[2024] Thorpe Park: Hyperia - Mack Hypercoaster

[Quantum]

It really does, and it's not even at full height yet! Bonkers.

I think the word your looking for is ' insane'....

The rate this is going up I'm betting it's complete before xmas

 

[Islander]

I think the word your looking for is ' insane'....

The rate this is going up I'm betting it's complete before xmas

Highly likely. Steel structures shoot up, really isn't a difficult process. Essentially it's gigantic Meccano

 

[jon81uk]

The maintenance bay is making good progress (interesting that the supports holding the support bit of track are metal beams?

Think thats fairly common for some short track heights, other coasters have girder type supports in maintenance and similar areas.

 

[ItsAllGood]

Yep... James went to Thorpe Park today! Bumper update time but this time with track getting lifted in. It always seems to happen when I'm stuck in the office, but not today!


Started off with a small walk down monks walk to see what's good. Lots has changed since I was last down here but won't bore everyone with metal and more metal.

First bit of the day going in from across the lake.

The tower is very impressive from monks walk! Loggers Leap has never looked better...

The maintenance bay is interesting! Not what I expected, looks like track will run down the centre then the cars will be lifted onto different rails?

Yep! Photos we've been waiting for.... flying track!

I can't express how long we sat here waiting for this to happen. It looks like they had issues getting the first bit to align?

Im calling this photo my towers street calling card. Saw looks so tinny

Went and did our mazes then came back a few hours later and they were still installing the same bit from earlier. Looks like it's been a stressful day for the crew!

But it looks amazing! <3

Anywho... a long busy day. Time for some sleep

More photos at the usual place if you wanna see 140 photos of metal fly in the air

Hyperia Overbanked Turn Track Half Installed | Theme Park Guide

One of the most exciting days in the history of Hyperia being constructed has happened! We finally got to witness sections of the track being installe

themeparkguide.co.uk

 

[The_bup]

Yep... James went to Thorpe Park today! Bumper update time but this time with track getting lifted in. It always seems to happen when I'm stuck in the office, but not today!


Started off with a small walk down monks walk to see what's good. Lots has changed since I was last down here but won't bore everyone with metal and more metal.

First bit of the day going in from across the lake.

The tower is very impressive from monks walk! Loggers Leap has never looked better...

The maintenance bay is interesting! Not what I expected, looks like track will run down the centre then the cars will be lifted onto different rails?

Yep! Photos we've been waiting for.... flying track!

I can't express how long we sat here waiting for this to happen. It looks like they had issues getting the first bit to align?

Im calling this photo my towers street calling card. Saw looks so tinny

Went and did our mazes then came back a few hours later and they were still installing the same bit from earlier. Looks like it's been a stressful day for the crew!

But it looks amazing! <3

Anywho... a long busy day. Time for some sleep

More photos at the usual place if you wanna see 140 photos of metal fly in the air

Hyperia Overbanked Turn Track Half Installed | Theme Park Guide

One of the most exciting days in the history of Hyperia being constructed has happened! We finally got to witness sections of the track being installe

themeparkguide.co.uk

If I’m not mistaken, don’t they have to put those in fast so it stays structurally stable? I can’t imagine the supports can hold themselves up for too long

 

[DistortAMG]

With the rate this is going It would not at all surprise me if this is ready come early spring.

 

[tayspru]

I wonder if Thorpe are still pretending the lack of gradient on the paint work was an “aesthetic choice” rather than a budget cut. If it all changed at the same height that would be one thing, but it’s really all over the place

 

[Islander]

I wonder if Thorpe are still pretending the lack of gradient on the paint work was an “aesthetic choice” rather than a budget cut.

This is a multi-million pound coaster - the cost of blending two different colours in a gradient over hard stops is literal peanuts in the scope of the whole project.

100% a creative decision.

 

[deanW]

I think, because of the amount of supports there will be, the staggered ‘fade’ effect would look better than the Stealth fade. It will keep things looking a bit more interesting at eye level.

 

[GooseOnTheLoose]

Yep... James went to Thorpe Park today! Bumper update time but this time with track getting lifted in. It always seems to happen when I'm stuck in the office, but not today!


Started off with a small walk down monks walk to see what's good. Lots has changed since I was last down here but won't bore everyone with metal and more metal.

First bit of the day going in from across the lake.

The tower is very impressive from monks walk! Loggers Leap has never looked better...

The maintenance bay is interesting! Not what I expected, looks like track will run down the centre then the cars will be lifted onto different rails?

Yep! Photos we've been waiting for.... flying track!

