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Bling (Pleasure Beach Blackpool)

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Status
  
Closed

Closing date
  
November 2011

Manufacturer
  
Zierer

Closed
  
November 2011

Max speed
  
97 km/h

Opened
  
1 June 2004

Opening date
  
1 June 2004

Replaced by
  
Red Arrows Sky Force

G-force
  
2.5

Height
  
30 m

Height restriction
  
1.96 m

Park
  
Blackpool Pleasure Beach

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Ice Blast: The Ride, Wild Mouse, Grand National, Nickelodeon Streak, Valhalla

My last ever ride on bling pleasure beach blackpool


Bling was an amusement ride located within Pleasure Beach Blackpool in Lancashire, North West England. The "Star Shape" ride was built by German company Zierer in 2004, the second of three to have been built to date (the first and third being on the travelling fair circuit in Germany and the UK respectively). Bling was one of the newest additions to Pleasure Beach Blackpool and was situated at the far end of the park adjacent to Burger King. It was the parks fourth tallest ride after the Pepsi Max Big One, Ice Blast and Infusion.

The ride had a minimum height requirement of 4 ft 0 in (122 cm) and a maximum height requirement of 6 ft 5 in (196 cm). Six 'gondolas' which each seat five people reach a height of 100 ft (30 m) and spin in three different directions at speeds of up to 60 mph (97 km/h).

The ride was sold to The Skyline park in Germany where it currently operates under its new name of Sky Jet. In 2015, Bling was replaced by a Gerstlauer Sky Fly named "Red Arrows Skyforce"

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Bling (Pleasure Beach Blackpool) Wikipedia