being announced/leaked the way it has been, you’d have thought BPB would have wanted to announce it themselves 😂🫣. I’m liking the thumbnail aswell mate, very cool 😂👍😊
Don't know if it was originally planned or brought forward because of the Magazine but Blackpool have done multiple interviews in local newspapers promoting the rebrand of the ride today (11th Dec). E.g. Lancashire Live, Blackpool Gazette, Manchester Evening News.
I read it on visit Blackpool last night . It is odd you could do a great advertisement with teases to drum up interest in the season passes. It's not unusual to use different paint colors in for different layers of paint maybe we are just seeing paint layers going on
Missed opportunity to shove it inside the old space mountain or whatever it was called, place the gyro swing where it stood and have Launch Pad shoot out of a building 😍
At end of the day, it's routine maintenance of an existing ride. The cylinder walls were too thin and would have failed if it continued to run at full pressure. And it's an amusement park not a theme park.
Good Video Coaster. Dad - the Ice Revamped Blaster looks good if the rumors come true; would be nice for more effective comms from Blackpool on their plans on regular basis and updates, e.g., River caves (even if Scheme X falls through ); hope they bring back non rider pass (even if it up to £10) and a light ride pass ticket as well ( with top ups in park) - can still scan the tickets on mobiles very quickly - couple of seconds each person
They just confirmed the new name about 10 minutes ago on socials 😀 and in an article Amanda said it’s the first of many things to come. So fingers crossed 🤞
@@coaster_dad Seen it now - good Exciting comms and promo launch video from Blackpool - looks like fingers cross they getting better ( hope they do a non rider pass ticket at least).
@@dafyddthomas7299 yeah I hope so too. Given they offered the non ride season pass for a few weeks they will obviously need to identify riders vs non riders next season, so seems obvious to offer day tickets too 🤞
When Amanda Thompson attended the 'Final Lap' Grand Prix event. She said that a New Ride shall be going where the Grand Prix is, so it makes sense and logic - that whatever new ride is coming to the pleasure beach shall be placed there. Whether that is a Intamin Gyro Swing or something else, I guess only time will tell. I doubt it shall be a Coaster, as the last ride to be added to pleasure beach was Icon rollercoaster + the Enzo spinning back-seat addition. As for the Bowl-a-drome, well, that's pure guess-work. No ride may ever be going there. Could even be a new food court.
Yeah what I heard from staff a few months back was ice blast staying (now confirmed) gyro where bowladrome is. And new coaster where Grand Prix was. But the last two obviously aren’t confirmed yet.
@@coaster_dad From a Coaster enthusiasts point-of-view - I can understand that 'most' have their hearts set on a coaster replacing Grand Prix. I really don't think that shall happen - and instead put forth a 'better' and more realistic suggestion. I think it's time to sell off Infusion (originally called Traumatizer) from Southport Pleasureland and place a new coaster there. It's a great position, there is lots of room. The queue-line area and station can be reused for the new coaster, and the foundations for the coaster are already done, so it also saves the park money in that effect. I also think that the newly refurbished Launch Pad should accommodate the newly designed S&S Shot Tower Spinning seats on two-sides, and the Standard Ice Blast seats on the other two sides, so riders can experience the best of both-worlds. to just bring it back to life with just a new paint job, a space theme and a refurb of parts and a name change is simply not good enough - considering the money being spent on an old ride. Hopefully Amanda surprises us with that S&S spinning seat option.
They probably dropped the ball on this one. It wouldn’t surprise me if we hear an official announcement today following this leak. Glad it’s staying and getting back to its former glory though. I just Hope they announce the river caves will Open next season too
This would be good on the caves; and an announcement on what's replacing the old Grand Prix ride as well - we need good effective comms from Blackpool.
Saw your cover picture and thought, great they’re bringing back space invader. But still good. Least they’re doing something to keep people coming through the gate. Small steps I suppose.
I think BPB have done it on purpose… the less information given, the more questions asked, the more hype built and the more coaster vloggers like yourself will talk about it… basically they’re making the biggest noise with the smallest of sounds if that makes sense? Social media is incredibly powerful and BPB are using that to their advantage… If this is the hype now surrounding “ice blast” imagine what a couple of more months will do!
