Hyperia Track Completed! Top Of Lift Hill Lifted Into Place
Wednesday 6th March 2024
It was a foggy start to the day, but Hyperia is now complete! The crest of the lift hill has been lifted into place today and the track for Hyperia is now complete.
Weighing 13 tones the crown of the lift hill was lifted into place at 2:30pm.
149 days later, construction on Hyperia has been completed. The rollercoaster went vertical on 9th October 2023 and was completed on Wednesday 6th March.
Hyperia is now the tallest rollercoaster in the UK! The Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach has been knocked off the top spot.
Hyperia Lift Hill Completed
Tuesday 5th March 2024
The lift hill for Hyperia is complete! The first section of the lift hill track went into place at 12:15 pm today followed by two more sections of the lift hill joined together at 2 pm. The height of Hyperia is crazy when you're looking at it from Monks Walk.
The amazing team at Thorpe Park and BNE Construction have been hard at work over the past few months building this ride and it's almost over. There are now only 2 supports, the catwalks left and the crest of the ride left to install before Hyperia is complete.
Other notable changes since our update on Sunday, plants and trees have been planted around the first turn of the ride. More gold trims have been added to the top of the station building, and work on wiring up the ride continues. There appeared to be a lot of work and attention happening to the lift hill motor today. It's unclear if the huge crane will be needed to install the chain.
Hyperia could be completed in the next 24 hours!
Top Of Hyperia Lift Hill Assembled
Sunday 3rd March 2024
It's a busy Sunday at the Hyperia construction site. Work on assembling the top of the lift hill has begun. Three sections of tracks are being put together on the ground before being lifted into place as one giant piece.
Before Hyperia can be crowned, there are three sections of white lift hill track that need to be installed. The supports for the lift hill are 90% complete, with another support installed over the past 48 hours since we last looked at the site on Friday afternoon. This support will hold part of the lift hill structure with another support on the other side, but we expect that will be installed after the lift hill track has been bolted onto the other side.
This is the week! Hyperia's track should be completed this week.
Hyperia 1st March 2024 Update
Friday 1st March 2024
It's the end of a busy week at Thorpe Park for Hyperia. The first drop has been installed and we're so close to seeing the rollercoaster track completed. Over the past 24 hours work has taken a small break but it would appear that all of the track to complete the rollercoaster is now on site. With the sun shining today, we can get a proper look at the construction site and how good the first drop looks.
The smaller crane could be seen moving sections of the track around the site ready for Monday morning. Arms for the catwalk that will be attached to the lift hill were also seen flying around the air during the afternoon today. We expect these will be fitted today to avoid fitting them at height later next week.
Work on wiring up the rollercoaster continues with engineers spotted wiring up the wheels before the lift hill.
It would also appear that work on cementing the supports to the foundations has begun on the turnaround section outside the station. This means that the supports are now in their final position and can be permanently fixed.
It looks like next week could be the week Hyperia is completed!
Hyperia First Drop Completed
Thursday 29th February 2024
It’s a wet day in Staines but that hasn’t stopped Hyperia from having its first drop completed!
The track for the first drop has been installed and completed since our last update less than 24 hours ago. This leap day will go down in history as the day Hyperia had its drop completed.
Around the rest of the site, more supports have been delivered ready to be installed tomorrow.
But the question everyone’s thinking… when will the ride be completed?
Our best guess would be Monday possibly Tuesday. We expect the rest of the lift hill will be installed tomorrow and then on Monday and Tuesday the rollercoaster could be topped off and completed.
