[2024] Thorpe Park: Hyperia - Mack Hypercoaster

[Dave]

let’s do an audit.

It’s the 27th of Feb we do have a leap year but we have 63 days until the end of April, in that time….

1) They have to finish the actual track.

2) They have to wire up the various ride systems to the control unit (I am going to assume they have brought the power cable to the ride).

3) Load the trains onto the system.

4) Programme the ride

5) Build the queue

6) Finish building the shed sorry station.

7) install the airgates

8) Run the ride with enough cycles to pass ADIPS

9) Train staff

Genuinely if this ride opens in April then it has been rushed and we had that with the Smiler and I don’t think Merlin nor the UK theme park community want to see that again.

 

[ItsAllGood]

The huge crane is now onsite!

Work on building the top of structure for the first drop has begun!

Quite a lot was installed in one day.

Lots of supports are sat in front of the shop waiting to be installed

Slightly different angle to normal but it's good progress for one day!

Will it be finished this week? Not sure...

Hyperia Huge Crane Arrives And First Drop Install Continues | Theme Park Guide

Hyperia at Thorpe Park has entered the final phase of construction. A huge crane has been delivered to the site and assembled. And has already started

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[Matt N]

I think May seems like a slightly more feasible opening date, personally. I could maybe see the end of April as not being inconceivable with a good headwind (if everything goes right from here), but I admit that May is probably looking more likely. If they finish the track this week or next, then it would give them a solid 2 months to do everything else they need to do, which I don’t think is at all unattainable, personally.

For what it’s worth, I do remember seeing that they’d already installed the ride computer prior to the station finishing construction, so they may be further along electrically than some expect, but it is worth noting that the trains are not even on-site yet, so we need to wait for those to be on-site before we can even contemplate testing beginning.

 

[Benzin]

They’ve not done any of the landscaping at the moment. It’s basically some track and a dirty pit underneath

So like Smiler's queue?

 

[ItsAllGood]

So like Smiler's queue?

But with a loggers leap boat floating through the queue

 

[Funcone]

let’s do an audit.

It’s the 27th of Feb we do have a leap year but we have 63 days until the end of April, in that time….

1) They have to finish the actual track.

2) They have to wire up the various ride systems to the control unit (I am going to assume they have brought the power cable to the ride).

3) Load the trains onto the system.

4) Programme the ride

5) Build the queue

6) Finish building the shed sorry station.

7) install the airgates

8) Run the ride with enough cycles to pass ADIPS

9) Train staff

Genuinely if this ride opens in April then it has been rushed and we had that with the Smiler and I don’t think Merlin nor the UK theme park community want to see that again.

I agree, I can’t see the commissioning process being done that quickly. I’ve seen parks really rush the commissioning process before, but I don’t think Merlin will want to go down that route.

Just the staff training is a big job. You’ve got the engineers to train and the ride operators to train. That includes the regular operations, but also fault finding and evacuations, with drills with different combinations of staff simulating how you would evacuate guests if it stops in different places.

In terms of the testing, it’s partly about the number of cycles, but also testing the ride in different ways, for example with water dummies loaded in different combinations, testing of the clearance envelope, testing of the stopping distances on brakes etc.

As you say, once the track's complete, there's still a lot of work to do.

 

[Ethan]

So like Smiler's queue?

Smiler is a concrete pit Hyperia is currently just a mud bath

 

[tayspru]

Smiler is a concrete pit Hyperia is currently just a mud bath

And yet Hyperia’s sounds more appealing

 

[Ethan]

And yet Hyperia’s sounds more appealing

If you’re into rolling around in mud then you do you

 

[tayspru]

If you’re into rolling around in mud then you do you

Merlin did close the spa after all! I really hope they’re aspiring for Hyperia’s queue to be at least a little bit more appealing than the dreadful Smiler cattlepen arrangement

 

[Ethan]

Merlin did close the spa after all! I really hope they’re aspiring for Hyperia’s queue to be at least a little bit more appealing than the dreadful Smiler cattlepen arrangement

Hopefully more appealing than Nemesis new queue aswell. It looks so messy

 

[jon81uk]

Hopefully more appealing than Nemesis new queue aswell. It looks so messy

In what way? Looks pretty much the same as the old one just with new routes. I expect the Hyperia one will be very similar to Collossus and Stealth, a mix of meandering queue and a few areas of cattlepens.

 

[John_P]

It was over three months from the track being finished to the official opening day of Icon. They finished that in mid February and opened the last weekend in May.

 

[Relife]

I think end of May half term is much more likely than April. The track isn't even finished yet.

 

[ItsAllGood]

Hey! Guess who got bored again

Sensors installed on first turn out of the station

More structure for the first drop being installed

Track delivered to the site ready to be installed

Looking good though

Hyperia First Drop Installation Continues | Theme Park Guide

It's another busy day at the Hyperia construction site, the cranes have been busy and more of the first drop has been installed. The next stage will b

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[RustyRider]

Those bigger cranes cost an absolute fortune to hire per day. I’d imagine track will be complete by the end of this week, early next week! They will want it out of there and off hired asap.

 

[BooMT]

How crazy is it that there will be people who can ride Hyperia at 1.3m but not TWD or Stealth!

 

[Thameslink Rail]

Thing is TWD's height restriction was 1m before they put all the horror theming in.

 

[Bowser]

How crazy is it that there will be people who can ride Hyperia at 1.3m but not TWD or Stealth!

When was it said it’ll be 1.3m?

 

[Thameslink Rail]

Just confirmed on the new map

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