The theme park in Surrey unveiled the UK's tallest, fastest and most weightless rollercoaster back in May and it was named after the Greek goddess Hyperia - who crafted steel wings to escape an island due to her fear of water - but the coaster's designer John Burton has revealed coming up with the name took months and they previously considered giving it the ironic name Tiny due to its massive height.

However, Ruth Storey, the marketing director at Thorpe Park, told the Guardian that Tiny didn't go down well with potential punters. She explained: "The focus groups didn’t get it. They told us: ‘But it’s big'."

She added: "More thought went into naming this rollercoaster than it did for either of my kids."

Other names considered for the ride included Summit - which would have been ski-themed - or Meteor, which would have been given a story centred around an apocalypse.

The boffins behind the ride also thought about calling it GOAT, Euphoria and OMG.

Burton added: "But what colour is OMG? What story does OMG tell?"

They eventually settled on the name Hyperia and the ride opened in May.

However, Hyperia was blighted by teething troubles which led to a series of closures as well as an incident in June when riders were left stuck on the track for an hour before the issue was fixed.

The coaster has since been back in action with few problems aside from the lengthy queues which often stretch beyond the three-hour mark.