Project Exodus at Thorpe Park; Current Layout (Mack) or Alternative Layout (Likely B&M)?

[ZeroG]

A B&M hyper wouldn't have made anyone, internationally, turn their heads. Any praise it received would be attributed to the UK being starved of good coasters and airtime.

Meanwhile Hyperia, at least a little bit, made all US enthusiasts jealous. It pushes boundaries and produces extreme sensations. It's very clearly extremely good, and in a quite a unique way.

For me, the B&M hyper would have been pretty awesome, but Hyperia is nuts, and is the clear winner.

 

[JoshC.]

A B&M hyper wouldn't have made anyone, internationally, turn their heads. Any praise it received would be attributed to the UK being starved of good coasters and airtime.

Meanwhile Hyperia, at least a little bit, made all US enthusiasts jealous. It pushes boundaries and produces extreme sensations. It's very clearly extremely good, and in a quite a unique way.

For me, the B&M hyper would have been pretty awesome, but Hyperia is nuts, and is the clear winner.

Whilst I don't disagree, that doesn't mean anything if it hasn't brought people to the park.

If US enthusiasts are jealous, that's all well and good, and I'm sure there's some people who have come over for it / brought some eyes on the park. But in the sense of actually bringing people into the park, I think the difference between Hyperia as is and a B&M Hyper is minimal.

 

[owenstreet7]

Having been on Hyperia over 50 times, I have noticed that Hyperia has brought in a lot of people both domestically and internationally.

It is a very unique coaster and a B&M Hyper wouldn't have had the same attention with the original plans. I understand Merlin wanted it to stick to the Canada Creek area and the coaster was limited as a result.

If it was longer and went all the way to the old Treasure Island behind Rumba Rapids, it could get attention for being Europe' longest coaster (it's currently the Big One) and possibly one of the longest in the world.

I've noticed quite a few people wearing Voltron merch around Hyperia which is a possible sign that the ride is attracting a lot of enthusiasts worldwide. It could also mean that Voltron is attracting people as well.

I personally see Voltron and Hyperia are both two sides of the same coin - that being very intense and airtime focused Mack coasters that opened this year although very different experiences.

In hindsight, I'm glad they have gone for what they did although I hope to see a B&M Hyper in the UK at some point, even if it's not a conventional one.