I can't express how long we sat here waiting for this to happen. It looks like they had issues getting the first bit to align?

Im calling this photo my towers street calling card. Saw looks so tinny

Went and did our mazes then came back a few hours later and they were still installing the same bit from earlier. Looks like it's been a stressful day for the crew!

But it looks amazing! <3

Anywho... a long busy day. Time for some sleep

More photos at the usual place if you wanna see 140 photos of metal fly in the air

Hyperia Overbanked Turn Track Half Installed | Theme Park Guide

One of the most exciting days in the history of Hyperia being constructed has happened! We finally got to witness sections of the track being installe

themeparkguide.co.uk

Reminds me of the opening line from Mr Silkstone's latest video. "I tell you what that's not something you see everyday, a bit of rollercoaster track flying through the sky". One has to wonder what on earth was happening in the previous 45 videos of the series.

Great photos as always!

 

[ItsAllGood]

Reminds me of the opening line from Mr Silkstone's latest video. "I tell you what that's not something you see everyday, a bit of rollercoaster track flying through the sky". One has to wonder what on earth was happening in the previous 45 videos of the series.

Great photos as always!

Thanks!

I always aim to have some humour in my posts

 

[TroySmith1]

With the rate this is going It would not at all surprise me if this is ready come early spring.

Why do these comments come in everytime
Track starts to go up on any coaster every year?
It’s not Lego, a couple of connections and we’re done. It’s a process with an allocated time frame, Roller coasters rarely open earlier than planned it’s usually the latter.


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[GooseOnTheLoose]

Why do these comments come in everytime
Track starts to go up on any coaster every year?
It’s not Lego, a couple of connections and we’re done. It’s a process with an allocated time frame, Roller coasters rarely open earlier than planned it’s usually the latter.


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Because studies have repeatedly shown that it's far healthier for you to be an optimist than a pessimist. It's not Lego, but it's not dissimilar to K'Nex or Meccano. The coaster will go up quickly, it's the landscaping and the theming, the tidying up and the testing that will take the majority of time.

If memory serves, and I'm sure I'll be corrected if not. Merlin (Tussauds prior), have generally a pretty good track record of getting their coasters to open on time (The Smiler being a notable exception). The last coaster to open at Thorpe, The Swarm, went vertical in September 2011, finished construction in November 2011 and opened (on time) on 15th March 2012.

Crucially though, we're not sure exactly when Hyperia is supposed to open, but the park themselves have suggested that they're aiming for a spring 2024 launch. Technically the first day of spring isn't until March 20th, so if it opens around the season opening, then technically speaking it will be open in early spring.

 

[benpicko]

Crucially though, we're not sure exactly when Hyperia is supposed to open, but the park themselves have suggested that they're aiming for a spring 2024 launch. Technically the first day of spring isn't until March 20th, so if it opens around the season opening, then technically speaking it will be open in early spring.

Well, when you click the 'Book Now' button on the Hyperia page on their website, it takes you directly to the 24th of March. If they weren't planning to open on that date I'd say that's quite misleading to allow you to book for that date from the Hyperia page.

 

[Burner]

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[DistortAMG]

Why do these comments come in everytime
Track starts to go up on any coaster every year?
It’s not Lego, a couple of connections and we’re done. It’s a process with an allocated time frame, Roller coasters rarely open earlier than planned it’s usually the latter.


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Huh?! I stand by what I said.

 

[jon81uk]

With the rate this is going It would not at all surprise me if this is ready come early spring.

Hasn't it always been planned to be ready to open for the start of the season in March, ie Spring.

 

[DistortAMG]

Hasn't it always been planned to be ready to open for the start of the season in March, ie Spring.

I'm not sure to be honest. But to be fair Merlin rides all usually aim for that yes.

 

[tayspru]

This is a multi-million pound coaster - the cost of blending two different colours in a gradient over hard stops is literal peanuts in the scope of the whole project.

100% a creative decision.

It just doesn’t look *good* … like at all ? I’ve shared the construction pictures among many creative professionals I’ve worked alongside and nobody can really say it looks better than a gradient or even one set colour change. It’s all over the place

 

[Islander]

It just doesn’t look *good* … like at all ? I’ve shared the construction pictures among many creative professionals I’ve worked alongside and nobody can really say it looks better than a gradient or even one set colour change. It’s all over the place

Oh I wasn't saying that it looks good lol (though of course that is subjective). Just that I find it difficult to believe it was a purely budgetary decision. The columns are painted, are painted with two colours. It's just simply that rather than being blended, it's a harsh change between the two colours - the uplift to blend would've been minimal.