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    Marc got a reaction from Glitch in Sparkle Project   
    There’s a clear shift in how Merlin spend money the last couple of years tbf, I would guess the combo of a new CEO / going back to private have made this more possible.
     
    Agree all this stuff should be standard but I guess it isn’t in recent times here so it is nice to see.
     
    Hopefully once it is done they can keep it up - even just smaller touches up around the park each year can keep it up to a decent standard whilst not costing multi millions which I can only assume all this is costing to bring it up from where it currently is / was.
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    Marc reacted to Matt N in Hyperia - New for 2024   
    If anyone's interested, I decided to have a bit of fun this evening and cobble together a rough Planet Coaster recreation of Hyperia to gauge a rough idea of the sort of forces and speeds we might be hitting through some of those elements.
     
    I'm aware that the profiling and such aren't perfect, and as such, I'd take some of the exact g-forces with a pinch of salt (for instance, I don't think we'll be pulling 5.6G at the bottom of the dive loop...), but I built the large elements to roughly the same sort of height as they will be in real life (lift hill 236ft, Immelmann 157ft, large outerbank 164ft, dive loop 137ft, small outerbank 65ft, final airtime hill 48ft), so I think it should give a rough ballpark idea of speed in particular. I hope you like it!
     
    Here's a POV and some cinematic shots of my creation:
     
    And if you don't want to watch the video, here is the heatmap of vertical g-forces throughout the ride:

    As well as the heatmap of speed throughout the ride:

    And the stats of the ride:

    And just for fun, here are some shots of the layout in the day and at night:


    In terms of speed and forces; I think it paints a very promising picture! If my recreation is at all accurate, it suggests that we could be absolutely flying through the Immelmann, with the ride maintaining a speed of nearly 50mph even at the Immelmann's highest point! The other two large elements maintain speeds of 35-40mph at their highest points. In terms of trimming in the splashdown; I erred towards the more fierce end of the trimming spectrum and went for a deceleration rate of 4m/s2, which reduced the speed by 10-15mph. And even then, the outerbank and final airtime hill still appear very potent, with negative g-forces of nearly -1G still being registered in both elements! So overall, then, I reckon Hyperia could pack some brilliant g-forces throughout and hold its speed really well!
     
    I hope you like my recreation! I have to say, this has also reminded me just how much fun getting stuck into a good Planet Coaster build is... I really need to get back into Planet Coaster, as I haven't really had too much time for it as of late and it shows. I haven't updated any of my ongoing park projects for the forum in nearly 2 years!
     
    If you'd like to play with my recreation yourself, here's the Steam Workshop link where you can download it from: https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=3113374891
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    Marc got a reaction from Matt N in Colossus   
    They also confirmed it’s getting a major PLC upgrade so that fits in with the rumours about being able to unlock individual restraints. I’d be surprised if it’s able to unlock one bar at a time without also major works on the train but maybe one “car” at a time?
     
    That said they can already unlock 2 rows at a time on Inferno but they still recheck all bars after unlocking 2 rows - but that’s more a recent policy thing than anything.
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    Marc got a reaction from Glitch in Thorpe Park 2023   
    They are also producing a new entrance and dome theme to be fair!
     
    Event was posted on the Thorpe annual pass Facebook group 
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    Marc reacted to Mark9 in Angry Birds Land   
    Bring back the original Detonator soundtrack. 

    That's all I ask. 
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    Marc reacted to PCCDN in Hyperia - New for 2024   
    Pretty cool how clearly you can see the inversion from Staines Lane. Just walking to the site now to take some pics. 😁
     

     
     
    EDIT: Extra track piece going in 
     

     
    This part's gonna be so weird but thrilling 🤩

     
    Other piece going in now 
     

     
    Slowly but surely
     

     
    Final photo before I post the rest. They positioned originally but then took it back down after. Looks like they're securing it into place now. 
     

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    Marc got a reaction from Glitch in Fright Nights 2023   
    I think the issue with this is people don’t want to go on some random days at the end of October - It’s always the same weeks / days packed every year simply because that’s when demand is. The park do limit the capacity, I’m pretty sure the numbers they let in are no where near what used to be seen back in 2008/9 etc.
     
    It is a tricky one to balance - it’s easy to say they should sell less tickets / fastracks etc but from a business sense that only makes sense if they also up the price - which will equally annoy some people. I do wonder if enthusiasts maybe overstate it and maybe people visiting once a year on fright nights just expect it to be packed and are pretty happy getting on a handful of rides and having a day out - hard to tell!
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    Marc got a reaction from jimbeam4 in Hyperia - New for 2024   
    Stealths fading changed mid construction - can see its original look here but it never opened like that, not sure why they would really bother once it’s up unless they had to.
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    Marc got a reaction from Inferno in Hyperia - New for 2024   
    Stealths fading changed mid construction - can see its original look here but it never opened like that, not sure why they would really bother once it’s up unless they had to.
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    Marc got a reaction from coasterverse in Ghost Train - NEW for 2023   
    They were leg ticklers - they would randomly go off at the end of the ride when the train I assume reset, they were removed not long after though.
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    Marc got a reaction from Trooper Looper in Thorpe Park Controversial Opinions   
    Interesting..
     
