ONE Carriage Coaster Testing | Blackpool Pleasure Beach Pre-Season Update 2022

[@DisneyMarkUK]

Great update Scott, the woodies with 1 car look surreal

[@yourexperienceguide]

Agreed Mark, it was strangely satisfying to watch but even better seeing the full trains back in action

[@kkrispy2009P]

Howdy mark you OK

[@Jamiet958]

All of the retracking, Icon having something new and definitely not least the return of Valhalla later this year, loads to look forward to. Can't wait to see the fruits of their labour so to speak (big thanks as always to everyone involved in working on those projects). I've never been on Grand National before since visiting PB in the last few years because of its problems but it's certainly possible that might change this year.

[@yourexperienceguide]

It’s definitely an exciting year to be a BPB fan that’s for sure 🎢

[@ENSŌ_queen]

Nash is a good ride, albeit REALLY uncomfortable! I'll have to check what it's like with its new track, though....

[@yourexperienceguide]

@@ENSŌ_queen I think the trains will still be uncomfortable but the ride itself will be a lot more enjoyable

[@Andyfrog12345]

Never knew they tested on one train. Amazing to see. Thank you.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thanks Andy, was great to watch

[@bendyinkmachinefan2659]

The engineering team have been very busy getting things ready for the new season and good to see The Avalanche getting a fresh coat of paint and the Big One trains look fresh for the 2022 season. I definitely wasn't expecting a re-track on the Grand National.

[@yourexperienceguide]

They do a great job 😊🎢

[@themeparkawesome3401]

That must of been very cool to see just the one carriage going round on the track in person.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Yeah! Enjoyed watching

[@amusementhunter]

The single cars look hilarious, I love it!

[@yourexperienceguide]

It was amusing and fascinating to see 🎢

[@jo.dyer.]

Great update Scott! Loved seeing them push the big dipper carriage over 😂 I had no idea they had to do that to get it going again. The big one trains are looking beautiful 😍

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thanks Jo! It was so strange but satisfying to watch lol 🎢

[@leeowen4989]

Learn something new every day... That's the first time in 20 years of working on rides I've seen individual train cars running. I have run trains on woodies without the bodies on before, just the bare rolling chassis and they just barely make it round even after a good number of laps.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thanks for watching Lee, it was fascinating to watch, first time I've seen it being done in about 15 years because I am normally too late arriving to see it. Hope you're having a decent winter working with rides.

[@danielbooth2982]

At lightwater valley they have a tractor and a tow rope waiting near the forest section of the Ultimate to pull it back to the station during it's first few warm up runs.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Makes a lot of sense, would have been good to see that back in the day

[@eddienhp]

Wow! So that means Grand National will reopened with new wood design and new cars! If they can.

[@yourexperienceguide]

At no point in the video did I say that the Grand National is having new trains, I am not even sure they'd make a difference.

[@woofbarked]

Great video! Thank you! Running one car on the woodies is new to me.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you! I was very pleased to get it on camera this year, I normally miss it

[@AtractionsMayhem1234]

Great informative video. Thanks for sharing. The team at Blackpool Pleasure Beach look to have been very busy getting everything ready for the new season.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you, I enjoyed doing this one :)

[@CarrotStickCam]

Excellent as always, really cant wait to get back to blackpool. 2022s looking great for pleasure beach.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you 😊

[@RogEdwardsTV]

Fascinating Scott. Never realised they did that single car testing on the woodies though it does make sense when you thing about it. Would have been interesting footage if it had valleyed on one of the big drops! 😀

[@yourexperienceguide]

A seriously big push would have been needed 😳 It was so fascinating to watch, enjoyed it 🎢😊

[@felicitygoesplaces]

Thanks for another update! Really interesting to see the single trains going around on the woodys and getting a little push when needed. I can certainly empathise with them. 😂 I have to say that the poor Big Dipper is looking so tatty in places. I hope it receives some TLC in the future. 🤞

[@yourexperienceguide]

The paintwork on the Dipper is looking tired and it'd be great to see it redone, but unfortunately it's never likely. I think over time the woodies will be the colour of their timber rather than painted white.