I love your vlogs, but I had to use captions to watch them as the lift music was a turn-off. I have never been on Ice Blast because I'm not too fond of heights, but I love the Big One. Keep the vlogs coming.
Apologies for that. I’ve been trying to find the sweet spot for background audio. Plus annoyingly the mic I used for this video died half way through so I had to use backup audio so I think I sound weird 🙈
Right next to the Flying Machines, which is space themed. I personally would have painted the tower black and themed it similar to Valhalla...but I suppose a shot tower is more suited to space theming than viking.
Season pass code today got it for 126 quid It's good expect more things to come. Def could do a good vr exp hotel dracula Code was posted in email Maybe some more discounts to come
Maybe. They do tweak it regularly. Sometimes small changes. Sometimes bigger ones. We did get a repaint and new scenes last year and it sounds like a lot is happening around the park so my guess would be very minimal tweaks if we do.
Lick of paint and a new name, if this is their new headline attraction for 2025 its world class piss take from BPPB. They're going to need more than this to bring visitors back to the park next year.
Well I’d be happy for it to be as strong as when it originally came out, was a fun ride. In terms of the PR, the wording must have come from PB PR team for the article to go out so this is a blunder that they’ve not logged the release of the magazine, rookie error. The release should have come direct from PB to socials first.
I was in the line for the first ever public ride on PlayStation. I didn't even know it was there, it has just a 'Happy Accident' To be honest, it felt no different to how it does 'now'.
Interesting. I didn’t experience it back then but many have said it was way more forceful and I’ve definitely been on better shot towers so I assumed it had just lost its power over time. It’ll be interesting to see how it rides next season 😀
Maybe the loan for the giro swing was a plan B, I hope not. But maybe it was a case of see how bad Ice Blast was and if its a fixer upper stay with it, if it isn't rip out use loan for new Giro Swing I hope not and we see a brand Spanking new Giro Swing 😁😁😁
Glad it is staying but honestly I can’t take anymore blue colored rides. Big One supports,Flying Machines and now Ice Blast it’s all the same. Flying Machines color is awful currently.
BPB has never been a theme park! They only changed the name from Playstation to Ice Blast because of sponsorship!... Revolution was Irn Bru for a while because of the same thing! The Big One was the Pepsi Max because of the £1 Million given towards the cost by Pepsi. I remember when you could only get Pepsi in all the outlets selling food too! No Coke-Cola in sight!.... Think the Monorail (R.I.P) was sponsored too at one point! Kit Kat radio was another!.... Think it has a lot to do with money! Look back and BPB was losing money for a while. Its all about survival these days and I think AT is doing a good job with the present climate!
This park won't last much longer. If there's nothing new again next year don't expect crowds to pick up. Ice Blast reopening with a new name isn't going to bring crowds back. Such a shame what's happened to this place but I won't be back for a third year despite living 45 mins away. It's simply not worth the entry fee.
@coaster_dad All well and good getting loans but their financial situation is already pretty dire as it is. They need people back at the park and in much great numbers. As you referred to I think the gyro swing is cancelled. As much as I think they are great attractions they won't bring back the punters. The only thing that's going to do that is a fantastic coaster but I'm struggling to see where the money will come from. The plot of land at Grand Prix could fit a coaster on it I'm sure but not a particularly massive one. Sad days for the UK park industry right now. Soaring costs and footfall dropping.
I agree a strange decision to re theme it to a space theme when Valhalla is next to it not sure what to think about this will have to see when the park opens next year 🤔🤔
The park has now confirmed the name! www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com/launch-pad/
Spinning seats may still feature. Have to wait and see. Will be a missed opportunity if not
@porkzero agreed. Although you’d think they’d be shouting about it 🤷♂️
It may not be themed in a similar way to Valhalla, but it is a similar theme to flying machines. Which isnt too far away from Blast Off
Exactly what I was about to say.
