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I left the park and walked back to my hire car. To my horror, the car had been broken into, with my rucksack stolen. Nothing was left behind including, most critically, my passport. I had been the victim of a, ahem, smash and grab. Part 3 - A Literal Smash and Grab After quickly processing that...

Day 2 - Parque de Atracciones de Madrid My hotel was conveniently placed between both parks and travelling was reasonably straightforward. With PdA being closer to central Madrid, there were a lot of tunnels / underground driving to get there, which meant I lost signal for Google Maps a few...

The B&M hyper shown above was simply another idea for the project. It was included in the main planning application submitted in March 2022 to show an alternative, further highlight the pros of Hyperia's design and also note how Hyperia didn't require the removal of as many things.

Thanks for the review - great read! I've read that the maximum group weight is currently at 420kg, but they may not be accurate or subject to change.

It stalled down the half-pipe today: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/fPK4AYh5fzVKdy6j/ 😂

Thorpe have updated their app with a bit more Hyperia info. They're saying it will have 14.8 seconds of airtime... That's like a third of the coasting time!

I've had a Tussauds/Merlin Annual Pass since about 2004. Prior to that, I had a Thorpe Annual Pass since about 1997.

A couple of weeks ago, I went to Madrid to celebrate my 30th birthday. Madrid had been a bit of a cursed trip for me, with me having planned it a couple of times but it never coming to fruition. I booked a trip out there last October, and 2 days before I was due to fly out I ended up breaking...

Looks good.

The Ride will move to the bottom of the lift and engineers will do some further checks before it goes.

From what I now understand: Today was the plan, but put off due to weather. If today was the plan, it naturally follows that tomorrow will be the target. But again, if weather prove tricky (similar wind speeds are expected), it may again not happen. I saw on Twitter that someone said...

I can't comment on what it is like for testing. However, I know that there are different restrictions for wind speed, temperature, etc when a ride is in the hands of an engineering team (ie testing) and when a ride is in the hands of operations (ie with people on). For example, the engineering...

Very unlikely to test today. It's windy round the local area, the park have closed several rides for a prolonged period of time due to the wind. Not to say that would stop testing, but it increases risk. Weather is also set to be similar tomorrow. So the park may have to reach a point where...

And as promised, the finale. I had a mid-morning flight on the Thursday, so no time to do anything that day. I know there's another small mall cred in Abu Dhabi which I possibly could have gotten on Wednesday evening, but it was an hour round trip away and I just didn't think it was worth it...

Given that the park did a social media post saying that sharks were sighted in the old boat ride, I imagine a shark theme / train is quite likely.