[@coasterp2199]

Always enjoy your videos. Great job as always.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you ☺️

[@chinchiro]

Great video Scott, haven't been much since they closed gold mine but I've got myself a season ticket for 2022 and I'm hoping to make the most of it! You're doing a great job building hype towards the opening weekend and while I'm gutted to miss the big one next saturday, I'm very excited nontheless. Hope you have a lovely week and manage to do a tour of all the rides you're planning to next weekend!

[@yourexperienceguide]

I hope that you enjoy opening weekend and have a great season of visiting the Pleasure Beach :)

[@kkrispy2009P]

Congrats on 31k subs and your purchase of the big1 track

[@yourexperienceguide]

@@kkrispy2009P Thanks, nearing 32k now

[@pauly414]

Really see the kink in the Nickelodeon coaster track at 00:34 when it's cresting the drop, all adds to the fun I suppose.

[@yourexperienceguide]

To be fair it is the only thing wrong with Nickelodeon Streak, can't wait to get back on it

[@fehilly3]

Great footage as usual! Really interesting to see!

[@yourexperienceguide]

Many thanks :)

[@UpstopThrills]

Are one car testing on wooden coasters a common practice? Either way it’s really cool to see

[@yourexperienceguide]

Not sure about anywhere else but it is at the Pleasure Beach

[@CoasterChallYT]

It's so great seeing everything testing knowing I'll be there next week for the opening day! Can't wait. See you there PBE 😁

[@yourexperienceguide]

It'll be great to be back in the park :)

[@CoasterChallYT]

@@yourexperienceguide Absolutely!

[@yourexperienceguide]

@@CoasterChallYT Where you heading to first?

[@CoasterChallYT]

@@yourexperienceguide Most likely Icon cause that's the main credit I haven't got yet

[@yourexperienceguide]

@@CoasterChallYT Oh! I thought you’d done it already. Try and get a ride on it in the afternoon too, it’ll be much better.

[@ParkSpill]

Fantastic video! Great insight into the goings-on ahead of opening!

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thanks Sean!

[@rexz_nathan9442]

Can't wait to get back here in may. A lot to look forward too, especially the re opening of valhalla

[@yourexperienceguide]

Hope you have a great visit, maybe worth checking on Valhalla's opening date before booking because BPB are saying "Summer 2022"

[@KoasterKing205]

Great footage! Can't wait to return this year!

[@yourexperienceguide]

Have fun! :)

[@mjwndave]

Great video, and nice to see the engineering team busy for the upcoming season. I do hope, and you're footage showed it clearly, that they give the Big Dipper a repaint in time for the 100th Anniversary next year. I know it'll be a massive, costly, job but it's looking a little tired and could do with a spruce up. It's a great ride so here's hoping they do it for next year

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you! Would love to see them repaint it fully for its big anniversary next year.

[@justgaming2600]

great work again, brilliant viewpoints and camera work as always. although im confused, thought the streak only runs on 1 car service due to its age, but yet they can throw 2 cars round on it for testing but not on busy day were the ques are 1hr+? wish i hadnt seen that now ha ha, although looked great in sync ! tbh about the grand national re-track, great news and hope it really improves the ride, although for me , everyone keeps going about how rough it is, i dont think it is-its always been that way? maybe if you live near and you go to the park every month or whatever you might feel it more, but i dont think its any rougher than from when i was a wee guy in the 80's to what it is now. In fact, my step son who is 12 had never been on ANY coaster untill 2 yrs ago and he tried the grand national for 1st time last season(having building him up carefully) and after the 1st ride he was like again again again, jeez next thing we are on it 5 times on a row im hardcore and i was like errrmmm thats enough now. so cant be that bad if it entices, thrills and demands instant re-rides from a wee lad who is a coaster greenhorn. Although is great its being tracked again and have the life extended as its an amazing ride, brilliant if one side of your family is on the other car.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you, really appreciate the feedback! Nickelodeon Streak only has one train, it's the same train in shot at different points at the same time, the shots were filmed from my tripod so there was absolutely no camera movement which meant I could create the effect of it having two trains on at the same time. It would be unsafe for them to be dispatched that closely together. I'm absolutely certain the Grand National will be a hundred times more enjoyable in 2022.

