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Thorpe Park: General Discussion

djtruefitt said:
They have clearly changed the limit for hyperia to run now, as it was windy but certainly not too bad and not for the whole day. I guess it got to a point in the day they just decided to leave it and call it a day. Fairly early in the day both trains had been moved into the maintenance shed and the music all turned off, so guess they didn’t want to open it.
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I'm going to presume that the park were not willing to risk having the ride valley and it being closed for the following day or two and then open on reduced capacity for a couple of days.

I'd say it is a strategic decision as another valley could risk it coming out and bad press for Hyperia which is not needed when the ride has been the most reliable as it's ever been since the last valley.

Especially as the spotlight in the enthusiast community is on Top Thrill 2 and whether that lasts more than a week this time.
 
owenstreet7 said:
I'm going to presume that the park were not willing to risk having the ride valley and it being closed for the following day or two and then open on reduced capacity for a couple of days.

I'd say it is a strategic decision as another valley could risk it coming out and bad press for Hyperia which is not needed when the ride has been the most reliable as it's ever been since the last valley.

Especially as the spotlight in the enthusiast community is on Top Thrill 2 and whether that lasts more than a week this time.
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I'd say it's more a pain in the arse, time consuming and expensive to have to disassemble, move, reassemble and inspect a coaster train each time it valleys, rather than bad press.
 
GooseOnTheLoose said:
The fries, no matter the Burger King restaurant, are always Vegan Society certified in the UK. All fries are fried in a dedicated fryer, without animal products.
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KFC is the least vegan-friendly of the major fast food chains, they do share fryers/oil between fries and popcorn chicken. As you say BK and McDs do have dedicated fryers for fries and vegetarian items.
 
GooseOnTheLoose said:
I'd say it's more a pain in the arse, time consuming and expensive to have to disassemble, move, reassemble and inspect a coaster train each time it valleys, rather than bad press.
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That too 😊 You're right as well on that

It's the least painful approach for keeping their most popular open - a few hours closed over a few days closed because they took a risk.
 
At the park today, no action from Stealth, no train on the track and maintenance isn’t working on it at present.

The plaza feels weird being so empty! The music is still playing but that’s it :(
 
Thorpe having a not so good day today. Just waking Dead & Swarm open coaster wise at time of writing. Hyperia train stopped 2/3rds out of station, been like that for over 30 minutes now.

Engineers in control cabin literally shrugged their shoulders with an ‘I don’t know’ sort of look. This is the 3rd breakdown since we joined the 45 minute queue at 15:00. Most unreliable Mack ever ?😂 or it’s just that’s it’s Thorpe. 🤔
 
Designed by Network Rail?? Too hot/cold, leaves on the line, wrong type of snow..... Got stuck on Twisted Colossus a couple of years back at the top of the lift. 10 mins in the California sun - not pleasant!
 
Hyperia must have had the least uptime in its first 18 months of any major UK coaster.

This goes far beyond usual "teething problems" surely?
 
D4n said:
Hyperia must have had the least uptime in its first 18 months of any major UK coaster.

This goes far beyond usual "teething problems" surely?
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Yes it did have the least uptime last year teething troubles it was. Though twice were Rollbacks so can't really fault the Ride for that as that could happen to any coaster.

I would rather it be safe than sorry
 
Hid said:
Yes it did have the least uptime last year teething troubles it was. Though twice were Rollbacks so can't really fault the Ride for that as that could happen to any coaster.

I would rather it be safe than sorry
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I'd certainly say it is comparable to The Smiler at the very least. I'd be interested in seeing the uptime for both rides compared.
 
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