Fair
Good to meet you briefly as I boarded Nick Streak. Keep up the good work.👍🏻
Thanks mate 😀
I feel like Valhalla is big enough that it seems like a whole area in itself and launch pad is near the planes so I suppose they look similar? I agree it’s so random for it to be said there but I think it’s a good idea tbh. Great video again 💞💞💞
Have to say I'm glad it's getting that new pressure cylinder, even as a 20-year-old who never rode it when it was new, knowing it's going to be performing like it did when it opened is great news. I did get worried that it could be removed. So happy that it's staying as it's a fantastic ride imo! Thanks for the updates👍
Yeah I’m hoping it at least feels like a new ride!
Glossy magazines like that have long production lead times (it can take two weeks just to receive back the finished print run after you sent them your digital copy, including proofing), the information was probably given to them months ago and Pleasure Beach forgot about its impending publication/was released earlier than they were expecting.
That wouldn’t surprise me. But you’re right it takes months to put something like that together. I do wonder if they announce anything before the start of the season.
And that one ride / attraction doesn't fix the Parks issues, but its a start.
Thanks again fella
A great video mate 😁👍, very informative and I agree it’s strange to have being announced/leaked the way it has been, you’d have thought BPB would have wanted to announce it themselves 😂🫣. I’m liking the thumbnail aswell mate, very cool 😂👍😊
Don't know if it was originally planned or brought forward because of the Magazine but Blackpool have done multiple interviews in local newspapers promoting the rebrand of the ride today (11th Dec). E.g. Lancashire Live, Blackpool Gazette, Manchester Evening News.
Yeah given the video they released I think it was planned and either visit Blackpool went a day early or BP didn’t plan well 🙈
I read it on visit Blackpool last night . It is odd you could do a great advertisement with teases to drum up interest in the season passes. It's not unusual to use different paint colors in for different layers of paint maybe we are just seeing paint layers going on
Launch Pad astronaut space merch will look cool , similar to Nasa 😊
Launch Pad makes sense, Ice Blast was a sponsor name, I suppose the deal has ended.
Deal ended years ago used to be Tango Ice Blast.
@@scottchristie6734 the website still says ‘sponsored by tango ice blast’. having said that, the CEO thinks it’s still sponsored by playstation 😂
Missed opportunity to shove it inside the old space mountain or whatever it was called, place the gyro swing where it stood and have Launch Pad shoot out of a building 😍
Oooooo damn that would have been cool!
A bit like what they did with the Waltzer for Black Hole!
At end of the day, it's routine maintenance of an existing ride. The cylinder walls were too thin and would have failed if it continued to run at full pressure. And it's an amusement park not a theme park.
Yeah and they’re obviously taking the opportunity to relaunch (no pun intended) the ride whilst they are at it.
Thanks for the update interesting
Good Video Coaster. Dad - the Ice Revamped Blaster looks good if the rumors come true; would be nice for more effective comms from Blackpool on their plans on regular basis and updates, e.g., River caves (even if Scheme X falls through ); hope they bring back non rider pass (even if it up to £10) and a light ride pass ticket as well ( with top ups in park) - can still scan the tickets on mobiles very quickly - couple of seconds each person
They just confirmed the new name about 10 minutes ago on socials 😀 and in an article Amanda said it’s the first of many things to come. So fingers crossed 🤞
@@coaster_dad Seen it now - good Exciting comms and promo launch video from Blackpool - looks like fingers cross they getting better ( hope they do a non rider pass ticket at least).
@@dafyddthomas7299 yeah I hope so too. Given they offered the non ride season pass for a few weeks they will obviously need to identify riders vs non riders next season, so seems obvious to offer day tickets too 🤞
When Amanda Thompson attended the 'Final Lap' Grand Prix event. She said that a New Ride shall be going where the Grand Prix is, so it makes sense and logic - that whatever new ride is coming to the pleasure beach shall be placed there. Whether that is a Intamin Gyro Swing or something else, I guess only time will tell. I doubt it shall be a Coaster, as the last ride to be added to pleasure beach was Icon rollercoaster + the Enzo spinning back-seat addition. As for the Bowl-a-drome, well, that's pure guess-work. No ride may ever be going there. Could even be a new food court.
Yeah what I heard from staff a few months back was ice blast staying (now confirmed) gyro where bowladrome is. And new coaster where Grand Prix was. But the last two obviously aren’t confirmed yet.
