Big One Review, Blackpool Pleasure Beach Arrow Hyper Coaster | UK's Most Iconic Coaster?

[@maxmustermann6612]

Super controvertial but I find this coaster extremely entertaining and just fun to ride. The first drop in the back row with ample room is utter insanity and the rest of the layout only features a few sligt airtime moments yes.. but the way it rides feels like you are driving over cobblestones in a car at 90mph or something. Also the minimalsist trains help. And thank you so much for mentioning the soundtrack! I absolutely adore it and the atmosphere it gives to the station.

[@Lolfromskull-l7d]

This is so true the first drop is amazing the rest of the ride is nothing but with that view its more than nothing

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's fun if you look past the lack of airtime.

[@DawsonsMemes]

Rode this in the rain. Absolutely insane. Get by the bullets hitting your face and it’s just so much faster. Even overshot the breaks. Best ride I’ve had on it

[@CanobieCoaster]

Wow! How much airtime?

[@wally1970]

The views from the top of the lift hill are incredible, as is the first drop. After that it's still a fun fast ride, though definitely on the rough side. I love the old fashioned clackety-clack sound of the lift hill too.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I find it tolerable in most rows and it's fun if you look past the lack of airtime.

[@robwilkinson11]

A brilliant review.of an iconic ride. The back row on Big One is insane and every time I ride this coaster it surprises me! Thank you for reviewing!

[@CanobieCoaster]

You're welcome.

[@chriswalden6519]

We visit BPB twice a year usually and I always get butterflys in my stomach while queueing for the Big One! It most certainly has that effect on you, great ride, rough, but great!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Nice!

[@badmoonrising7795]

Absolutely the perfect big one review!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Thanks!

[@SousaphoneMusic]

people call it a monorail sometimes but having a massive fast monorail with some forces here and there sounds great to me

[@BassBanj0]

@@SousaphoneMusic seriously lol Coasters don't need to be thrilling to be fun, and even then that first drop is insane to the point the rest doesn't need to be Going fast, seeing the views, and interacting with other coasters makes it really fun in itself

[@CanobieCoaster]

It has forceful valleys and an epic drop. It has some intensity.

[@caffeinatedtrouble]

I rode this as a kid. That first drop is crazy, the way it's tilted so it makes you feel like you're about to fall out of your seat.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I love how whippy it is.

[@MatthewRambles]

I love this review. I know the Big One technically isn’t great, but I love the first drop, the speed, the retroness, the out of control feel, the views, the sound of the lift hill, the soundtrack, the way it looks, the interactions and the near misses. I could ride it all day everyday if I could. I think it suits a traditional seaside park (almost) perfectly. Sometimes I think about if they could replace it with a modern smooth hyper, but it just wouldn’t be the same. I hope they can eventually retrack the whole thing and paint it up.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I suspect they'll keep retracking it given its popularity and unique fit in the park.

[@MatthewRambles]

@ I hope so 🤞

[@samuelcarter7694]

I love this coaster, I remember going on it as a teenager. There's something about this coaster only having lap restraints which make the drop extra exhilarating.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I love how wicked the drop is.

[@FixatedAlt]

Got to love how at least two British coasters have the Union Jack on them, it’s not a lot but it’s funny it happened twice

[@acidalex420]

I mean we’ve got nothing on USA, you guys have so many American themed coasters 😂

[@nerfer1091]

@@acidalex420Yep, and it's just as funny!

[@CanobieCoaster]

What is the other one?

[@Deccyweccy8]

@@CanobieCoaster avalanche! The mack bobsled in the same park

[@Clumpkin25]

The first drop is amazing. The views are awesome. I like the turnaround and the helix too

[@CanobieCoaster]

It has plenty of good things. It just doesn't have airtime.

[@themeparkreel]

i adore the Big One. Hyperia might be newer but i wholeheartedly prefer Big One. Big One just has so much charm and it’s just so much fun to ride you have a smile and are laughing from start to finish. Hyperia didn’t wow me but Big One still wows me even after 7+ years of regularly riding it

[@solarflare457]

hyperia is better in every way

[@CanobieCoaster]

I prefer Hyperia, but I still enjoy Big One.

[@kohowch]

Magnum is my favorite pure hyper coaster so I really want to check The Big One out

[@Coastermatics]

Magnum is wayyy better, but big one has the superior drop

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Magnum is way better because it has that crazy triangle ejector airtime

[@CanobieCoaster]

It has way less airtime, but it's good at some things.

[@thomasxl200]

I know I would be totally underwhelmed by the rest of the layout, but I'm still ready for that first drop to change me as a human being.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's amazing.

[@crooked-halo]

Watching the back seat riders at 3:35 tells me a lot about this Arrow coaster! Ouch!

[@CanobieCoaster]

I love that drop in back. It's violent.

[@antondoesbolton]

First drop Is a twisting devil and great fun .....after that it's just a nice ride around.... I think they could definitely look at restyling the ride in the future do something bold and daring with it to keep and update it's iconic status ... part of Blackpool skyline

[@CanobieCoaster]

The ride is plenty popular as is, so I don't see the layout changing.