[@karlkay5554]

I'll be at pb next week for more of my training hopefully I might bump into you!

[@yourexperienceguide]

Hope it’s going well for you so far 🎢

[@misscow_boots9985]

We go to Blackpool pleasure beach every September and I sure miss it 😓 at least though at the summer I'll be going to paultons

[@yourexperienceguide]

Hope you have a great time at both Paultons and BPB

[@unknown._error._4713]

Hello! Do you know when Valhalla will be back open? Hope you get to see this!

[@yourexperienceguide]

Summer 2022 according to the park’s latest press release

[@unknown._error._4713]

@@yourexperienceguide okay thank you for the info :)

[@em1866]

Love these videos! Great footage😊

[@yourexperienceguide]

Glad you like them, thank you :)

[@attractionshubno1]

Another great video Scott

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thanks again!

[@attractionshubno1]

@@yourexperienceguide you’re welcome

[@jaysoncowan4333]

Great vid! Does Nickelodeon streak have its second trans back is that really good editing?

[@yourexperienceguide]

Edited to make it have the two in frame at the same time :)

[@Adrenaline123-q2e]

Great video like always guys. Are there doing wristbands again this year or is it still only e tickets for the 2022 season this year 2022

[@yourexperienceguide]

Wristbands will be possible to use as an alternative but the eTickets are the main thing now

[@shinychariotdetailing9707]

Brilliant thanks for the update.

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you!

[@keiranhyre750]

Brilliant vlog

[@yourexperienceguide]

Glad you enjoyed the update

[@kkrispy2009P]

Cracking update scott

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you

[@ENSŌ_queen]

Love it! Not sure what my first roller coaster of 2022 will be, but it'll probably be in Blackpool Pleasure Beach! Am seriously thinking of it being Infusion lol.... Maybe I can convince some of my friends that it's really comfortable!

[@yourexperienceguide]

It’ll probably be quiet in the first hour to be fair 🎢

[@jimmyp7928]

Think I might be having my first ride of the National since 2017 at this rate . I really hope that they've taken some of the worst jolts away👍

[@yourexperienceguide]

I think it’ll be much improved

[@imansfield]

I’d love to ride in one of those single carriages. I bet it feels totally different to a full length train.

[@yourexperienceguide]

It would be a strange experience

[@MilitaryEditz12345]

Fairly decent footage mate …. Can you make your personal top 10 uk coasters??

[@yourexperienceguide]

Only ‘fairly decent’? Lol! Thank you. Top 10s will be covered in a new series coming to the channel at some point

[@MilitaryEditz12345]

Ok thanks

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Buzzing now Scott 🤩🤩😆🧱👍🏼

[@yourexperienceguide]

Can’t wait! Most wonderful time of the year 🤣

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@yourexperienceguide . We are working away till March 🥺🥺🥺

[@yourexperienceguide]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Be worth the wait when you finally get back there :)

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@yourexperienceguide . Definitely 🤩🤩🧱👍🏽

[@JoeMama-tq2eq]

So uncanny to watch them go around with one train, v interesting to see that’s how they wear the track in never knew that was a thing

[@yourexperienceguide]

It’s such a strange but satisfying sight

[@TreehouseCoasters]

Great Vlog see on opening day

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you enjoy opening weekend 🎢👍

[@bretts1019]

It makes you wonder the max amount of time they can be left standing but not running before they have to do these test runs maybe a month or so

[@yourexperienceguide]

They were sat closed for longer periods of time during the lockdowns and many years ago when BPB had a longer off season

[@acceleratedcreative]

Boy is Nick streaks transition bad there 0:33

[@yourexperienceguide]

To be fair it is the only thing wrong with Nickelodeon Streak

[@Luluzshortys]

made my day thank u

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you for watching

[@leesullivan1916]

One car on the Dipper is a strange sight and slightly amusing..... It looks like it's been naughty and making a bid for freedom..