    I think I’ll go with Colossus is a good roller coaster 
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    Marc got a reaction from ImLucifer in Thorpe Park Controversial Opinions   
    Interesting..
     
    I think I’ll go with Colossus is a good roller coaster 
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    Marc got a reaction from Cal in Thorpe Park Controversial Opinions   
    Interesting..
     
    I think I’ll go with Colossus is a good roller coaster 
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    Marc got a reaction from James in Thorpe Park Controversial Opinions   
    Interesting..
     
    I think I’ll go with Colossus is a good roller coaster 
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    Marc got a reaction from coasterverse in Thorpe Park Controversial Opinions   
    Interesting..
     
    I think I’ll go with Colossus is a good roller coaster 
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    Marc got a reaction from JoshC. in Fright Nights 2022   
    They had the masks in the first and last rooms on Saturday evening and they all seemed to have some sort of mega phone so was much clearer than on press night too which was nice!
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    Marc got a reaction from WWTPRadio in Nemesis Inferno   
    I think I remember hearing the licensing for imascore stuff is a lot simpler in the way that they pay for it and that’s that (but I could be wrong)
     
    I’m sure they do still have the rights to the imascore stuff seeing as they still seem to have a continued relationship with them
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    Marc got a reaction from Inferno in Theme Park Fan: The Musical   
    Have removed a couple of posts from here - Regardless on your opinions on Nick’s music - fair play to him for organising this - just looked and I saw he’s raised almost £600 to donate to a mental health charity and no one deserves to be berated for that - that’s significant amount especially during these times from such a niche market.
     
    Whilst I get it may not be everyone’s cup of tea I think it’s great people when people l come together and do things like this which will ultimately benefit others more in need, especially in times like this!
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    Marc got a reaction from Inferno in Fright Nights - What would you do if you were in Thorpe's position?   
    I agree with lots of the little points, better park lighting, fright nights audio for every ride more smoke machines would be good to see, they are quite cheap and easy things to do too in the grand scheme of things.
     
    Creek Freak maybe I’ve been lucky but my run throughs have been actor heavy (not just press night) but obviously this does seem to vary a lot.
     
    Id bring in a new maze to replace platform, use the lost city space again and make it a original theme / indoor maze. I do think they lack a maze they can just throw people though, they are all very story based now and when you throw through huge groups you lose abit of the experience, mazes like the Asylum were effective even when they were throwing in huge groups quickly when queues got large.
     
    I don’t think lowering the price of mazes is really realistic at this point, they are clearly selling too many as it is and with fastrack it’s all about supply and demand, we saw fastrack start off cheaper than it is now with far too much of it, over the years they have tweaked pricing to the point where generally it’s less of an issue (not all the time granted) but will still make a tidy profit for the park. I suspect we will see them playing with maze prices too till they get the balance right (I hope so anyway!)
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    Marc got a reaction from Inferno in Hyperia - New for 2024   
    Hmm I’m not sure they would Re-theme X again. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea but walking dead is probably the most complete experience of the coaster there has been i can’t see them changing it again before the coaster is at the end of its life.
     
    Could be wrong though stranger things have happened !
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    Marc got a reaction from Inferno in Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon   
    Not much has changed atall - they’ve added abit more of a story told by the actor before you enter the floating carriage room which is carried on in the middle section, other than that it’s the same as previous.
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    Marc reacted to Stuntman707 in Colossus   
    Just finished a little montage of Colossus. Check it out -
     
     
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    Marc got a reaction from JoshC. in 2021 Season   
    No idea what is up with storm surge but it’s certainly had closed season work so can’t see it being removed this soon!
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    Marc got a reaction from Inferno in Your 3 favourite things about Thorpe Park   
    Good topic!
     
    1. Skyline - it’s got the best skyline in the U.K. by far - it looks so good, from walking over the bridge to driving past on the m3, it stands out and is pretty unique.
     
    2. Fright Nights - like you it’s definitely not the best Halloween event anymore but I’ll still visit multiple times every year, even without the mazes the atmosphere at the park alleys seems to be so good.
     
    3. The rides - it maybe an obvious one, and Thorpe are in desperate need of something new but that don’t take away from the lineup they have - they have a great selection of rollercoasters and flats even with the lack of resent investments in this department  
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    Marc got a reaction from JoshC. in Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon   
    To be fair if it is destined not to reopen it is a direct result of Covid, it would have continued to operate at least for now had Covid not happened
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