How GOOD is the Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach? | Review & Tech Analysis
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- So how good is the Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, and what makes it a complicated roller coaster? In this video, I'll be talking about why the Big One is still my favourite UK roller coaster, why the claims of it being a monorail with no airtime are unjustified and also taking a look into some of the technical aspects of this coaster including three trains, the transfer track, how the weather impacts on it and much more.
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My favourite coaster...every time I see her it’s a sensory sensation that I never get tired of as it is tied into so many memories, people and times of significance in my life. I couldn’t even begin to have an objective opinion and you know...I’m ok with that 😌
I can totally relate to this
Me too...driving up that long single lane where all the signs are towards the football ground and it comes into view... goosebumps every time!
@@ewilliams370 e willams correct i sea it whilst walking from the north station from Manchester Piccadilly
100%
I remember being at the pleasure bech in 1994 when this opened, I was only 8 and this thing looked twice as big as it does now, there was no infusion so it towered out of the park with nothing obscuring it's lines, the 1st drop before they changed it was so intense looking. It is a fun ride, the first drop is great, they could have made the whole ride alot better though.
Yeah, I can relate although I was younger in 94. It looked massive and to be fair still does
@@yourexperienceguide Yeah you wouldn't think stealth was almost the same size, I think it's because of the supports or something.
But yeah I remember climbing that lift hill for the first time clanking away, I worked my way up from the avalanche and zipper dipper with my dad!
Brilliant ride start to finish. Cant wait get back on it.
Same, I’ll be rushing to it on opening day 😁
My favourite coaster in the UK by far. Incredible views, insane first drop and a great turnaround section. Monorail comments are just childish. What an iconic and awesome ride.
Totally agree thanks for watching and commenting ☺️
Krissy Eduardo they are childish
The big one is only still relevant because sadly in the UK we don't have a track record of building big hypercoasters to compete with it. I don't even mind the roughness of the coaster I have more of an issue with the uninspiring dull layout.
Disagree, if coasters built in the 20’s and 30’s are still relevant with bigger more advanced rides around them it’d be the same for PMBO
Never ridden it, I've never been on an Arrow. The drop looks cool, the rest is maybe not so modern, but that's because it is an old ride. It totally fits with BPPB. They didn't have the space for a standard lay-out so what they did was great.
They did very well to get it into the park
It's hard to believe this an Nemesis are the same age, Nemesis still seems like a modern ride and has aged like fine wine.
I can't help to wonder what if we got a B&M
Get the big one on a calm, still, nighttime ride, after it has been running all day, and it absolutely flies round. You get multiple big airtime moments on these sort of rides, and the sense of speed is incredible. I think my best ride on it was on the last late night fireworks event of the 2019 season. It really is a ride that varies massively with your experience of it. I used to be in the 'meh' camp, but now I absolutely love it. The GP love it too, it remains the most iconic and well loved rollercoaster in the country I would say.
Totally agree, on a still day it’s absolutely fantastic but there’s so few of those days 😭
your scripting is top notch. miles above majority of coaster youtubers. thanks for making content
Thank you, really appreciate this feedback 😀
Really interesting to hear your view on the ride. While I can appreciate there are many rides with far better layouts, there is just so much to love about the big one!
Thanks Zak, although I’ve gone on about it being one of my favs a lot I’d like to think this covers everything in a lot more detail. Thanks for watching ☺️
Big one is a unique hyper coaster IMO, it is like a 200ft wooden coaster due to it having more laterals than airtime and the first drop and the whole ride slams you around which is super fun.
There's definitely airtime, unfortunately to get that airtime, you need a non-windy day which is rare in Blackpool
when a mate rode it a few years before i did back in the 90s... he described it as an excellent first drop, then a fun-ish 2 min scenic ride back to the station around the park. And still holds - the anticipation and the views from the lift hill, the intensity of that drop in which ever seat you happen to be in (tho that back left seat is my personal fave for max thrill of being pulled down the drop) it's not my top ride at the park... but equally, it's one i'll be disappointed if i don't get to ride while are the park
Thanks for watching and commenting Mark :)
very in depth, love it! Great video Scott!
Thanks Zak!
