Big Dipper • Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Rattle Discomfort

I almost gave my girlfriend a concussion on this after she headbutted my shoulder twice

Airtimes Capacity Comfort Headbanging

Fantastic ride, one from my youth and my young boys first real coaster, they loved it, its raucous, its rattly, its bumpy and ita got lots of airtime, I remember it from my youth and I told my boys about it and how theyd like it and they loved it. Well worth getting battered for.

Rattle Discomfort

I’m not normally bothered about roughness, but this was abysmally rough. I came off with bruises for weeks. My ride also included running over a dead bird lying on the track. Bad. Just bad.

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This one ran pretty well for such an old ride - surely it was a bit rough, but not in an unpleasant way. This long ride has plenty of airtime moments (some of them are really surprising because you won't expect them) and it is just plain fun.

Airtimes Rattle Discomfort

Get a very sore back after this ride. It’s fun but not worth the pain.

Airtimes Location Layout Rattle

rough for sure, its nearly 100 years old so that's to be expected, but like grand national it wasn't painful, and overall had a great layout and great airtime.

Lap Bar Fun Rattle

I don't care if the layout wouldn't classify as intense, this coaster is insane. The rattle and airtime hills ties in with the one-piece lap bar to create a sensation of being thrown out of the train, and that tunnel (which I didn't know existed) pulled the train out from underneath me before the lap bar slammed into my legs and pulled my down with it. I can't believe that this thing runs smoother than a pinfari zyklon despite it being 100 years old in a few months and should stay at Blackpool for as long as possible.

Fun Duration Capacity Discomfort

It’s super rough but a lot of fun - was laughing all the way round! A big minus is the capacity - they usually run only one train which takes 24 people, and it takes 6 minutes to load/unload and complete a circuit which is mad!

Airtimes Fun Duration Rattle Discomfort

A brilliant ride for its age, and the rattle wasn't even too bad, it packed airtime after airtime which made you feel like you was going to fly out of the seat when mixed with the lap bars, a hidden gem in an Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Location Rattle Disappointing!

Unpleasant to ride because felt really unsafe in it, but I guess that’s what you get from a coaster nearly 100 years old. Decent ride, but just not that fun because I was scared the whole time. However, the interactions with the other coasters at the park made it for me.

Fun Discomfort

For a coaster standing for more than a 100 years it is so much fun! We laughed all the way till the end. People who complain that much look like they don’t know how old this thing is!

fun jank

Lap Bar Duration Dead spots

I straight up do not remember a minute of this ride. The turnaround at the top of the lift is good, ..., .....? I don't remember it being rough or anything at all, just kinda, rode it and moved on. Admittedly this was pre-enthusiast so I don't know if I still hold this position towards the ride.

Airtimes Location Duration Rattle Dead spots

Nice enjoyable classic woodie. Didn't find it too rough, definitely had a rattle but it is getting on for 100 years old, so it's excusable. Found the first half a little bland, but the return run of hills gave some decent floater. I hope they keep this going as a woodie, grand national is the clear RMC candidate here

Airtimes Fun Duration Discomfort

It is running great after the retracking! Fast with many laterals. Crazy how it still holds up as a good ride.

Airtimes Duration Harness Discomfort

To be honest, it was alright. Nothing more and nothing less. We stopped on the lift cause they dispatched a few seconds too soon (which is props to the blackpool ride ops) but feeling them anti rollbacks kick in you can tell how old this thing is. Amazing classic woodie stuff. Airtime is more on the floater side and there`s a fair bit of it. Not gonna complain too much about the roughness cause I know it`s age and it`s surprising it ain`t bordering on unsafe levels of rattle at this point but this one was a hurter. Leg smacked into the side of the lap bar at one point during the ride, leaving a pretty nasty bruise but hey ho, I knew what I was getting myself into. I honestly found it rougher than nash although I did get an amazing ride on it for nash standards. You gotta do it when you come to blackpool, it`s such a classic and it deserves respect but you wouldn`t see me lining up in excess of 30 mins for it. Ride it for the history and the floater but dont expect amazing air or anything like that. I probably need more rides on it to form a more solid opinion but that was my experience in a nutshell

Capacity Fun

The weakest woodie for me at Pleasurebeach, offers slightly more airtime that Nickelodeon streak but is very short and very rough. Would be the first coaster I would look to remove to free up space at BPB for a new ride. Sometimes you end up racing Icon in on the home straight if your lucky!

Airtimes Lap Bar Location Discomfort Dead spots

Some of the best airtime you can get in England. Despite the rough nature of the ride (to be expected for something so old) I think this ride should stay at the park for as long as physically possible. Ridiculous amounts of airtime across all of the drops. Turnaround is a bit dull though. Could possibly use some heavy retracking but I'm no expert on wooden coasters so I don't know.

Airtimes First Drop Fun Discomfort Lap Bar

I would score it lower but it is old. This ride is fun but it is quite rough. Nothing compared to Infusion next door though.

Lap Bar Location Layout Rattle

its a nice classic

Airtimes Lap Bar Fun

Nothing really compares with this ride apart from Grand National. The floater airtime with a loose restraint is always a blast.

My favourite wooden coaster at BPB still standing, it seemed to notably decline after Richard Rodriguez' bonkers record setting. In dire need of much TLC.

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Discomfort

Airtimes Nice surprise! Fun Rattle

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First Drop Fun Duration Rattle Headbanging

First Drop Layout Duration Rattle Headbanging

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Nice surprise! Fun

Airtimes Duration Rattle Dead spots

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