Monday 9th October 2023
Exciting news is coming in from Thorpe Park this afternoon. Project Exodus now known as Hyperia has gone vertical!
Supports are now flying into place for the rollercoaster and it won't be long until the rollercoaster is visible from within the park.
It looks like 6 or 7 supports of the power section of the ride have already been installed. The photos aren't time stamped but with them being posted mid-afternoon we wonder how fast things have progressed on site already.
The skyline of the park is about to change rapidly!
Supports are now flying into place for the rollercoaster and it won't be long until the rollercoaster is visible from within the park.
It looks like 6 or 7 supports of the power section of the ride have already been installed. The photos aren't time stamped but with them being posted mid-afternoon we wonder how fast things have progressed on site already.
The skyline of the park is about to change rapidly!
Thursday 5th October 2023
With supports now being stored at the project exodus site it was only time until we saw supports being driven through the park and being craned into the construction site.
Nothing has gone vertical yet but this is the first stage of the project going vertical.
Part of the pathway outside Burger King in Old Town was today blocked off with trucks entering and leaving the site all day. So we decided to camp out and see if we could get a glimpse at some of the supports being driven into the site. An hour later... success!
It won't be long until we see some of these supports fly into the air and totally change the island landscape forever.
Nothing has gone vertical yet but this is the first stage of the project going vertical.
Part of the pathway outside Burger King in Old Town was today blocked off with trucks entering and leaving the site all day. So we decided to camp out and see if we could get a glimpse at some of the supports being driven into the site. An hour later... success!
It won't be long until we see some of these supports fly into the air and totally change the island landscape forever.
Thursday 5th October 2023
Thorpe Park has tonight announced the rollercoaster name behind the code word "Project Exodus"
Introducing... Hyperia!
Opening in 2024, the rollercoaster will become the tallest rollercoaster in the UK standing at 236ft and built by Mack Rides.
We had previously heard rumours that the rollercoaster could have been called names such as Icarus and intimidator, but we like Hyperia!
This was announced via a live stream on Thorpe Park's youtube channel.
Introducing... Hyperia!
Opening in 2024, the rollercoaster will become the tallest rollercoaster in the UK standing at 236ft and built by Mack Rides.
We had previously heard rumours that the rollercoaster could have been called names such as Icarus and intimidator, but we like Hyperia!
This was announced via a live stream on Thorpe Park's youtube channel.
Wednesday 4th October 2023
Project Exodus is just days away from going virtual! Supports have been moved from the storage location behind Stealth and The Swarm and moved towards the back of the exodus site. Both gold and white supports can be seen at the back of the site waiting to be installed. A crane can be seen ready to install the supports over the next few days. We think the rollercoaster will go vertical in the next 48 hours if not sooner!
Old Town and the Thorpe Park Skyline is about to be transformed and new heights will be reached.
Elsewhere around the construction site, foundations for the station continue to be worked on with sides for the station being built in rebar before concrete is poured into them. The foundations for the first corner out of the station to the lift hill now look to be complete.
A new delivery of panels for the station can be found down monks waiting to be installed once the station structure goes together.
It would also appear that the new fence down Monks Walk that runs along the construction site is going to be made even taller to keep trespassers out and to secure the site. The fence posts have been made higher but no wire or extra fence panels have been installed yet.
A big orange pumpkin can also be seen next to the storage containers/site office for the project. This orange pumpkin has previously been used at the construction site for Croc Drop at Chessington.
Old Town and the Thorpe Park Skyline is about to be transformed and new heights will be reached.
Elsewhere around the construction site, foundations for the station continue to be worked on with sides for the station being built in rebar before concrete is poured into them. The foundations for the first corner out of the station to the lift hill now look to be complete.
A new delivery of panels for the station can be found down monks waiting to be installed once the station structure goes together.
It would also appear that the new fence down Monks Walk that runs along the construction site is going to be made even taller to keep trespassers out and to secure the site. The fence posts have been made higher but no wire or extra fence panels have been installed yet.
A big orange pumpkin can also be seen next to the storage containers/site office for the project. This orange pumpkin has previously been used at the construction site for Croc Drop at Chessington.
Monday 25th September 2023
More and more supports for Project Exodus has been delivered to Thorpe Park ready for the rollercoaster to go vertical.
There are now so many supports that the island is almost full. Even more exciting you can now see supports from The Swarm, the first supports were pushed to the side of the island away from the site because of the trees and bushes.
But now you can see them from the far corner of the swarm island, next to the entrance. If you cross The Swarm station you can also catch a glimpse of the supports through the church window.
We can't wait to see this project go vertical over the next few months!
There are now so many supports that the island is almost full. Even more exciting you can now see supports from The Swarm, the first supports were pushed to the side of the island away from the site because of the trees and bushes.
But now you can see them from the far corner of the swarm island, next to the entrance. If you cross The Swarm station you can also catch a glimpse of the supports through the church window.
We can't wait to see this project go vertical over the next few months!
