Ice Blast / Launch Pad, Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s Ice Blast tower ride is to be relaunched as the space-themed Launch Pad in 2025.

In the Blackpool Destination Guide 2025 by Visit Blackpool, the ride is described as having received a new pressure cylinder.

The marketing material added that the ride experience would be ‘transformed’ by the change.

An image of an astronaut overlooking the S&S-manufactured ride gave a glimpse of its new space theme.

Initially called PlayStation: The Ride! and later Tango Ice Blast, the ride was added for the 1997 season.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is scheduled to begin its 2025 main season on 1 March.

Launch Pad’s opening date has not yet been announced.

The Lancashire amusement park rebranded to the Pleasure Beach Resort name earlier this year.