Thorpe Park has confirmed that the forthcoming Hyperia rollercoaster will have both front row and single rider queues.
Single rider queues allow guests the option to fill empty seats when all groups in the main queue have been seated within a train.
In some circumstances, the system can allow for quicker re-riding, and is often popular among rollercoaster enthusiasts.
The dedicated front row option is common to many rollercoasters, but usually sees longer wait times than the main queue.
Hyperia is widely expected to have a current target opening date of late April, although this has not been confirmed by Thorpe Park.
The Mack Rides-built rollercoaster will have a 90-degree drop from its 236-foot summit, becoming the UK’s tallest – and expected fastest – rollercoaster.
‘End of spring’ opening
Planning and construction delays have seen an initially-expected 24 March opening date become impossible.
The ride’s track was completed last week, and testing is expected to begin later this month.
Thorpe Park has cut the price of admission through to 25 April, further fuelling speculation of the late April target for Hyperia’s opening.
The Surrey park originally planned to open on 24 March, a Sunday. Its opening date was then brought forward by a day, and admission prices were cut.
Officially, Thorpe Park has said that it is on course to open Hyperia before the end of spring, which is defined meteorologically as 31 May.
The rollercoaster will have a 1.3-metre height restriction and is being marketed as the UK’s “most weightless” rollercoaster.
That description is designed to convey the expected moments of zero and negative gravity, and also moments of so-called ‘hangtime’ through slow inversions.
Meanwhile, Thorpe Park confirmed to annual pass-holders on Sunday that the new Big Easy Boulevard area’s Sunset Cinema will screen the 12A-rated Ready Player One 4D Experience film.