@@coaster_dad From a Coaster enthusiasts point-of-view - I can understand that 'most' have their hearts set on a coaster replacing Grand Prix. I really don't think that shall happen - and instead put forth a 'better' and more realistic suggestion. I think it's time to sell off Infusion (originally called Traumatizer) from Southport Pleasureland and place a new coaster there. It's a great position, there is lots of room. The queue-line area and station can be reused for the new coaster, and the foundations for the coaster are already done, so it also saves the park money in that effect.
I also think that the newly refurbished Launch Pad should accommodate the newly designed S&S Shot Tower Spinning seats on two-sides, and the Standard Ice Blast seats on the other two sides, so riders can experience the best of both-worlds. to just bring it back to life with just a new paint job, a space theme and a refurb of parts and a name change is simply not good enough - considering the money being spent on an old ride. Hopefully Amanda surprises us with that S&S spinning seat option.
@room4njoy I’d love the spinning seats too 🤞
They probably dropped the ball on this one. It wouldn’t surprise me if we hear an official announcement today following this leak. Glad it’s staying and getting back to its former glory though.
I just Hope they announce the river caves will Open next season too
This would be good on the caves; and an announcement on what's replacing the old Grand Prix ride as well - we need good effective comms from Blackpool.
There’s a first time for everything, I was right! Lol. Officially announced now, with the promise of more announcements to come. Exciting times
@TheFirstDrop1 mental huh!
is the giro swing coming from flambards ???
The rumour of the gyro was before flambards closed so I doubt it.
I really hope they do get a gyro swing, the park is desperate for something new
Do you remember the 7 ft tall astronaut at the Pleasure Beach? The one at Pleasureland Southport looks very familiar 🤔
Mmmm I don’t. But they do like to reuse stuff
My daughters got that t-shirt!
Saw your cover picture and thought, great they’re bringing back space invader. But still good. Least they’re doing something to keep people coming through the gate. Small steps I suppose.
I think BPB have done it on purpose… the less information given, the more questions asked, the more hype built and the more coaster vloggers like yourself will talk about it… basically they’re making the biggest noise with the smallest of sounds if that makes sense? Social media is incredibly powerful and BPB are using that to their advantage… If this is the hype now surrounding “ice blast” imagine what a couple of more months will do!
Yeah fair. Although even when Tower do their thing channels like mine will add more noise on top of it. I just want them to be more transparent 🤞
@ no definitely it’s very frustrating, maybe they’re going about it the wrong way but only time will tell… hopefully the sooner the better!
I love your vlogs, but I had to use captions to watch them as the lift music was a turn-off. I have never been on Ice Blast because I'm not too fond of heights, but I love the Big One. Keep the vlogs coming.
Apologies for that. I’ve been trying to find the sweet spot for background audio. Plus annoyingly the mic I used for this video died half way through so I had to use backup audio so I think I sound weird 🙈
Right next to the Flying Machines, which is space themed. I personally would have painted the tower black and themed it similar to Valhalla...but I suppose a shot tower is more suited to space theming than viking.
Yeah fair
Also ordered a big wheel which showed up on site then cancelled project last minute? can’t remember what year it was
Something like head above the clouds I believe? But fair point. It’s not set in stone until they confirm it
What im wondering is what will happen to the sponsor of ice blast will they not be sponsored anymore?
It’s not been sponsored for a while. That’s when it went from Tango Ice Blast to just Ice Blast
The ride Sponsor days ended years ago
Season pass code today got it for 126 quid
It's good expect more things to come. Def could do a good vr exp hotel dracula
Code was posted in email
Maybe some more discounts to come
thanks so much
No worries
Never did ice blast. Will be interesting. Do you expect ghost train changes next season also chris
Maybe. They do tweak it regularly. Sometimes small changes. Sometimes bigger ones. We did get a repaint and new scenes last year and it sounds like a lot is happening around the park so my guess would be very minimal tweaks if we do.
Thumbnail is fantastic 😂
Ha ha. I do enjoy being a muppet 😂
At least it’s something. But I feel like they could do so much better!!
Sounds like the first part of a larger puzzle from what Amanda said in an interview so 🤞
Agree, one ''slightly'' reinvented attraction won't be like a new customer magnet, its wallpapering over lots of cracks
Flying machines is space themed and is right next to it.
