12/9/2023 0 Comments Skyscraper roller coaster progress![]() It is really amazing to see how quickly supports and track are now being installed for Hyperia since it went vertical earlier this week. Earlier this week, we saw Hyperia go vertical with the very first gold supports being put into place and now according to the newest video update, posted to YouTube by Jack Silkstone we get to see that the first sections of gold track have now been added to those supports. October 13 - The excitement for Thorpe Park fans this week can barely be contained. We expect to see further track being installed as well as work on the station building developing over the coming weeks and we look forward to bringing you future updates on the construction progress for Hyperia. ![]() With Saw The Ride nearby reaching 100ft and Colossus standing at 98ft, Hyperia will certainly tower over these iconic attractions and take the title of King of the Coasters at Thorpe Park when it opens in 2024. Now, huge steel beams are being put into place for the station building.Īs is shown in the plans, guests will alight steps to get to the loading platform meaning the station building is very tall as can be seen in the newest construction video posted to YouTube by Jack Silkstone which is embedded below.Īs more supports are added, we begin to get an idea of the actual scale of Hyperia which will stand at 236ft tall when completed. Last week we saw the supports starting to go into place as well as the first track sections being installed. October 18 - Work on the upcoming tallest and fastest roller coaster in the UK is progressing fast. As work continues on the bottom section of Hyperia at lightning speed, we are hoping to see work on the lift hill commencing in the coming few weeks. ![]() Two huge support towers have gone up in the lower end of the site and deliveries of track are happening very frequently including the lift hill stairs. Now, in the latest video construction update posted on October 25 by Jack Silkstone we see white track being installed. We had already seen supports being put into place, gold track being added and the station building going vertical. Rather, let us marvel in knowing that ‘the world’s greatest’ anything will reside in Orlando, Florida.UPDATE October 26 - The current progress on Hyperia at Thorpe Park is amazing to see. ![]() And I can only think that the building of an entirely new theme park will lead to a renaissance of the Dirty-O.īut for now, let’s not think of the potential impact this new park may have on Orlando. On the one hand I have fond memories of the theme parks as a child, but on the other hand I have adult memories of trashy neon lights and awful clubs. The Skyscraper will be part of a $250 million entertainment complex planned for Orlando’s International Drive called Skyplex, which includes an indoor theme park.Īs a born-and-raised Floridian I have a strong love-hate relationship with Orlando. The coasters are boarded at the bottom of the tower, then make their way to the top before gravity takes over, with riders disembarking at the bottom. The design is based on US Thrill Rides’ Polercoasters concept, in which high thrills are delivered in a small diameter footprint. “The unique design of the coaster means more incredible, heart-pounding inside and outside loops, dives, spirals and inversions in a vertical area than riders have ever before experienced,” says Bill Kitchen, founder of Orlando-based US Thrill Rides, which designed the Skyscraper. Suitably called “The Skyscraper,” the coaster track spirals up and down the side of a 535-foot-tall observation tower. Plans are underway to build the world’s tallest - and quite possibly most terrifying - roller coaster at an Orlando, Florida, theme park due to open in 2017. On the one hand how awesome can something be when it’s force to circle a skyscraper the entire time? The range of motion is limited, though the views will be unlike anything ever seen before.
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