Icon

Icon is an launched roller coaster that is now open at Blackpool Pleasure Beach amusement park in Lancashire, England. Manufactured by Mack Rides, it is scheduled to open in Spring 2018 and will cost £16.25 million. The ride will be the first multi-launch coaster in the United Kingdom, it will use 2 magnetic LSM launches to propel the train along the track and it will feature Japanese style theming as seen in the rides logo. It will serve as the park's sixth steel roller coaster and eleventh roller coaster overall. During the development and construction stages, the ride was known as "Construction 2018". The name "Icon" was announced on 11 April 2017 in an accompanying video released by Blackpool Pleasure Beach with CGI footage from Mack Rides. it is a very popular ride. you feel like you a going faster than you are on it. the seats are very comfy.

last time i was at the park i went on icon. it is a truly thrilling ride. only went on it once. i got there before the ride had actually opened. there was a massive que. very popular ride. first ride i went one this time. it perfectly intertwines with the parks other rides, providing some excellent head chopper moments - hawkfur 176

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the icon, which is now open, is 27 metres tall,1140 metres long and is 85 km per hour fast.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has announced it is to build a new £16.25m rollercoaster. It will be the UK’s first ever with a double-launch – an advanced technology that gives the roller coaster two powerful thrusts of acceleration during the ride. Dubbed as ‘Construction 2018′ – the ride will feature the most number of interactions in the world with 15 interactions involving five different rides and two tunnels.

The ride is being manufactured by Mack Rides at their world-class factory in Waldkirch, Germany, utilising the latest state-of-the-art engineering processes, including laser beam technology for extreme accuracy. The ride will open in Spring 2018.

i has its own soundtrack.