Revolution
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Revolution
Blackpool Pleasure Beach · GB · Arrow Development Shuttle Loop (Launched Loop)
“The promenade loop that sends Blackpool there and back again.”
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Fast facts
- Revolution is a steel launched shuttle coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. coasterpedia.net
- It opened in 1979 and remains in operation. coasterpedia.net
- Arrow Development built the ride as a Launched Loop installation. coasterpedia.net
- The ride stands 56 feet, or 17.1 metres, high. coasterpedia.net
- Its top speed is 45 mph, or 72 km/h. en.wikipedia.org
- The track has one vertical loop, travelled forwards and backwards. en.wikipedia.org
- One train carries 16 riders in four cars. blackpoolpleasurebeach.com
The story of Revolution
In 1979, Blackpool Pleasure Beach added Revolution to its busy Lancashire seafront, a compact Arrow machine of steel and purpose. The park’s own history names it among Geoffrey Thompson’s achievements as the first 360-degree roller coaster in Europe. blackpoolpleasurebeach.com
The arrangement is a handsome piece of seaside economy. From a raised station the train is launched through a single vertical loop to a second platform, then returns backwards through the same loop before coming home. coasterpedia.net
For the traveller standing below, Revolution is not a long expedition but a brisk engineering demonstration. It rises 56 feet, reaches 45 mph, and makes its inversion count twice by using the loop in both directions. en.wikipedia.org
It belongs to Blackpool’s long holiday story, where visitors have come for the piers, the Tower, and the Pleasure Beach itself. Among that resort scenery, Revolution remains a short, sharp declaration of late-seventies steel on the promenade. historicengland.org.uk· coasterpedia.net
Sources
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- en.wikipedia.org Acceptable source
- blackpoolpleasurebeach.com Preferred source
- blackpoolpleasurebeach.com Preferred source
- historicengland.org.uk Acceptable source