Yeah true.
Lick of paint and a new name, if this is their new headline attraction for 2025 its world class piss take from BPPB. They're going to need more than this to bring visitors back to the park next year.
Completely agree but I’m hoping based on rumours that this is merely one piece in a larger puzzle for the parks future 🤞
For the first time in in the rides life it's coming back with his own identity and not a sponsorship ie PlayStation the ride or tango ice blast
Indeed. It’s been weird lately where they dropped Tango but kept Ice Blast 😂
Well I’d be happy for it to be as strong as when it originally came out, was a fun ride. In terms of the PR, the wording must have come from PB PR team for the article to go out so this is a blunder that they’ve not logged the release of the magazine, rookie error. The release should have come direct from PB to socials first.
Yeah I’m guessing we’ll hear in the next day or two? Maybe 🙄
spacex or ESA sponsor? tim peak to reopen?
Ha ha. Back to pay per ride. But you need to use Doge coin 😂
@@coaster_dad a big doge flag on the top too!
@ant6662 😂
I was in the line for the first ever public ride on PlayStation. I didn't even know it was there, it has just a 'Happy Accident' To be honest, it felt no different to how it does 'now'.
Interesting. I didn’t experience it back then but many have said it was way more forceful and I’ve definitely been on better shot towers so I assumed it had just lost its power over time. It’ll be interesting to see how it rides next season 😀
@coaster_dad Maybe I've just forgotten over time.
Maybe the loan for the giro swing was a plan B, I hope not. But maybe it was a case of see how bad Ice Blast was and if its a fixer upper stay with it, if it isn't rip out use loan for new Giro Swing I hope not and we see a brand Spanking new Giro Swing 😁😁😁
Aye I want one too 🤞
They maybe have a sponsor and that's why they have been quiet
That’s possible.
It's not really a new ride just a refurb of an old ride. But what's replacing grand Prix.
Rumour is a family coaster. But who knows 🤷♂️
Glad it is staying but honestly I can’t take anymore blue colored rides. Big One supports,Flying Machines and now Ice Blast it’s all the same. Flying Machines color is awful currently.
Next up, repaint icon 😂
@ wouldn’t be suprised!
BPB has never been a theme park! They only changed the name from Playstation to Ice Blast because of sponsorship!... Revolution was Irn Bru for a while because of the same thing! The Big One was the Pepsi Max because of the £1 Million given towards the cost by Pepsi. I remember when you could only get Pepsi in all the outlets selling food too! No Coke-Cola in sight!.... Think the Monorail (R.I.P) was sponsored too at one point! Kit Kat radio was another!.... Think it has a lot to do with money! Look back and BPB was losing money for a while. Its all about survival these days and I think AT is doing a good job with the present climate!
Yeah I do wonder if this will have a sponsor or not. Spacex? NASA? 😂
@@coaster_dad Zoom Lolly if your old enough to remember! 😂
Blackpool Pleasure Beach mismanagement once again.
They can't even make something positive out of this.
🙈
This park won't last much longer. If there's nothing new again next year don't expect crowds to pick up. Ice Blast reopening with a new name isn't going to bring crowds back. Such a shame what's happened to this place but I won't be back for a third year despite living 45 mins away. It's simply not worth the entry fee.
I hear you. But I’m hoping based on rumours that this is only one piece of a bigger puzzle for the parks future 🤞
@coaster_dad All well and good getting loans but their financial situation is already pretty dire as it is. They need people back at the park and in much great numbers. As you referred to I think the gyro swing is cancelled. As much as I think they are great attractions they won't bring back the punters. The only thing that's going to do that is a fantastic coaster but I'm struggling to see where the money will come from. The plot of land at Grand Prix could fit a coaster on it I'm sure but not a particularly massive one. Sad days for the UK park industry right now. Soaring costs and footfall dropping.
I agree a strange decision to re theme it to a space theme when Valhalla is next to it not sure what to think about this will have to see when the park opens next year 🤔🤔
Indeed. End of the day it’s not a theme park so it’s clearly not their strength 😉
Except it stands right next to Flying Machines that is rocket themed, so this make perfect sense