[@yourexperienceguide]

Funnily enough we were saying it was like watching a runaway carriage at the time

[@flaw3dgenius222]

Gutting to see the Big Ones train painted Blue again rather than Silver

[@yourexperienceguide]

It was to be expected (sadly)

[@averageatplanetcoaster7815]

what's that big moon structure beside nickelodeon land? you seem like the kinda guy to ask

[@yourexperienceguide]

It used to be the home of a coaster called Space Invader

[@averageatplanetcoaster7815]

@@yourexperienceguide oh, never knew. Cool fact tho :) I never actually noticed it until now

[@catherineclark4484]

Love it

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thank you for watching and commenting ☺️

[@catherineclark4484]

@@yourexperienceguide no problem, really look forward to the updates, its footage you don't normally get to see, thankyou

[@shaelamdennis5737]

Lmao front car only on wickerman

[@yourexperienceguide]

Not sure it'll be the same on a woodie built in 2017/18

[@crashcoaster3852]

The red and the white look to have been removed from the Big One carriages aside from the zero car. Interesting.

[@yourexperienceguide]

It's decals that go on the side, they'll be back in time for it opening :)

[@crashcoaster3852]

@@yourexperienceguide Ah I see. Look forward to getting back to the park soon, but I think I'm gonna hold off until Big One reopens.

[@yourexperienceguide]

@@crashcoaster3852 Fair enough, we'll do our best to keep everyone updated with PMBO

[@alistairwaling7094]

was that camera trickery or did i see 2 different trains on nick streak?

[@yourexperienceguide]

It's the same train but in two different places at once

[@alistairwaling7094]

@@yourexperienceguide camera trickery then? i was hoping it had gone to 2 train service for this season

[@yourexperienceguide]

@@alistairwaling7094 The shots were filmed from my tripod so there was absolutely no camera movement which meant I could create the effect of it having two trains on at the same time. It would be unsafe for them to be dispatched that closely together.

[@PrettyCureFox]

I can’t wait to opening weekend. My first ride of the season is going to be Big Dipper. Your most welcome to join me Scott if you wish to

[@yourexperienceguide]

Hope you have a great opening weekend 🎢

[@stevenkeating6536]

Was it a editing trick or does ni k streak have two trains

[@yourexperienceguide]

Have a guess 😉

[@RB-yw9xv]

Hi if you are interested in the grand nashonol check wat hapend to Richard banks when he was a passenger thrown from the ride as it was going and smashed to bits the staff tried saying it was his own fault but it wasn't I was sat next to hi and one Minit he was there and the next he wasn't he was doing bownbracing nanover down the tracks please se if you can reveal the truth

[@yourexperienceguide]

Never heard this story in all the years I've been visiting the Pleasure Beach

[@RB-yw9xv]

@@yourexperienceguide I was a young boy but it still hapend I now live in a teant on the street and the only thing I have is KZbin so that's it but liying hirer feeling let down I just remains on wat could of been but it hapend

[@RB-yw9xv]

@@yourexperienceguide there was a resen to this the young boy that got shot down by thunder has the ser name Banks and my best friend Richard also has the same ser name and both accidents were very sad

[@Jackyboyunitedfan]

You sound like Tom aspinal

[@yourexperienceguide]

A few others have said this but not familiar with who it is lol

[@JoaoPaulo-ht8yo]

Who is going at weekend of the White Knuckle in February or beginning of March!?

[@yourexperienceguide]

Lots of enthusiasts at a guess

[@YoLuxiBedwars]

Hi

[@yourexperienceguide]

Hello

[@crooked-halo]

I do not like the modifications and replacements of the trains on Blackpool's three big wood coasters! They’ve damaged the ride experience. All 3 were so much better in the mid 80s, Grand National with normal, unmolested PTCs, Big Dipper with the same, and Roller Coaster (Nickelodeon Streak…terrible name) with the beautiful, unique, classic trains it had!

