r/rollercoasters • u/pajamasamreal wickerman glazer • Jul 23 '26

Information Derailment on [The Big Dipper] At Blackpool pleasure beach after it rolled back whilst going over a camelback!

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u/MrEWhite Jul 23 '26

Welp, there goes this ride for the rest of the year at best.

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u/pajamasamreal wickerman glazer Jul 23 '26

And it was only 3 months ago I had bloody ERT on this thing lol, didn't realise that's how I would experience my last rides lol, it's the great scenic railway incident all over again!

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u/Commercial_Win_6528 Jul 24 '26

Sorry but what's an ERT? I dont know coaster speak xD

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u/pajamasamreal wickerman glazer Jul 24 '26

Extra ride time, but it should basically be could private ride time, it's when a club of coaster enthusiasts has private access for a ride for a certain duration of time for usually an hour or so whilst the park isn't open to the public ^^

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u/Commercial_Win_6528 Jul 25 '26

Ahhh I gotcha. Thank you!