Welcome to another blogmas post! Today I’m doing very something very very different for me. I’m going to be reviewing Hyperia, Thorpe Park’s brand new roller coaster for 2024. If you know me, you know I adore roller coasters and I had the pleasure of experiencing this roller coaster twice this year. I’m going to take you through my full thoughts on this new addition, from the area to the theme to the soundtrack to the coaster itself. Let’s get to it!
Firstly, let me go through the stats and information with you all. Hyperia is a hyper coaster (meaning this is a roller coaster that is 200+ft tall) manufactured by Mack Rides. They are an amusement ride manufacturing company from Germany.
Hyperia is 236ft tall with a top speed of 80mph, making it the tallest and joint-fastest roller coaster in the United Kingdom. It has a track length of 3265.7ft with 2 inversions and it can run two trains that have 5 cars, each with 4 seats arranged in rows of 2, totalling 20 riders per train.
The theme of Hyperia is rather a loose theme I would say. It is themed to a fictional goddess that is actually named Hyperia. She is the daughter of an ancient river god who became imprisoned on an island due to her fear of water. She then crafted a set of steel wings that enabled her to conquer her fear of water and escape, with the ride marketed under the slogan, “Find your fearless”.
It’s okay.
I would argue that is is more stylised than themed. Saw the Ride and the Swarm both have better theming than Hyperia. However, it’s not an ugly ride to look at all. The colour scheme is beautiful, with the gold on the lower parts compared to the white of the upper parts of the track standing out and complementing each other nicely.
The area around the park is also okay. It’s known as fearless valley, with the same loose theme and style around the area. There’s a gift shop, toilets and a food stand. The queue is actually really good as you’re taken underneath the coaster. All you can see is this mess of track above you. It’s wonderful to watch when you’re waiting in the queue.
However, the star of the show for Hyperia’s overall theme is the soundtrack. Created by IMAscore, it is constantly playing in the area, with dispatch audio as you leave the station. It’s actually really beautiful.
Now it’s time for the ride itself. I’m not an expert. I really like roller coasters and I want to ride more in the future. However, I have probably been on a maximum of 30 ish roller coasters so I’m not comparing it to much. I had two rides on Hyperia, one second from the front and one on the back row so I ideally would have liked more. Despite that, this is my favourite roller coaster that I have had the pleasure of riding to date.
The ride has elements that I really like. The hang time on the stall going into the dive loop is wonderful. The airtime is wonderful, and Thorpe Park actually claims Hyperia actually has the most amount of airtime on any roller coaster in the UK and I can see that. If you’re in the back, you get absolutely ejected out of your seat on the barrel roll first drop. That is the single best moment on the ride in the back seat.
If you’re towards the front, the best moment on the ride is coming up. This is the outer-bank that is the furthest point of the ride away from everything else. This is much better in the front as the speed in which you approach it and the way you’re just hanging there unnaturally to the side is wonderful.
Overall, Hyperia is truly wonderful and is currently my number one coaster. It’s forceful, it’s fun, it’s weird. I love it.
And that’s it! Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to read this post and I will see you tomorrow for another one!
Beth
Beth Olivia 