Ride experience[edit]

Once riders are seated and secured, a siren sounds and the train exits the station down a small dip, turning 180 degrees straight
into a tunnel decorated as a Pepsi Max pop can. After the brief tunnel, the train climbs the lift hill, which has height markers every 50
feet (15 m) showing riders the rising elevation, crossing over Icon's track. After reaching a height of 213 feet (65 m), the train drops
205 feet (62 m) after first entering a quarter right turn before rapidly descending a 65-degree drop. As the drop levels out, riders
experience up to 3.5G and rise up a large hill with minimal airtime. The track bends slightly right into a large 180-degree, heavily
banked left turn followed by three slightly-banked airtime hills. After the third hill, the track crosses under Big Dipper and enters the
mid-course brake run, before descending into a downward helix. The finale features an angled decline through Nickelodeon
Streak into a tunnel – where the on-ride photo is taken – and a short ascent into the final brake run before returning to the station.
Incidents[edit]
See also: Incidents at European amusement parks

In July 1994, during the ride's inaugural season, 26 people were injured when the computerized braking system failed to completely
stop a train returning to the station. The train collided with another train parked inside the loading station. A second train collision,
also caused by failure to brake, occurred in August 2000 and injured 16 people. [10]

Notes[edit]

1. ^ Despite its height, Big One was not the fastest. Steel Phantom featured a longer drop enabling it to achieve greater speeds.

References[edit]

1. ^ "Pepsi Max the Big One". COASTER-net. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

2. ^ Jump up to:a b c d Marden, Duane. "Big One (Blackpool Pleasure Beach)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
3. ^ Jump up to:a b Hammond, Kip (1994). "Nevada Jackpot: The Numbers Game". RollerCoaster! Magazine. 16 (1): 12. ISSN 0896-7261.
4. ^ Marden, Duane. "Fujiyama (Fuji-Q Highland)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
5. ^ "The Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach". Retrieved 26 July 2022.
6. ^ "Pleasure Beach Big One Re-tracking Work Gets Under Way".
7. ^ "Taziker Twitter - We have retracked another 103m of the Big One #rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach!". Retrieved 26 July 2022.
8. ^ "Blackpool Pleasure Beach's Big One fitted with new track - BBC News". Retrieved 10 July 2023.
9. ^ Hammond, Kip (1994). "Nevada Jackpot". RollerCoaster! Magazine. 16 (1). Chicago, Illinois: American Coaster Enthusiasts: 11–16. ISSN 0896-
7261.
10. ^ Gray, Chris (1 September 2000). "20 hurt in crash on Blackpool rollercoaster". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

Roberts, J.M. (1 November 1994). "The 'Pepsi Max Big One' rollercoaster - Blackpool Pleasure Beach". The Structural
Engineer. 72 (21). Institution of Structural Engineers: 345–349.
External links[edit]

 Pleasure Beach Blackpool, The Big One Official Site

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Circuit Roller Coaster
Magnum XL-200 May 1994 – July 1996 Fujiyama

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