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  1. CineramaMax

    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    Hyperia is a predominantly stylistic coaster, as has been evident since the planning application was submitted. At no point has there been any indication that the ride will feature immersive theming.
  2. CineramaMax

    Alton Towers New Flat Ride?

    It's not going to be enclosed.
  3. CineramaMax

    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    There is only one confirmed trim at this moment, and that is the simulated splashdown. As is standard practice with a lot of Mack's coasters, brackets have been installed for trims before the outward banked turn/twist in case the train over-speeds, should that happen, only then will a trim will...
  4. CineramaMax

    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    Having seen the gold in the sun, it does actually look very nice, but the lack of a proper fade is very jarring, gives a lot of others I know OCD.
  5. CineramaMax

    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    The park explained on their annual passholders group that there was a clear creative decision behind the colour change, stating that it looked more 'dynamic' than a typical fade like what Stealth has. This was a Merlin Magic Making level creative decision.
  6. CineramaMax

    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    Hyperia at sunset Already towers over Monks Walk! Source
  7. CineramaMax

    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    It's followed by the outward banked death twist, then the stall/dive loop, before hitting the splashdown and final two airtime moments.
  8. CineramaMax

    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    Some screenshots from Dominic Gardner's most recent vlog. View from the road towards Chertsey. New window on the station. Landscaping has started to arrive on site. View of the bottom of the first drop and beginning of the dive loop/stall.
  9. CineramaMax

    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    Screenshotted from Thorpe's TikTok story...some fantastic progress has been made! Bottom of first drop has been installed, as well as the airtime moment out of the non-inverting immelmann!
  10. CineramaMax

    Will Hyperia be better than Nemesis?

    Two very different coaster experiences, designed to do very different things. We all know and love Nemesis, it's in many enthusiasts' top 10. I'm sure that we'll all love Hyperia also, but for very different reasons. I can see them both complimenting people's top 20's if we have to choose a...
  11. CineramaMax

    WTF Merlin?

    Over-zealous HSE, or the manufacturer, they do order changes to the ride manuals from time to time.
  12. CineramaMax

    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    Good thing that's the parody account 😜
  13. CineramaMax

    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    Detailing is now being applied to the station building. It definitely seems inspired by Icon, but judging by the cladded metal and details of natural wood and metal mesh, it'll certainly be a whole lot more vibrant looking than Icon's station.
  14. CineramaMax

    Portaventura Being Sold Back to Universal? Rumour!

    It was reported a while ago that numerous Disneyland Paris executives, including their operations director, were recruited by PortAventura. My thinking is that they were recruited by Universal and that the buyout has always been on the table. A Universal resort in the Mediterranean, and another...
  15. CineramaMax

    Knott's Timberline Twister Replacement

    Shame they're not installing two of the swing rides. It's a fantastic ride model, but there'd really ought to be at least two of them next to each other to absorb the crowds.
  16. CineramaMax

    WTF Merlin?

    A lot of amusement parks have very loose and stylistic 'themed' aesthetics, but that doesn't make them true theme parks. True theme park themes are actually story themes. A theme park has one primary goal, and that is to tell a story wherever you are in the park. Thorpe Park does not do that...
  17. CineramaMax

    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    It is, but the instrumentation is different from the snippet they played for us. I think it was just an edited down version of the longer ride soundtrack.
  18. CineramaMax

    Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

    From the snippet we heard at the IMAscore event, it was a top tier coaster soundtrack, probably Thorpe's finest.
  19. CineramaMax

    WTF Merlin?

    It's representative of an aesthetic led amusement park rather than a true theme park. Thorpe Park isn't really what I'd call a true theme park, I'd compare it to European amusement parks like Liseberg, which are more stylized but do also encompass a few themed attractions. To call Thorpe a true...
  20. CineramaMax

    Energylandia | Unknown | Vekoma Tilt Coaster | 2024

    They haven't provided a source for this news, so I'd take that with a pinch of salt.
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