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Thorpe Park: General Discussion

The photo posted by Digital Dan is also clearly a more recent one, as there is more dirt/weathering/marking on the concrete trough that is around the track, whereas said concrete looks really quite clean in the other photo.

Either way, it's not looking great!
 
That definitely isn't a good look for a new ride. I don't care for the 'splashdown', and I don't think that turning it off would affect the experience.
 
It's a shame Hyperia is presented so horribly. 'Front-of-house' looks mostly okay (very Cedar Fair-esque) but the ride area itself is a right mess.

All it really needs is some landscaping and grass around the ride area, paint the concrete around the splashdown and base of the lift-hill, and add some form of filtering system to the splashdown element.

Keeping the splashdown off so early into the ride's operation is naff. Hopefully some more effort goes in over the closed season.
 
Bye bye splash down then? Since they cut back the costs for the rest of the plaza and binned off the viewing area, it's become a trim brake-run with some water squirting out that no sod ever sees. Now it's just a trim brake-run.

Still, good excuse to rip up the rusty track and build the second half of the layout now.
 
Dug out my 25 year old Mongoose BMX today and even that looks better than Hyperia's splashdown track.

I've been that bothered about the half arsed presentation of Hyperia, because it's a great ride, and Thorpe to me has always been a bit of a Six Flags style dump that doesn't necessarily need great themeing.

But yeah it really does look awful back there. Typical Merlin being tight and doing the bare minimum with the product and prioritising maximum marketing hype.
 
The theming is very disappointing. Been at AT the last couple of days (alas, Nemesis down), but the theming gets better all the time - CBeebies, Walliams St, Nemesis, Wicker Man, Smiler all stand out - not Disney/Universal quality, but they could if they wanted.
If you're not going to go "all in" Wardley-style with a great story and great theming with new rides like Hyperia, why bother??
 
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