For those who aren’t familiar ENSO is the title of Icon’s added feature of spinning backseats. It is an up charge of £15 minimum with the price racket at £25 max. It’s been a controversial addition and I thought it would be fun to discuss whether it’ll head into the 2023 season or not
Icon is an okay coaster. By all means, it isn’t the best and it isn’t the worst. There’s a lot of fun to be had when riding. The throughputs have always been something that has held Icon up in my opinion the way they knock those trains out when it’s on 3 is insane. You would be lucky to queue a maximum of half an hour most days. With ENSO I’m not entirely sure it’s influenced those operations. I’m personally yet to experience it and if I’m honest I don’t think I intend to given I find normal seats on Icon too sickly.
ENSO is something which I feel is kept in the dark as to whether it’s a hit or not. When we last visited it did run the empty the majority of the times we saw & got taken off the track before 2. However, I have heard some amazing reviews from enthusiasts more to the point. I’m not entirely sure whether it warrants the cost it produced by getting these seats added.
Do I think we’ll see it return for next year? In all honesty, no. I feel enthusiasts have embraced it for all its worth meanwhile it is perhaps not clicked on by other guests. It was always a cool idea and one which I was intrigued alone to see happen. But there hasn’t been any kind of draw for me to give it a shot that’s pricing aside and more to the fact Icon makes me feel grim anyway. I feel next season’s focus almost has to be Valhalla because that hype is slowly fading for a lot of people with the frustration of the lack of communication in regards to what is happening.
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What do you think will happen with ENSO?
