[ad_1] ‘I keep in mind I’d rush house from faculty simply to play RollerCoaster Tycoon,” recollects John Burton, a senior artistic lead at Merlin Entertainments (the proprietor of UK-based theme parks together with Alton Towers, Chessington World of Adventures, and Legoland Windsor) and the person designing the forthcoming 236ft (72-metre) drop Hyperia rollercoaster at Thorpe Park. “I’d then fall asleep dreaming I might turn into the subsequent Walt Disney.”When he displays on the sport, the grownup Burton speaks with the thrill of a young person on a sugar excessive. “I discovered a lot about how rollercoaster methods work with their…