[2024] Thorpe Park: Hyperia - Mack Hypercoaster

[RicketyCricket]

1000pph for Thorpe is realistically gonna be half of that with new ride hype + Fastrack and other faffing.

 

[ItsAllGood]

Looks like removing platform 15 has started!

Source: https://themeparkguide.co.uk/news-page/Thorpe-Park-2022-Closed-Season-Insight

 

[Matt N]

According to Jack Silkstone's latest closed season update from Thorpe Park, stuff is now happening in Old Town:

The things that have happened include:

• Lumber Jump has disappeared, and Timber Tug Boat may possibly have gone as well.
• Fences have gone up and minor work is beginning around where Creek Freak Massacre was located.
• As the poster above alluded to, deconstruction work on Platform 15 has commenced.

Slammer is currently still intact, and Rocky Express' theming also remains intact at present, but the status of the hardware itself is unknown.

 

[John_P]

There seems to be a hyper coaster behind him in the thumb nail as well

 

[Matt N]

There seems to be a hyper coaster behind him in the thumb nail as well

That's a visualisation that Jack mocked up; it'll certainly look dominant on the skyline, for sure!

 

[Jb85]

That's a visualisation that Jack mocked up; it'll certainly look dominant on the skyline, for sure!

Even though it’s only a visualisation - it’s out some perspective on the ride and changed my opinion somewhat

also - is slammer going?

 

[djtruefitt]

Even though it’s only a visualisation - it’s out some perspective on the ride and changed my opinion somewhat

also - is slammer going?

you would expect it would make sense to remove slammed at the same time as you remove loggers and all the other stuff, to save costs. But I’m sure the planning documents didn’t mention it being removed. Maybe it will stay and remain as a “future development” site.

It would certainly be nice to have a new flat ride in the area as well as a new coaster, but maybe that’s for a year or two later.

 

[JAperson]

I’ve just had a thought, isn’t the planning application going in for this soon? We may well learn the details we don’t know such as potential theming when the application goes in.

 

[Jim]

I’ve just had a thought, isn’t the planning application going in for this soon? We may well learn the details we don’t know such as potential theming when the application goes in.

Spring 2022 according to the time line, so still over a month to go.

 

[Danny]

2000 years from now, future generations will gather round the still standing Slammer and treat it like a Mayan sculpture.

 

[Trooper Looper]

2000 years from now, future generations will gather round the still standing Slammer and treat it like a Mayan sculpture.

I'm very temped to just type a paragraph of just Roller Coaster and Mayan emojis right now....

But I know better..

 

[John_P]

Interesting spot from Attraction Source that Thorpe have applied to make the area of the development larger.

 

[Matt.GC]

Lengthening the brake run perhaps?

 

[Funcone]

Making the world's longest switchback queue?

 

[AT86]

This feels like JW has popped into the office and made a few suggestions.

 

[Plastic Person]

This feels like JW has popped into the office and made a few suggestions.

Somewhat inexplicably, he has requested the world's largest flat, unbanked turnaround.

 

[Skyscraper]

Maybe it's for site access as surely that is an issue given the location?

 

[jon81uk]

The letter asking for the planning change just mentions additional cut and fill landscaping.

An extention to the west to allow for a longer length coaster would have been much more interesting!

 

[Quetzal]

Hard to tell what this is for without seeing the updated plans.

The supporting documentation mentions an updated Cut and Fill so i would imagine that this is for earthworks rather than an extended layout. I think they would have to explicitly state than in any application for a variation? Could be for a crane pad to get up to the outerbank?

 

[jon81uk]

Hard to tell what this is for without seeing the updated plans.

The supporting documentation mentions an updated Cut and Fill so i would imagine that this is for earthworks rather than an extended layout. I think they would have to explicitly state than in any application for a variation? Could be for a crane pad to get up to the outerbank?

they have only submitted an environmental impact assessment so just added this change to the existing application. No variation needed yet as full planning permission not been applied for.