Loved this Scott ! The more technical the better mate . Can’t wait to get back up there this year 🎢🙌🏽😁🧱👍🏽
Thanks guys, roll on 12th April
@@yourexperienceguide 🥳🥳
This is my favourite UK rollercoaster but only if your in front row.
Earlier this year I went to blackpool pleasure beach for the 1st time and for the 1st ride I did the big one in the front row and as soon as the ride was over I knew it was my favourite UK rollercoaster.
I did it 10 times that day.
One of the times I did back row and it was awful I wouldn't recommend anyone to do it and if your only gonna be able to do it once then always do front row.
I'm hopefully going to go back again next year and I hope it's as good as I remembered it being.
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If people think the big one is rough...they should avoid the grand national, they dislocate their spine. It would be nice if they added some mini airtime hills to the back end to make it more interesting it would improve it a little.
I’d love to see triangular airtime hills on the return leg
It might now have the most powerful airtime but its still got some but the bottom of the drops are pretty intense as well so it's not exactly force less..The trains are so open as well. Its so over hated.
It’s certainly not monorail with the g-forces it pulls
Not seen you for a while Mr Moss
@@JesusIsLord105 or Danielle Dewitt
@@timothywait9457 Danielle told me to stop stalking her just because I replied to some of her comments lol
I love the Big One, it’s really fun. And it looks fantastic on the prom, it’s almost as iconic as the tower. I can see it from my office window in Barrow too, which is nice.
Must be a great view on a clear day 😀
It certainly is 😎. From Walney you can do a sweep of the Isle of Man, Snowdonia, and most importantly the Big One (and the tower) on a clear day 😊
@@MatthewRambles I'm from Barrow as well
@Maskofmystery Awesome 😎
Never ridden it before but I’m going to PB in 6 days and I’m looking forward to riding it for the first time!
Enjoy
The pleasure beach is great to go to. Many happy memories going there.
I rode this first the first time in 10 years on 28/07/23. I went in it 4 times. Once on the front and three times on the back . In my opinion it’s the best coaster in the UK! Everything about it is amazing. On the back is by far the best place to sit as it rips you around and is pretty rough which I personally love. On the front it seems to just cruise around but offers amazing views. The nostalgia value and views it offers make it the ultimate 90’s thrill
Great video as always. I remember when me and my wife were "courting" - we'd walk around the Pleasure beach and see concrete posts on the ground with signs saying "Pleasure beach's new roller coaster will be 235 ft. high at this point".
Exciting times I bet 😀
Great coaster. Glad they're looking after it.
Me too, thanks for watching 😀
I love the big one . It’s my favourite. I find it mind blowing how the big one is so good but it’s doesn’t go upside down . They should build a upside down big one with a big loops and more airtime . I would love to see another big rollercoaster to complement the big one .
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That coaster reviewer guy that said Big one is like a monorail, all he did was complain about the park and all the rides. He calls himself a coaster enthusiast absolute rubbish. If he cannot appreciate these rides he is no coaster lover at all. He comes across like a miserable spoilt brat. Thank god for this channel and people like you who appreciate and love this iconic park.
The lack of appreciation that BPB and the Big One gets does annoy me at times
Great video Scott on such an iconic ride that I absolutely love.
Thanks Mark, your first coaster on 12th April?
@@yourexperienceguide For sure ✌🏼
@@DisneyMarkUK See you there lol
Last summer we came to Blackpool and we persuaded my mum to go on the big one, she is terrified of coasters and we went on first thing. She tensed up for the whole ride and with the roughness that day she had bruises all over her. Looked like she had been in a car crash, but she was glad she actually went on and we had a great day so all good. Iconic ride with so many memories.
The bruises will definitely have come from not sitting naturally and over tensing, but so glad you had a good day and made great memories ☺️
BKS you can not get bruises on this ride
@@timothywait9457 You can
Superb content Scott. Your love for the big one is clear for all to see! Great to hear someone so passionate about it with such compelling knowledge too. I love the big one too, can’t wait to go in it at night! Never done that before. Maybe some signage pre loading would speed up things and make the queue run quicker? Floor stickers and wall posters encouraging folk to be prepared etc.
