Is Hyperia your top UK coaster?
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JoshC.
Strata Poster
The theming argument has always confused me with Hyperia, since most traditional hypers (which, let's face it, Hyperia pretty much is, in the sense of it's a chain lift and drop coaster) simply don't have theming.
Hyperia's plaza is simple but does the job. It could be better, yes, but it works.
The landscaping at the moment is, frankly, dire. The lake has barely been refilled (if you look, there is effectively still land which breaks "Hyperia's lake" and the "main lake" up. That shouldn't be the case, and hopefully will be rectified. I'm sure that foliage and such will grow over time (as is the case for many coasters), but that still doesn't mean it doesn't look great currently. But short-term issues for long term gains.
They do need to look at the trim and water effect. It's seemingly been shut off because of the dirt build it causes around there. Either find a solution to stop it getting dirty, suck it up and accept the dirt or re-landscape it and don't bother with a water effect (a tunnel with some lights and audio could work there instead, for example).
All of that aside, Hyperia is still fantastic. It sits in the lower-end of my Top 5%, and for me having a coaster that close that I can - and do - literally just pop down to is incredible. The length and Mack-ness to the ride understandably means it won't rank as high for everybody, and I'm sure other UK coasters will rank higher for some. But it is designed to be short and hard-hitting, and I think it does that pretty damn well.
Hyperia's plaza is simple but does the job. It could be better, yes, but it works.
The landscaping at the moment is, frankly, dire. The lake has barely been refilled (if you look, there is effectively still land which breaks "Hyperia's lake" and the "main lake" up. That shouldn't be the case, and hopefully will be rectified. I'm sure that foliage and such will grow over time (as is the case for many coasters), but that still doesn't mean it doesn't look great currently. But short-term issues for long term gains.
They do need to look at the trim and water effect. It's seemingly been shut off because of the dirt build it causes around there. Either find a solution to stop it getting dirty, suck it up and accept the dirt or re-landscape it and don't bother with a water effect (a tunnel with some lights and audio could work there instead, for example).
All of that aside, Hyperia is still fantastic. It sits in the lower-end of my Top 5%, and for me having a coaster that close that I can - and do - literally just pop down to is incredible. The length and Mack-ness to the ride understandably means it won't rank as high for everybody, and I'm sure other UK coasters will rank higher for some. But it is designed to be short and hard-hitting, and I think it does that pretty damn well.
I just took my first trip to the UK in June, stopping at Chessington, Thorpe, Blackpool, and Alton Towers. Hyperia was the easily the best coaster I rode on the trip (I’ll give best ride to Valhalla though- wow was that something!). We completely lucked out having Hyperia reopen on the exact date planned to visit. One little change in the itinerary I set up and I would still be wondering what it is like! Got 3 rides on it, with the best one being in the back row. I did not get a front row ride in though.
Matt N
CF Legend
Now I've ridden Hyperia, I'm changing my answer to an emphatic yes! No other UK coaster provides sustained weightlessness quite like that, and some of those elements are something to behold; the first drop, the non-inverting Immelmann and the outerbank into the inversion are three absolutely world-class elements, and as a sequence, that successive trio of elements is absolute perfection!
Yes, it's not the longest coaster in the world, but the length didn't bother me one bit. The negative g-forces and speed are so, so good on there, and the fact that every element hits and hits hard makes Hyperia an absolutely sublime coaster for me! It's easily my favourite UK coaster, and it sits in my overall top 5! We're lucky to have such a phenomenal ride in this country!
Yes, it's not the longest coaster in the world, but the length didn't bother me one bit. The negative g-forces and speed are so, so good on there, and the fact that every element hits and hits hard makes Hyperia an absolutely sublime coaster for me! It's easily my favourite UK coaster, and it sits in my overall top 5! We're lucky to have such a phenomenal ride in this country!