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Pacing will alter significantly as testing continues. Firstly the train literally crawled over the crest of the lift hill, in a couple of weeks it will be going significantly quicker over the top as Mack lifts are normally fast. This won’t dramatically alter the speed at the bottom (probably only a couple of mph) but that will mean a significant amount of additional kinetic energy is being carried by the train. Secondly the friction will reduce as the ride beds in and warms up so the speed will be maintained throughout the layout. This will probably mean more airtime but less hang time 

train reveal
 
I think they look very good

Don't worry, I'm not back, just briefly returning to the forum to highlight what I feel is a very important talking point.
 
In a recent government report, Merlin Entertainments have been listed as a company who have not paid minimum wage.  The company failed to pay minimum to 1,100 employees, equating to £43,000.
 
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-500-companies-named-for-not-paying-minimum-wage
 
Ride Rater have published a further breakdown of all the available info:
 
https://riderater.co.uk/11561/merlin-entertainments-failed-to-pay-minimum-wage/
 
Flamingo Land are also named here for failing to pay 4 workers the minimum, following a previous report from Blackpool Pleasure Beach who had failed to pay 12 workers the minimum.
 
In 2018, the CEO of Merlin Entertainments took home a salary of £1,493,000.  In contrast, the £43,000 owed to 1,100 employees would have still left £1,450,000 for the CEO.  Staff rely on being paid at least the legal minimum to live off, to pay their bills.  It's shameful that this has been allowed to happen.
 
Source: https://www.erieri.com/executive/salary/nick-varney-8ydw
 
I feel that as enthusiasts/people with an interest in theme parks, we have to pay attention to this and demand better for the staff who make our hobby possible.

Sparkle Project update here, courtesy of Jack Silkstone's Twitter - lovely to see an easter egg of a mini replica of the Swarm station being installed outside Tidal Wave 🤩

Hopefully it will be used to show replays of live streams where YouTubers say a ride name 50,000 times.

Slammer, the track’s going down
Slammer, I’m watching it rise
Slammer, lots of people around
Slammer, Slammer please come home
 
 
 
They’re singing “build it tall”
but there’s no budget left at all
I remember when you flipped here
And all the fun we had those years

A look at the wider Thorpe Park rebrand. Do really love all the patterns, colours and applications!
 
https://www.robyeodesign.com/thorpe-park-rebrand

I can't wait to find out the real reason why rides have broken down then.

Same vibe

Tegridy Farm will be the new land for 2024, confirmed by the manufacturers of the Tidal Wave new flame effect in leaked Whatsapp Message. 

Yes. 😔

I can't believe after all this time we've finally got a coherant response from Parm Pap themself!

The only person who knows what the new logo looks like is @Parm Pap

The twisted outerbank dive is complete!
 
 
 

And in an actually useful post, more supports:
 
 

Did I also say that track would be installed at 12.22pm on Wednesday 11th October?
 
 

Nailed it 😎

My issue isn't so much it sounding similar to Hyperion (although I still do think it's a fairly valid point, but nowhere near as big of an issue as people are making it out to be), but that it is just a bit... corny? It's a hypercoaster and just feels like a cheap attempt to cram 'hyper' into the name - yes, members of the GP probably won't know what a 'hypercoaster' is, and yes, I know that 'Hyperia' is a Greek goddess so is fairly clever having those play together - but something about it just makes me cringe a little.
 
All in all though, the bottom line is that Thorpe are getting a new rollercoaster next year, and it's going to be one that rivals big boys from overseas. The name and 'interesting' colourscheme mean nothing whilst you're riding it - I can't wait for next season.
 
Crazy how 2024 is such an insane year for rollercoasters in this country - 30 years on from the notorious year of the rollercoaster, 1994! Let's just hope it doesn't take another 30 years for the next batch of big investment across the country 😂

Soz for double post, but the new 16+ restriction for admittance to Tulleys is coming as a shock and disappointment to people online it seems... they do keep posting about it mind you...
 
I reckon it could make quite a difference to crowd levels, potentially.

I know we noticed some teens filming in mazes on Snapchat and the like, but I'm not saying that's limited to under 16s (over 16s would obvs be on Facebook xoxo)

Being serious for a moment though. I sense most of the negativity towards the name is because of it being similar sounding to Hyperion at Energylandia
 
Lets be real though, what percentage of the people walking through the gate at Thorpe on any given day actually have heard of even Energylandia let alone Hyperion??

That tagline is just horrible.
 
I'm in the wrong industry if someone actually got paid money and that was the chosen one. Not even a group on the Apprentice would come up with something that bad?
 
IMAScore doing the music again? Could they not afford Hutson's rates? 

Definitely gonna be a major night for the direction of project exodus. 
 
I am hoping project exodus will be outdated by the end of today 😂

I take it back, I think we could be looking at something big tonight actually. John Burton has posted a countdown on his Instagram story, and now it looks as if there's banners waiting to be unveiled on the bridge. They're rolled up at the minute, but looking at the side you can definitely tell it's in the Exodus black & gold branding. This is a lot of teasing and effort for a simple "hey we've gone vertical!" announcement.
 
I'm now set on us either having a name reveal or at the very least the beginning of the marketing rollout happening tonight. Perhaps if there's no name reveal (as I said, although it's looking unlikely the trademark application will be rejected, it is still sat waiting for any objections so doesn't really make sense to go all out in the case of a last-minute objection) we'll at least get an idea for the theming.
 
Project Exodus is about to get very, very real ladies and gentlemen!
 

Supports on site! Vertical construction soon™️

Just had the message straight from the groundworkers on site - and am incredibly excited to reveal as a MTYMOO83 EXCLUSIVE that Project Exodus will be going vertical on REDACTEDday the REDACTED of REDACTEDber! About time!