Thanks John, unfortunately people just don’t pay attention to any of it
John D very good at night get drunk or stoned
The anticipation on the way up... that clicking sound.... dragging you up and up..... the breeze .... that Blackpool all around feeling..... your crunchy nut cornflakes followed by sausage, egg, bacon, tea, toast etc keeping you nicely fuelled... are we really this high? ..... a slight fear that something could go wrong.... the chatter of different excited accents all around - invariably including the shrieking sound of one or two young females..... everything below is now tiny ......... that brief surreal silence at the top as it all starts to tip over..... the silence quickly changes to thunder as you rapidly plummet earthwards powerless against the supreme forces of gravity .. wrapped inside the emotional compress of terror, excitement, survival and pleasure that can only be had right here.
I think many people will have experienced it as you've wrote it there! Thanks for watching and commenting
Wow! What a comment that is! Take a bow sir!
Bingo Bongo searing the 2 girls in front as there Train is Flipped to the right the breath yet good second of air time as you do the turn the nice g force in ones back then the drooping to ground i like the back row the first drop does have air time just for a second in the back very good when the tides in even beater as one feels n top of the choopy sea
@@Jerrymouse79 andyhux79 it should be a top comment like me he must have ridden this Millions i always like searing people going on it for there first time
Another well laid out video Scott, you do a fine job of going into detail without making it boring.... Talking of boring, I'm surprised at the amount of people who agree with me, one good drop and then yawnsville, YES I'm not alone.
I know. Why not lose everything bar the big drop, adapt it slightly and make it the world's biggest water chute??? And if we got rid of the evil that is infusion, that would give us space to get a decent log flume put back in!
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Thanks for the feedback Steve, appreciated 😀
Great video, very detailed and analytical😁 I cant wait to get back on this legendary ride!
Thanks Sam, can't wait to get back on it!
Well done Scott, you pulled this video off in double quick time, although I was quite looking forward to a Michael Butt log flume POV special 💦🎢
Thanks 😊 Two late nights helped me power through it
Personally I really enjoy roughness in a roller coaster because it actually makes it more forceful and makes you feel like the ride is much more action packed. I despise new age roller coasters like the forceless new B&M's being built or the intamin blitzs in their animations.
This for me is still one of the best hyper coasters that I've done, others disagree and keep trying to change my mind but they won't.
A b&m track replacement with the same layout would be good! Same layout and airtime with more smoothness and better restraint.
This with B&M track and trains would be very dull
This is a great coaster. Simple. People just don't know a good thing when they have it. It's not just the first drop that's a thrill, it's getting up there. I hate heights but I ride the big one a few times when I'm there. Unfortunately, you can't please everyone. This coaster is as far from a monorail as you can get
Agreed, and thank you for watching 😀
Back when coasters were intense by accident and that's what drew people to them. "I survived The Big One!"
The Big One (Or Pepsi Max as it was known) is more than a coaster. It's a nostalgic structure! The 90's were the best!
Great vid and a balanced considered opinion. I can't wait to get back up to ride it!
I would like a B&M hyper AND for Big One to stay, and I don't think all this talk about UK never getting another hyper because we already have one is valid. A B&M would offer totally different experience and the obvious place would be Thorpe Park. They have the space at the back, the height allowances and there is nothing like it in the south, so I say bring it on. I think having a classic arrow at PB is important as they are becoming increasingly rare, plus all the coasters there are from different moments of history which is what makes the place so special.
Thank you, I completely agree with what you’re saying about a hyper at Thorpe it would fit so well
I remember going to the pleasure beach at age 8 and seeing the big one, I remember telling myself that I would never in a million years go on that, couple years later at age 12 me and my best friend went on it for the first timr on our own and we loved it! we had to go on it again because of how good it was, im 14 now and me and my gf are hopefully going to bo blackpool together and the big one is deffo the first ride were going on
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Decent ride but I don’t go into it expecting much airtime and forces and I manage to enjoy it. I also like rides with a big skyline and it sure does have that.
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Finally rode this for the first time and can I just say it was worth the wait for me. Really enjoyed it. It was a near perfect thrill for me.
It does need a new coat of paint though. Would look nice.
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Let’s hope the Ultimate will reopen 😓😓
Speaking of the Big one, my favourite element is easily the drop
even if you are not in the back row, it’s still insane in EVERY single row
You are seriously flung on it
Edit: I rode it in the second row (still insane)
I think we’ve lost The Ultimate for good
@@yourexperienceguide I really hope not..
