Thorpe Park | Hyperia | Mack Hyper Coaster | 2024

[Niles]

3rd times the charm

New stream is up, looks like not to long till it tests as we have construction workers and staff waiting for it to go now

 

[spicy]

New stream.

Lots of activity looks like it could be happening imminently.

 

[IGwaziSolos]

horn has been sounded to clear the area

 

[spicy]

Testing now!

 

[IGwaziSolos]

Train has left the station !!

 

[IGwaziSolos]

Stuck at the bottom of the lift hill at the moment

 

[JoshC.]

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

 

[Georgie-M]

gonna get in before anyone else can...


looks slow.

 

[IGwaziSolos]

gonna get in before anyone else can...


looks slow.

I'll definitely give you that, might give lightning rod's lift hill a run for it's money (just a joke I know it is testing)

 

[spicy]

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

There’s an actual process behind the testing and this isn’t just a show for all the goons watching over the fence?!

Makes you realise just how steep that lift hill is seeing the train on it now!

 

[Jerrybubbles]

Nearly 10k people watching a youtube livestream is insane numbers. I'm guessing another 15 or so minutes before they send it.
Edit: nevermind they sent it a couple minutes after this post!!!

 

[M91]

ahem

Looks slow.

 

[VonRolland]

Its over and tested!
Looks slow btw

 

[Peet]

I literally just joined seconds before the first test run, looked great .

PS. I don't remember ever seeing this level of build-up and excitement for a test run before - love it!

 

[jasone]

The atmosphere there today looks great. Considering it crawled up that lift and over the crest, it seemed to take the first element relatively quickly. Can't wait to see it cycling now and speeding up throughout the rest of the layout.

 

[spicy]

- 3:00 on the live stream to be able to watch it again.

That was very exciting even just watching the stream.

Considering that was the very first run the first element was taken very quickly but then almost stalled on the huge outerbank. I wonder if the trim brake engaged a bit too much there?

Looking forward to seeing some more videos and seeing what speed the outerbank actually gets taken at.

 

[Tonkso]

Lots of people saying it's broken or there is an issue. Thinking logically, would they simply not be running checks here? I'm considering things like the validating the train's stability on the lift-hill in case of evac requirement. I highly doubt there is a fault.

Edit: Just seen Josh's comments.

Edit 2: Also, reminder (I know most are joking), of course it will run slower on the first test. They'll do that on purpose.

 

[Nicky Borrill]

Wow it really does look slow!!!

And what was with that rattling sound, shouldn’t sound like that on the general layout surely?

 

[Georgie-M]

The hangtime on some of those elements looks mental, though I'm guessing that'll change as the ride beds in and they make adjustments. Either way, it's fantastic to finally see this thing in motion.

 

[Matt N]

Bits of that definitely looked slow, but as others have said, it was the first test run and the chain lift ran at an absolute crawl. It’s probably not the warmest, clearest day either; if it’s windy or cold, which wouldn’t be a surprise given yesterday’s weather, that could easily have affected things.

I thought some elements, particularly the first drop, Immelmann and entry into the outer bank, actually looked pretty promising given the circumstances!

It’ll almost definitely speed up, though. Based on how fast the lift hills on the likes of DC Rivals are, I imagine that the lift will be far faster during regular operation, and you only have to remember how similarly slow Nemesis Reborn went during its first test back in January compared to how it runs now.