Big One (roller coaster)

The Big One ( to 2011 Pepsi Max Big One) Pleasure Beach in Blackpool ( Blackpool, Lancashire, UK) is a steel roller coaster model from the manufacturer Arrow Dynamics hyper coaster, which opened on 28 May 1994.

At the time of its opening, it was the tallest, fastest and steepest roller coaster in the world, with 65 meters in height and a first drop of 62 meters. Your record she gave in 1996 at Fujiyama Fuji -Q Highland ( Fujiyoshida, Japan ) from. After that, she was only the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Europe. In 2001 she had to give up its position as Europe's fastest rollercoaster at Colossos in Heide-Park. Just one year later it was replaced by Silver Star at Europa Park as the highest roller coaster in Europe. Today, it is still regarded as the highest roller coaster in the United Kingdom.

The Big One has three trains with five cars. In each carriage six people ( three rows of two people) take place. Passengers must be at least 1.32 m tall to ride must.

Media

The roller coaster was the filming location for the music video " Fairground " by the pop group Simply Red