Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

[CrashCoaster]

So far, I haven't seen pictures of any supports that fade from gold to white. Do you think we'll end up with that awkward, sudden colour change from gold to white, as it appears in the animation, or is it just that any gradually faded supports haven't been delivered (or photographed) yet?

From what I've heard, the transition will be painted on once the ride is fully erected.

 

[Howie]

From what I've heard, the transition will be painted on once the ride is fully erected.

That was actually gonna be my next question - "Maybe they'll spray it on afterwards?" - but then I thought "Don't be daft Howie, that's a dumb idea."
Guess I'm not so dumb after all.

 

[JoshC.]

That was actually gonna be my next question - "Maybe they'll spray it on afterwards?" - but then I thought "Don't be daft Howie, that's a dumb idea."
Guess I'm not so dumb after all.

You're as clever as Thorpe Park!

I'll leave you to decide whether that's a good thing or not

 

[CrashCoaster]

That was actually gonna be my next question - "Maybe they'll spray it on afterwards?" - but then I thought "Don't be daft Howie, that's a dumb idea."
Guess I'm not so dumb after all.

It's happened before. It's probably easier than doing it at Mack's paint shop where they'd just quickly spray every piece with one colour. Old Nemesis had it's rust painted on afterwards and Dr. Diabolical had it's support details painted on afterwards. The gradient is specified on the plans so in theory they will have to follow through.

 

[Projektion]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1711802887033020611

 

[CrashCoaster]

It gets taller!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1711785022074548695

 

[CrashCoaster]

We got track!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1712067189073645950

 

[Coloratura]

Credit it to the one and only Dominic Gardner - the first piece of track is on!!

 

[spicy]

They aren't messing about! Only day 3 of vertical construction and look how much is already in.

It really is incredible how coasters just fly up once all the groundwork has been done.

 

[JoshC.]

Piece number 2 going in as well...


Photo from me / TPM

I believe this is the entrance to the twisted outerbank dive, but I'm not totally certain.

 

[CineramaMax]

The track looks a lot beefier than I was expecting. Maybe we could see for seat across trains similar to Voltron?

 

[CrashCoaster]

The track looks a lot beefier than I was expecting. Maybe we could see for seat across trains similar to Voltron?

We won't, and the gauge is the same. People said the same thing about Starfall Racers.

 

[Howie]

The track looks a lot beefier than I was expecting. Maybe we could see for seat across trains similar to Voltron?

Or better still, Thorpe Park could send the entire thoosie community into meltdown by announcing it will have Xtreme Spinning trains.
Just imagine...

 

[JoshC.]

In fairness, the Hyperia-name reveal video gives us a glimpse of the train, and it looks to be a standard 10 row, 20-seater train.

I reckon it is highly likely that's all we're gonna get. And that's by no means a bad thing!

 

[CrashCoaster]

In fairness, the Hyperia-name reveal video gives us a glimpse of the train, and it looks to be a standard 10 row, 20-seater train.

I reckon it is highly likely that's all we're gonna get. And that's by no means a bad thing!

I hope Merlin invest in the Helix/Icon lightning package and zero-car.

 

[Rob Coasters]

In fairness, the Hyperia-name reveal video gives us a glimpse of the train, and it looks to be a standard 10 row, 20-seater train.

I reckon it is highly likely that's all we're gonna get. And that's by no means a bad thing!

The Club 236 video includes a graphic that confirms a standard 10 row 20 seater train, but that announcement was from months ago, so who knew what could change?

 

[Efteldingus]

The Club 236 video includes a graphic that confirms a standard 10 row 20 seater train, but that announcement was from months ago, so who knew what could change?

That also included a more accommodating 10th row iirc?

 

[CineramaMax]

Or better still, Thorpe Park could send the entire thoosie community into meltdown by announcing it will have Xtreme Spinning trains.
Just imagine...

That would definitely be quite the troll way too intense for Xtreme Spinner trains.

 

[emoo]

Swarm had a sting in the tail so its only fair Hyperia can have a spin in its tail 2025. Please, pretty please.

 

[Crazycoaster]

It’d go a long way to make the ride more interesting if it had spinning trains, but even that won’t improve the ride’s length or lack of airtime. I will forever be salty about those issues over anything else.

Maybe they could invest in an onboard soundtrack? It’d probably be pretty cheap as they could use a 30 second royalty free clip for the soundtrack.