I don't think it will be long now until it's gone, same for the rest of the park unfortunately, I can not understand their decisions at all.
The big one is most definitely not a monorail. Maybe they are getting confused by the actual monorail track which is fairly close by. I actually do miss the old monorail. It was a nice chill ride from which you could see the sights and soak in the atmosphere.
I miss it too, so many amazing views of the park that’ll never be seen again
I liked the monorail, but I LOVED the cable cars, they used to scare the life out of me getting on and off them, and they didn't half clatter when you entered the stations.
@@stevehadfield5963 Wasn't the cable cars moved to Pleasureland Southport?
Hey, love the video and I'd love to visit the UK someday and ride it. I want to offer a correction to something you said - Cedar Point is my home park, and unless something was changed this past summer (the Summer of COVID), Magnum XL-200 still runs three trains. At least every day I've visited, and I'm a pass holder. That's not to say that there hasn't been a day where it's operated only two, but generally it always operates all three. Always has. Now Gemini, the other big Arrow coaster in the park, used to operate three to a side - 3 red and 3 blue, but now it only operates 2 to a side. Corkscrew, Iron Dragon, and Mine Ride only operate 2 now. But Magnum still operates 3 regularly. At least every time I've been to the park.
Hi Matt, thanks for watching and hopefully some day you’ll get over to BPB. Have you watched my review of Magnum? It may be of interest.
I’ve been lucky enough to see Magnum on three trains but out of five days at the park, I’ve only ever seen it on three for one of those days. I understand it does still run three but only when it’s really necessary.
Excellent video mate. Really enjoyed it. Awesome footage too. It will always divide opinion but its still the best we have in the UK, because of its firm place in coaster history, and because its an Arrow. 😜👍👍🎢
Arrow coasters always get a higher ranking 😆
Thanks for your help with the transfer track info mate
@@yourexperienceguide Totally! Haha 👌
No worries mate, any time. 🎢🎢🎢
@@RidesUK May be able to do our bit for the BPB 125 documentary soon 👏🤞🏼
Great video! I can see it lasting upto 50 years before it needs replacing and when it does i think lots of the structure will be used for its replacement.
I fully expect it to be operational when I get to the point of being unable to do coasters anymore, if there’s anything less than 35 years I’ll be gutted!
When me and my pals were bored we'd nip to the Pleasure Beach for the day. We sussed out where the camera was for the Big One, so we'd always pose for it. One day we all decided to be reading something. I chose a copy of Razzle. Certainly got a few laughs at the booth after the ride where everyone was buying their souvenir photos!
Thanks for watching and commenting, are you heading to Pleasure Beach this summer?
@@yourexperienceguide Who knows!?!? Always have a good laugh when we go, but I've got a funny feeling that the place will be beyond crowded this season as everyone goes crazy over the fact that we can leave our houses and go to places like the Pleasure Beach.
I can see the Big One on a clear day from just up the Road from me in Blackrod. I’ve got to admit, I’ve never been on it as that first drop scares me. Lost my nerve with rides when I left high school in 1993. I spent some fantastic times on BPB back in the late 80’s early 90’s when I was a teenager and rode everything, the Grand National being my favourite and I spent ages in the winter of 93/94 watching the Big One being built. It really is iconic ( no pun intended) and is now as much a part of Blackpool as the tower.
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If they were gonna remove the Big One, they would probably replace it with either a Intamin, Mack or a Vekoma hyper since they work with these manufacturers mostly
Honestly I don’t think they’d replace it if it went, not directly anyway, they’d struggle to replace it without building something that took a similar route around the park.
@@yourexperienceguide yeah but if they used the same layout with a different manufacturer they could improve the airtime hills etc because the layout could work
@@kofi4759 Not going to happen
That twisting first drop looks awesome! Great video.
Thanks Preston, looking forward to getting back on it
Preston Melton how come you have not been on ?
@@timothywait9457 I live in the US. Can't wait to make it to Blackpool!
