The Hyperia fast tracks are specifically for that one ride only and aren't valid on any other ride. Usually they were given to people who'd travelled a long way only to find it closed, or queued N hours for it and not got on due to a breakdown. I know quite a lot of people that have been offered them this year. While not dated they do have to be used by the end of the season.
No one leaves without taking that shotShared with permission, here's an awesome pic of Hyperia taken by my friend's daughter today;
By Hollie K.
Yeah, I saw TPWW make the comment he'd like to see the night ride be in full darkness or different lighting (assume he means like Nemesis where although lit up still feel darker). I think it's fine as it is.. Stands out nicely.
Maybe one for another thread..Has a rollercoaster ever had an extension fitted?
Top Thrill 2 is the most recent example.
Not necessarily extended but phantoms revenge at kennywood got a Morgan makeover, replacing the janky arrow inversions in favour of ejector airtime hills
All of what you say here is beyond John Burton's control. He isn't the ride's marketeer, nor is he responsible for maintaining the ride's budget. John's an asset to the UK theme park industry as a storyteller, you only have to look at Nemesis Reborn and The Curse At Alton Manor to see his talents as a creative mind when he's given the budget to execute a themed attraction properly. At the end of the day though, Hyperia is a thrilling hyper coaster first and themed attraction second. Hyper coasters are rarely themed due to how much more expensive the hardware is than a smaller coaster, but they should still be well presented. I'm certain that the ride's presentation issues boil down to a lack of budget allocated to the creative team by Merlin's senior leadership, and in all honesty, all three of the major coaster installations this year have had serious issues with this. Just look at the cheap theming and zero landscaping on Legoland's new duelling coasters... that wasn't a John Burton attraction, and it's tacky beyond belief. Nemesis Reborn looked like a construction site on opening day also, but it still had a fair amount of imagination go into reimagining the station and surrounding area.Burton on Hyperia
The rollercoaster king: the man behind the UK’s fastest thrill-ride
The long read: John Burton was just 27 when he was put in charge of creating Thorpe Park’s biggest-ever project. Once too scared to go on rides himself, how did he become the architect of so many daredevils’ dreams?www.theguardian.com
The way the theme and naming and style and logo have flopped into existence rather than being coherently constructed also makes sense of what we now have. The water splash being a half arsed attempt to fit the theme does make more sense than the theme being a considered effort to fit the water splash that might have originally been intrinsic to the design. It's all a bit backwards and undoubtedly a less complete attraction on the whole as a result.
Alright John, calm down.
Hyperia has area audio
There’s a whole area track as well as a dispatch sequence and sound on the lift hill, isn’t there?
Yeah, no. In seat audio or track element audio. Cheap as chips. There's just no "imagineering".
