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👏 👏 👏 Well done Thorpe Park... Now we can look forward to the day without worrying if we'll pick up an injury or worse. Obviously we've no idea how smoothly it will go, they've never had to deal with this level of (over) enthusiasm. But the point is, they've seen the risk, assessed the dangers...

It should be noted that this is exactly when I first rode it. As well as the disappointing theming, It was the pacing that really shocked me. It starts out bat shizzle crazy, really intense, but by the final third it'd really lost all intensity and slowed down like no invert I've ever ridden...

Yeh I'm very much in the compact and intense is better camp when it comes to inverts. They're not my favourite type as it is... Montu felt way to open, and drawn out, if that makes sense. Sure you'll make it one day, Europe and Florida are very easy to travel between, and with Norwegian's...

Honestly, I can't even believe this is a serious debate people have... Montu isn't even the best 'Egyptian themed' invert in the world! I don't know if it's the setting, or longer more drawn out layout and elements, but for some reason Montu just didn't click for me at all. If I wanted to be...

Oh they absolutely have the best operations. I perhaps didn’t word that too well. When I said ‘they may not be the best at EACH individual subject,’ what I meant was ‘they may not be the best at ‘EVERY’ individual category.’ As well as being the best at operations, I’m almost tempted to label...

I mean… second half of June, should be back open by then right? RIGHT?

I know so many people who've gone out there, or are heading out there in the coming weeks, this really sucks for them. :/ I take it you've seen the news @Will ??? Hope it's back up and running for you. 🤞

It's very weird, that night train 1 felt like one of the worst rides I've ever had for vibration / roughness on a steel coaster. But, it was definitely silky smooth for our ride on the same train the next day... Maybe they're still trying out different configurations, as we know this to be fact...

I was saving this for my trip report, but I've just had no time at all to sit down and write it at length... I will close the report out, somehow, but it won't be as detailed as I'd wanted, so I'll give it away now... My trip was a 'redemption' trip too... I've had to edit my signature... I...

Nah, they've reposted, replied to me saying they got a little carried away... That photo though... I really hope Jack offers large prints / canvases of that, it's going straight on my wall if he does, I don't care how good the coaster turns out to be, it's my favourite coaster photo ever! For...

Thorpe's retweet suggests Hyperia is a world record breaker… I missed that memo, what record does it break?

This is what I do too... I prefer the original format, don't like the whole semi final build up thing. I avoid listening to anything until the night. :)

That maybe because deep inside you were always more enthusiastic and excited about the trip than the average British teen / young adult is.... I agree with @roomraider here, it's generally a goon / US thing to do. Yep, I can believe that. Problem with social media marketing is the algorithms...

I don't understand the comments on the lack of advertising at all... I'm seeing multiple different adverts, reels and posts for Hyperia, from the park's official accounts, across all social media platforms each day. I'm genuinely being bombarded, it's getting silly now. What are you expecting...

Great report... Thanks for sharing... It's a shame about Ice Breaker, I was just as disappointed, the incredible airtime is there, but it's ruined. P.s if you're a 'bit late' then what am I? Been back a week today!!! Nearly 2 weeks since I arrived at Europa :o (I'll do it soon.)

It 'could' be better than Talocan... I never understood why PL went with a floorless model when they were covering one side up. That back wall looks pretty off ride, but it's a bit of a bummer if you end up facing that way when riding. Get this right, with water effects on galactica's side...

We touched on this in the Hyperia thread, but I don't really want to derail that thread. When does a ride cross the line from being 'stylised' to 'themed' Stylised to me means rides like Icon, which have a style, colour pallette, logo, name and little else. Even a 'theme' song pushes that...

Yes, it’s capacity is the same as Blitz on one station, which is how they’ve often operated it for the last few years. But every time I’ve been this year it’s been busy enough to be on two. To get a lower capacity than Blitz on 2 stations they’d have to consistently despatch at intervals of over...

You do say some weird things 😂 😂 😂 Blitz has a max theoretical of 960 rph... Oblivion has been running on 6 trains and both stations, even a team of poorly trained, one armed, monkeys, having a banana break every 2 minutes, could beat 960 with Oblivion on 6 and 2. (Fairly sure you know this...

It has a story, it has theme music, we’re starting to see props, it has a colour scheme, buildings surrounding it have been kitted out in the same scheme, there will be effects (splashdown, smoke etc) and lighting, we even have a protagonist now. This is no longer ‘just stylised.’ A few more...