The first time I rode the big one was back in 2018, late night riding, around 9pm in the dark. It was the tallest coaster I'd been on at the time and I was bricking it. Needed a nervous toilet break as I waited to get on... Just stick with it I thought... I made it on, enjoyed every moment, and we came flying into the brake run, yes the first e-stop brake run you spoke about... Oh no, another 10 minutes of waiting with my bladder already shot. I won't forget that experience quickly, and yes, I made it to the loo in the end :D
Haha this is great, nothing like getting an e-stop on the brake run when you’re bursting for the loo 🤣
Ross Booth you do not have to talk about your balder
Ross Booth glad you had fun on it
We can't wait to get back on it 😎
See you around on opening day? 😀
I rode this yesterday for the first time. It was the hottest day so bad timing but couldn't be helped. We got into the queue at 9:35am, and the trains were testing at that stage. Then they stopped, so we waited. The testing restarted with one staff memberin 2 trains, then an empty train was left on the lift hill for half an hour. The heat was stifling, no announcements or information from the operations team and still we waited. We were 3 trains from the top of the queue so we didn't want to leave the queue. It finally started running at 11:10. Everyone was exhausted with the heat by then but at least we got to ride. We rode mid-train and it was very fast and the views were amazing but I will say I was hugely disappointed as I experienced almost zero airtime. Maybe it was our mid-train position or because it was an early train. The operations were crap and I think that set the tone. It was down for most of the rest of the day then, maybe from the crazy heat, so at least we got to ride. What a pity. I'd re-ride if there was a walk-on but not otherwise. Once does the trick, we're back again today but Icon deserves the re-rides.
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I bottled the chance to go on this when I was a kid and haven't been back to PB since then. Hopefully going to go on it for the first time when I'm up in a few weeks. Got slight fear of heights so its about time I face that...
Have a great visit
I am going to pleasure beach in june and I am determined to go on pepsi max i tell myself everytime i going on it . For me though i need there to be no queue so I cant think bout it and turn back i am so looking forward to going through group of 8. Yes I love your video x
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The Back is the best as you get pulled down with the arms up woohooooo 😂😂
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My father put me on that coaster, that developed a fear of roller coasters for me
Man do I miss him
I'm still risking my fear to go on it again in the future
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I love The Big One i always have and my most memorable moment on it was definitely last year when i got to go back on it for the first time that season and it was mine amd Stuz's first ever coaster together. Was a brilliant ride and got a great front row ride on it. 😍🎢
Awesome, won’t be long before you can both go on again 😀
@@yourexperienceguide Yeah so excited to get back!! We'll be there on the Monday if it goes ahead! 😄
@@Lorenjones33 Me too
I going pleasure beach around April 25 can’t wait to get back on the big one and all the other rides I be like a 10 year old again running from run ride to another while maintaining social distancing of course 😂
Have a great time :)
Great video as always Scott! Quick question about your US trip from 2019. Where did you guys fly from in the UK and when you flew back which airport did you fly back from in the U.S.? Interested in doing a similar trip when we can again and just seen the added cost of car rental being dropped off at a different airport.
Hi, we started at JFK and drove back there on the last day. The drive from CP to JFK was tiresome and too long a journey to be honest.
I’m 9 and I went on it yesterday!
Well done
Under the Basement of magnum lies this bad boy. Great vid!
I’d love to get some laps on both coasters this summer
Awesome ride can't wait to bet back to pleasure Beach I do t live so far away haha awesome video love the channel!
Thanks Karl!
Top work again Scott 👏
Thank you! ☺️
When it first opened it was awesome, the first drop is still fantastic; but having been on many coasters outside the UK after the first drop I find it a bit boring now.
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I'm sitting in my hotel room knowing I'm going tomorrow. I'm gonna have to force myself on!
So did you do it?
Great thing to look at, but it’s so so rough now. I would love BPB to replace it with a B&M.
Thankfully BPB won’t be doing that anytime soon
@@yourexperienceguide it’s too rough for me these days! 😅
if they hire dh morgan to redo the big one adding more airtime smoothing it out and do some reprofiling it would be great
Very interesting Scott you really know your stuff mate the Big One is a great coaster which we always enjoy everytime we visit Blackpool thanks again and all the best 👍🎢👍🎢👍
Thanks Colin, opening day is getting closer
@@yourexperienceguide Hello Scott how r u doing have heard about Robbie Williams maybe buying BPB it's on the daily mail website......👍🎢👍🎢
@@colintait7139 Hey mate it’s a fake story, BPB have confirmed it’s a wind up from the Daily Mail
@@yourexperienceguide After reading It I thought that I just wanted to bat it your way to have a look I think there is also footage of Gansta Granny at Towers knocking about good luck for Sun......all the best mate 🙂👍🎢🎢
Ive been binge watching ur reviews lol, i think vekoma should use their new gen track and trains and completely improve the big one, it probably wont be feasible, but it would be cool
Thanks for watching, the Big One won't be getting the changes you mention from Vekoma but may have further retracks done by Taziker.
