As the title states, this is all about my speculations & opinions on what I think could well be next. It has been a hot moment since Icon blessed the UK lineup with its arrival. As much as I struggle to ride the older I get due to finding a tad too sickly for me. There’s no denying it is a damn good coaster regardless of the launch sections. But where & what could the next rollercoaster be to open here? Let’s have a chat shall we?
Browsing through my drafts and come across a little Impossible chat blog. That inspired this posts. As I reckon the next Rollercoaster is more than likely going to sit in this space and across the FY4 area. It just feels like the only place in my mind I could see the next rollercoaster to go unless they remove Steeplechase but that’s not a great ordeal of room to work with. I think we’ll see Impossible, the food shipping containers, the arcade & planet rock all get flattened & groundwork begins there.
As for the coaster itself, I’d love to see a GCI or something comparable. Blackpool Pleasure Beach are so well known for its woodies so can you visualise adding a fresh one to the mix? It would be epic. They would also up those numbers again with the Wild Mouse retiring a few years ago. Although I do feel that space could limit the amount of room a woodie could have. Therefore, on a more perhaps unrealistic side of my brain, I can’t help but think that a sleek slim space could be fab for a Dive Coaster. Potentially aiming to gain back the record for height from Thorpe Park assuming Project Exodus gets the go-ahead?
I mean really who knows? (Yes, I know those who are probably planning will…) But it’s always fun to sit & have a little assumption as one day this will be reevaluated and we’ll either laugh at how naive I was or think I’m a fortune teller (never going to happen I know). But that’s some of my feelings on the matter & I’d love to spark off the conversation amongst you guys too.
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So, what do you reckon will be next & where? Oh & when? What timeframe do you think there is until the next big thing?
Thank you so much for reading, go easy on me in the comments for I have just offloaded my brains to you!
