Cal Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 Certainly interesting seeing the amount of people saying its rough/rattly now. I do wonder if the wheel changes are a permanent solution to the valleying or if its just a temporary fix whilst a long term solution is figured out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack29 Posted June 21 Report Share Posted June 21 Something has definitely changed since my last ride back in April. There is a noticable rattle from the bottom of the first drop to the 'splash down' element. It seems to be moving through the elements faster than it did previously. Hopefully it's a short term experiment to prevent stalls. There's no way that a one year old coaster should be riding so poorly. I feel for Thorpe as they are stuck between a rock and a hard place. I wonder if ordering a third train would be worth it. I'm sure there is not enough space for it in the maintenance bay but it could be kept in the station instead. With a third train they won't need to rely on one train operation while the second is built back up in the event of a stall. I'm sure it's been mentioned on here before that using water dummies for every breakdown is not a possibility. Mack should really front the cost as this is their mess after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted June 22 Author Report Share Posted June 22 Rode it twice today. Dunno what all this discourse is about it being rough. It's fine. There are vibrations present, and you can notably see the train shift during the stall. But it doesn't negatively affect the ride experience for me. There are significantly worse rides out there, even in the park itself. I will say it is more vibratey than say this time last year though, and it does make me fear for how the ride will age. But yeah, for now, I'd love to ride it with someone who is calling this rough and see what on earth is going on. Because if that's rough, then.... Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 Sounds like the discourse over Nemmie Rebs atm. Saturday didn’t feel much in the way of roughness at all. Way people go on about it makes it sound like riding an old school Vekoma. JoshC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted Tuesday at 08:04 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 08:04 AM Riding this Saturday, it was incredibly smooth, couldn't notice a hint of vibration or roughness. And actually riding this so soon after riding Helix two weeks ago, it's amazing how forceless Hyperia feels. Maybe the new wheels making it faster has taken some of the weightless feeling out of the ride (well for me anyway). Majority of guests clearly still love it although I found it interesting on my trip that Inferno was far busier throughout the day. I was expecting Hyperia to range in the 100 minute wait time, especially with the beautiful weather, but it never went above 50. As intimidating as it is, sometimes the majority of guests just want a smaller, more manageable ride like Inferno and the Swarm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted Wednesday at 08:26 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 08:26 AM Would imagine the height with open trains (comparatively) really does intimidate a number of guests to not bother riding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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