Great video guys arrow classic 😍😍
Thank you
Another fab video!
Thank you 😀 Really enjoying scripting out and editing these, so many rides to do features on too
Real Enjoyed this video.
Was Real interesting, 🌞🍀🌞
Thanks
Great video of a great coaster Scott. Definitely my favourite.
Thanks Stuart
Stuart Chappell best in UK sorry Smiler and thats not 2nd 2nd would be Icon or Oblivion
@@timothywait9457 The Smiler is nowhere near the UK top ten
If based and inspired on Magnum XL200, why oh why (I can only think space constraints) would it not include the small triangle airtime hills near the end? Crazy. Yeah would be great if they could be added in on a future retrack project - great shout!
It’s a lot to do with fitting it in, I don’t think they’d have got the triangular hills in whilst being able to bring it back through the park without removing some of the rides
You certainly can’t miss it on the Blackpool skyline, used to love this coaster but in recent years it’s become way too rough to be a pleasurable experience, last year I found it to be a bruising experience, the first drop is still great but that for me is where the fun stops with the Big One
Fair enough, thanks for watching and commenting ☺️
I have a fear of heights and find the slow climb to the top more terrifying than the fast descent over the drop
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I love the Big One - it’s definitely not a top coaster for me, but I can really appreciate it for being unique and iconic. I think one of the reasons it gets so much unnecessary hate is because people try to compare it to something it isn’t. It was never supposed to have an intense, air time filled layout, so although it maybe could’ve done with a bit more air time, I don’t think you can really use those complaints against it too much.
I always think the 'hate' is for show and usually for attention online because the haters are always happy to queue hours for it lol. I've always thought this.
It opened the same year as Nemesis,and everyone was saying Nemesis is better,they competed with each other.
I rode it when it was brand new (ISH!) in 1996 I was 19 yrs old. Yep that first drop is iconic. .. unfortunately I've developed a fear of heights/vertigo as I've got older. I would not dare ride it now. ... I had a funny turn in the glass lift going up Blackpool tower, so id deffo be freaking out on the big one!!
Interesting vid with the technical bits, I'm going BPB on Monday, can't wait. I'm gonna ride Icon for first time. It's not too high so I think I'll be ok. Chickened out of Infusion last time I was there, but gonna try be brave enough to do it.
Would you say Infusion is ok for fear of heights or not?
Hard to say on Infusion, it isn't as little as it looks when you reach the tallest point (check out our on ride video of it). Have a great time.
Great video!
Thanks! :)
@ 7:57 shutter speed lined up with running wheel RPM.
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Two fave memories if that's okay :) First, riding it in either its opening year or the year after. Me and a mate drove down from Scotland, did the Pleasure Beach, then back up that night. I hadn't been to the park since I was a child so lots of memories came flooding back and seeing the Big One up close we just thought 'WOW!' Second, riding it more recently with my young nephew ... he got a slight shock on the first drop ;) My only slight complaint is it sometimes seems to trim a bit too much at the brake run beside the hotel nearing the end of the ride.
Always happy to see memories and opinions shared ☺️
Sincerely Insincere was your nephew sat on the right or left as in my experience the left is more intense i do not no why
@@timothywait9457 Left side, front row. He made the mistake (once into the first drop) of thinking it would be better to sort of lean forward and crouch down as oppose to staying upright ... he soon learned it wasn't as the train reached the bottom of the drop!
The Big Monorail
A shame BPB got rid of their Monorail but also understandable why.
@@yourexperienceguide lol I see what you did there
Its a cracking coaster and its our coaster job done.
Daft question are the train lights on a battery under one of the seats I should imagine?
Yeah they’re under the third row of each carriage which is why there’s so little leg room in those rows 😆
When you started talking about the block zones, I was waiting for the el toro ryan block zone speach!