[@mrprobro522]

Do you find big one better than the giavalona hypers? The giavanola hypers have two great helixes but a severe lack of airtime more so than this coaster although I’ve never ridden this. And the giavanola hypers have poor pacing given the fact that there’s several dull moments.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Yes due to the drop and setting.

[@kotchapakmaneechote2062]

The layout looks like something straight out of Jet Coasters layouts in Japan, but with a better surrounding and over 200ft tall.

[@CanobieCoaster]

That is true.

[@JimmygamerA330]

This was my first roller coaster I ever went on

[@CanobieCoaster]

Ambitious first coaster!

[@kennyt7708]

Id say the 2 things that save this coaster are the first drop and visuals.

[@CanobieCoaster]

And positive Gs.

[@sovoho]

We could have had magnum but better 😭

[@dannyj.246]

Honestly if the airtime hills following the first drop were slightly lower to offer actually airtime it would of been amazing

[@CanobieCoaster]

The drop is better at least.

[@JoshB333]

5:44 weird… the original profiling looks a lot smoother 😂 Maybe its the angle

[@CanobieCoaster]

You hit the twist at a steeper angle.

[@Ste_vengeance]

From the 90's to present ive ridden the Big One a lot. And for the time ever last weekend they didnt do the midcourse brakes!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Wow, did the finale have better forces?

[@Ste_vengeance]

@CanobieCoaster at the back there was more airtime going into it, but rest of ride onwards any difference was negligible.

[@chrisogrady28]

Do you have any opinions on Big One getting RMC'd? It could be the new UK's tallest, and world's tallest/fastest/longest RMC. It would also open the door for RMC to do the same to any other janky arrows now that their wooden market is drying up. As the main reliability problem with big one is due to windy days slowing the train down, an RMC layout would eliminate this problem as they don't have any slow elements, ejector would just become floater instead of rollback, so they could run it more of the time.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I don't see it getting RMCed since it's popular as is.

[@chrisogrady28]

@CanobieCoaster it's popular relative to the other attractions in the park, but it's never running 3 trains and operating at full capacity, it would never have a line if it was. And it isn't the national or international draw it used to be, with a better ride more people would be in the park in the first place etc

[@iitzfizz]

The first drop is fun but it doesn't do much after that. I think it's had its day. Hyperia is amazing.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Hyperia is better, but Big One still has positive Gs and views.

[@GarryWilliams555]

For some reason it rides a lot rougher since being retracked. I used to love the ride but it's gotten to a point where it isn't fun for me and I love most 'rough' coasters lol.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I found it similar to my 2017 rides.

[@Trombone-yq4ok]

You should do a review on the New for 2024 Danse Macabre at Efteling! After you ride it.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Not sure when I'll ride it, but one day.

[@JFrombaugh]

I’ve heard this ride described as the Millennium Force of the UK. Incredible first drop, but not really that much else to it.

[@CanobieCoaster]

That's fair, but Millennium hugs the ground so it carries the speed better. And it's smoother.

[@BoomerBaskins]

The Big Ramp

[@CanobieCoaster]

Many big ramps lol

[@simoncurrie5520]

Oh laughed at that. Superman is higher.... Brilliant. Although you where/R completely correct. I can understand slightly why they claim the height as above sea level. It's because the park is built on the beach. This can be seen under big dipper for example. I've stood on the sand.

[@CanobieCoaster]

That's true this park is on the beach so you can see the full effect of the height, but the same can be said with Glenwood Caverns where their coasters are atop a mountain looking down.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

How does Arrow go from making Magnum to this? Clearly they didn't learn why Magnum was so popular

[@CanobieCoaster]

This ride is popular with most guests, even if it isn't an enthusiast favorite.

[@andrewbarrett42]

Big one has never been the fastest in the world even when it opened in 1994,Steel Phantom was.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Yes I agree. It was the fastest in the UK when it opened though.

[@coastercube838]

I love magnum so so so much… this ride looks quite worse

[@CanobieCoaster]

The drop is better at least.

[@coastercube838]

@ yes this drop does look really good

[@Paolo8772]

A bad hyper coaster is like bad sex or bad pizza: bad for sex or pizza, but good for food or fun. Therefore: The Big One is a bad hyper coaster but it's still a good roller coaster, if that makes any sense.

[@CanobieCoaster]

That makes sense

[@liamcollinson5695]

black pool pleasure beach acted like a psycho ex about hyperia saying you only beat the big one by one ft they even did the cringe master thing of printing it on a van that was driven about but discounting the measuring from sea level bs is actually wrong

[@CanobieCoaster]

I saw that van. That was funny.

[@Uncle_Nate]

I love arrows so much. This ride is terrible though.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I like it despite its warts.

[@Adrians_films]

Magnum’s drug addicted cousin

[@CanobieCoaster]

Lol

[@plymouthtoleedsonaxchst9537]

This coaster is the biggest pile of shite.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's a weird hyper, but I like it.