[@yourexperienceguide]

Big Dipper's trains are the same trains as it had in the early 90's, they just have a different livery. RollerCoaster's train was originally a Big Dipper spare, it was changed in 2007. Grand National's were changed in 2006, just under 2 years after its fire.

[@crooked-halo]

@@yourexperienceguide All three big wood coasters have added ratcheting lap bars and increased the height of the sides of the cars. These modifications, although seen minor by many, and likely not even noticed by the public, are things that have heavily damaged the ride experiences to many roller coaster hobbyists. Grand National received minor profile changes that greatly reduced the amount of airtime the coaster once had.

[@yourexperienceguide]

@@crooked-halo I'm aware that they all had the old school trains with no lapbars, but they were changed late 80's/early 90's and have been very much the same style since. Roller had its old style trains through to 2006/7 but they had to be changed, blame HSE not the Pleasure Beach. RollerCoaster improved significantly when the train was changed altogether, it went from being quite dull to one of the more thrilling rides at the park. Grand National's layout to my knowledge hasn't changed.

[@johnmelling9950]

That's BS about the train needing to run in before it can complete the circuit. The wheels are adjusted slightly after each run to be as tight as possible to the track without creating too much resistance.

[@yourexperienceguide]

It’s clearly not BS, did you watch the video? The train was taking a push over one of the final hills, this was done on several of the hills after the 4th drop at the start of the process. Also, the carriage did not stop for long enough between completing a circuit and starting again to have anything tightened.

[@johnmelling9950]

@@yourexperienceguide it clearly is BS. What do you envisage happening to the wheels and track after the car goes around the circuit a few times that would alter its rolling resistance to the extent that it goes from not completing the circuit to completing it? The wheels are adjustable and can be made tighter or looser to the track. It's likely that car had the wheels removed over the off season or even replaced and they were in the process of resetting them. It takes literally seconds to do.

[@danielbooth2982]

@@johnmelling9950 you are incorrect in your understanding John, it's a running in process which really is as simple as warming components up to allow them to run at optimum speeds. In my job I have to study coefficients of friction and their responses to thermal conductivity as regards to tyre temperatures on vehicles and cylinder and piston interaction during warm up phases on engines. They are running in and warming up the ride, most other parks do this as well. The wheel adjustment and compounds are one thing and warming up is another. It's all in the video as the guy said and there really is not much to it, just simple principles.

[@johnmelling9950]

@@danielbooth2982 absolute nonsense. Yes warming up can have an effect on rolling resistance and that's why rides do feel slightly faster once they have completed a few circuits but not to the extent that would be accepted as a deciding factor on the train completing the circuit. Think about what you are saying, its laughable. It would require the train never leave the station unless the wheels were above a critical temperature. That would NEVER pass health and safety regulations and every morning would be a massive job just to get the cars ready for the first riders with technicians having to push them around the final bits of track multiple times. It would also mean that every time there was a delay in the train leaving the station and the wheels cooled, the cars would not complete the circuit. Let's not even get into operating the ride on a really cold day. The ride was being set up in the video after mainteinance in the off season with the wheel clearances being adjusted after each circuit. You want the wheels as tight as possible for smoothness but also slack enough to overcome variations in the track on the entire circuit.

[@danielbooth2982]

@@johnmelling9950 if that was the case then in the 90 odd years they've been running the Dipper you'd think that they'd have found a way to get the wheels "somewhere near" when adjusting instead of having to push the thing round by hand. You would also like to think that they wouldn't mess around with just a single carriage. It's all about friction warming up both the track and wheels John.

[@aaronwhiteside8887]

Excellent stuff Scott ... Love that the woody trains need a helping hand to start with, also looks like Stepple Chase horses have had a refrub! 🎢👍🏻

[@yourexperienceguide]

Thanks Aaron! I think the Steeple horses have had a full repaint 🏇