Haha, I always felt like I was going to go off and quote Ryan at that point too!
Don’t ask why but i love rough and smooth rides,rough rides are intense and scary and smooth coasters are comfortable and scary.
I found it a boring ride. Rough? YES! Airtime? I'm still looking for it!
You’re looking in the wrong places 😆
It lacks in airtime but does have it 👍
First drop fantastic,rest of the ride yawnsville!
Scott, get that monorail comment out of the bin now lol 😂 One of the only reasons that might convince me to try riding it was that comment as it makes it seem less terrifying (whether it’s true or not lol) 😂😂😂
Despite never being brave enough to ride it though I do have a lot of love for this coaster. I can’t imagine the Blackpool skyline without it even though I am old enough to remember the days before it was built lol 😬
Maybe if some gorgeous hunk of a man offered to hold my hand I might be convinced. Not my husband, he’s tried already lol (he’s ridden it). Anyone got Anton Du Beke’s number? 😍😉😂🤣
Great video as always x
Lol, thank you 😊
this year faarup sommerland got phonix and is 40 meter high with 95KM/H and it have inversion
We recently uploaded a pov of it
@@yourexperienceguide try out tiger in Djurs sommerland and the rest of the them park you will get some stuff that ain’t the same as faarup sommerland
The wife went on it 1st in 94 because I was looking after my daughter . when she got off she said OMG its brilliant . I Didn't want to go on but I did And OMG its up there as was as my favourites to this day
Brill, how long did you both have to wait for it?
@@yourexperienceguide not to long if I remember right .you had to pay to go on it
Mike Bailey normally its the wife that would be to scared
@@yourexperienceguide i first went on in 1995 aged 8 and waited 2 and a half hours and that nigh in the dark 3 and a half as the sunset you could smoke grass and drink in the qeue then got the fumes waited 2 and a half for Nemesis not worth it but worth it for big one
@@timothywait9457 Nobody needs to know you were smoking and drinking in the queue 🤷🏻♂️
Wow this is so cool
Thank you for watching and commenting
I do love the big one however it gets really shaky at the bottom of the drops on a wheel seat.
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Icon is SO much better !
Not in my opinion but each to their own
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: Yyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssss.
(imo)
(i know the grammar makes no sense. but the answer is just so obvious that it didnt need grammar to still be understood)
@@Todd21212 just taking to yourself
@@trollboy545 I replied to the comment instead of editing the comment because editing the comment would have removed the heart.
Very tame nowadays. It’d be amazing if they switched up some of the track so it was less of a monorail🚝! Sharper drops for air time etc.
No tamer than it was previously, the Monorail comments are such an unusual take on it. Unfortunately in real life just taking track out and completely reprofiling it to give it a new layout isn't the same as doing it on planet coaster, it takes planning, changes to the groundwork and costs too much money to be worthwhile.
Monorail with big drop at start
Great Vlog, but please could you also mention the stats in Metric for your continental fans. thanks
Thanks for your feedback 😀
No doubt the best coaster in the UK.
Yeah no. No doubt it's not the best coaster in the UK.
not even top 5 at the park....
@@coasters4life388 How?
@@coasters4life388 Yeah I think that's a bit harsh. There's no way that's it's #1 because of Icon, but I'd probably put it at #2, or at #3 behind Revolution if I'm in a bad mood.
1. Icon
2. Revolution
3. Big Dipper
4. Grand National
5. Avalanche
I just think the big one is a rough monorail with a decent drop and nothing special at all
its just to rough now its unreal not sure what needs to be done to fix this issue
The best ride that has ever been built ❤️
It’s one of my favourites but not something I’d consider as the best 😀
Zac_Marsh_ would not go that far but god to see someone who relly loves it
Easter late night riding, 2019
It was a hot sunny clear day and it was flying
It was also the first time I rode it as I had had been putting it off since 1994 when I was 10 😂
Oh I remember that, it was absolutely flying that night
@@yourexperienceguide I had a few beers and my then 15 year old daughter dragged me on about 7 pm
Didn’t have much time to think about it as we had E bands
@@evehosgood was the beer Heineken thats my favourite
@@timothywait9457 I can’t remember 😂