I wouldn’t read too much into that; Merlin makes typos and spelling inconsistencies a surprising amount!It's the "roller-coaster" spelling that also seems fishy to me!
I reached out to them on Facebook about 30 minutes ago, but maybe try it as well or through email or something.Sorry to double post, but I’ve got an idea; why doesn’t someone message Thorpe on Facebook or something and ask if it’s official?
I might do it myself, in fact; what do you guys think?
Great; thank you! If they give you a response, do tell us!I reached out to them on Facebook about 30 minutes ago, but maybe try it as well or through email or something.
I will but I'm not expecting an answer for a little while, not related to this thread but I also did reach out to Gumbuya World about Buzzsaw to see if that's legit.Great; thank you! If they give you a response, do tell us!
I guess that's what happens when a park's fans spout rumours every single year, and the park's staff join in with fake teasers...I must admit, I think it’s a rather sad indicator of how little faith people have in Thorpe Park/Merlin when something like this is revealed and people’s first instinct is to believe it’s fake and search for signs that it’s a hoax…
Admittedly, I can fully understand why people might have lost faith given some of the past “coaster teasers”, but I’m personally very excited and optimistic for Thorpe’s future, and I’ll admit that it makes me a little sad to see that optimism has dwindled so drastically…
Heathrow's flight path doesn't effect the park below 500ft... (or 150M to be precise!)So the 3 coaster B&M deal must be true because of the coaster at the new Legoland in China, Chessington’s new coaster and this probably.
I hope it’s a ride like the Flight Of The Himalayan Eagle Music Coaster, for the people who don’t know what the heck I’m talking about, it’s a smaller model of the hyper coaster, which would not effect the flight path for Heathrow Airport.
I don't think it's so much that - a lot of us were young idealists like you once, Matt - but have been in this game a LONG time which has taught us to approach some things with trepidation - Alton crates, anyone? So this thread got me reconsidering what I said earlier about pessimismI must admit, I think it’s a rather sad indicator of how little faith people have in Thorpe Park/Merlin when something like this is revealed and people’s first instinct is to believe it’s fake and search for signs that it’s a hoax…
Heathrow's flight path doesn't effect the park below 500ft... (or 150M to be precise!)
Indeed, from what I can tell from certain documents, Thorpe Park falls just outside of the conical surface around Heathrow and in the outer horizontal surface, which has a height limit of 150m. Which raises the question of why so many people believe Thorpe are bound by 200ft-ish height limits.
Yes, exactly! Although it does appear part of the park lies inside the IHS, (interestingly, the part containing Stealth) it also appears that old town lies inside the OHS... And outside the IHSIndeed, from what I can tell from certain documents, Thorpe Park falls just outside of the conical surface around Heathrow and in the outer horizontal surface, which has a height limit of 150m. Which raises the question of why so many people believe Thorpe are bound by 200ft-ish height limits.
Sorry Matt, Benjacobs had already used the full term in his post, so I assumed that I could use the abbreviations…What are these IHS and OHS abbreviations standing for, out of interest? And how can you see what areas they encompass in regard to Thorpe?
Cheers @Nicky Borrill; thanks for clarifying that! I’ll admit I know very little about this sort of thing and have been trying to do some research in order to justify that a hyper could be built over on another forum. This is very helpful!Sorry Matt, Benjacobs had already used the full term in his post, so I assumed that I could use the abbreviations…
They are Inner horizontal surface and outer horizontal surface… They are zones, spreading out from an airport, that amongst other things, define protected areas, such as areas with certain build height limits. So Heathrow has a small roughly 4-5km ish radius area around it with a 68m height limit, and also a bigger radius around it with a 150m height limit.
This is the rough copy of Heathrow’s (there’s a much more detailed map available too, but it’s pdf)
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Actually Matt... Found this for you, explains it WAYYYY better than I ever could! https://www.pagerpower.com/news/about-obstacle-limitation-surfaces-overview/Cheers @Nicky Borrill; thanks for clarifying that! I’ll admit I know very little about this sort of thing and have been trying to do some research in order to justify that a hyper could be built over on another forum. This is very helpful!
For what it’s worth, I looked at Thorpe on Google Earth, and it’s apparently around 6.5km as the crow flies from Heathrow, if we look at the southernmost extremity of Heathrow and the northernmost extremity of Thorpe Park (I went with the top of the car park where cars actually enter the site).
Out of interest, how can you tell what bits of Thorpe are within the inner area?
Out of interest, how can you tell what bits of Thorpe are within the inner area?