The Smiler - alton towers

[neo]

a preview test ride ahead of the launch 23rd may

looks like one rough ride and it's brand new :scare: it'll be worse at the end seats too.

they should sell neck braces in the gift shop

i love my coasters but cant say this ride will be that re-rideable ( that even a word) in a single day.

[The Chubby Ninja]

looks good. cant wait to spend 3 1/2 hours queing to get on it

[Wasso]

I was there in October when they said it will open in March. So my other half bought me tickets for the usual stay over at the Alton Towers Hotel. We always go on a Monday when the parks is pretty quiet. Before we went we checked to see if the Smiler would be running and its late, they wouldn't let us change our tickets till May.

 

So all we had were pictures instead.

 

It does look epic and the second half looks better. The vertical climb was taken from Saw at Thorpe Park.

 

 

 

 

 

I can't wait to get on it!!!!

[neo]

Thx for sharing the pics

 

for £18m they could have a got a better and smoother ride from B&M with a few million to spare, at least the marketing people haven't gone over boat like they did with thir3teen, what a huge let down that was

[neo]

Yeah same company did saw:the ride at thorpe -

http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Gerstlauer

[Tarmac@TarmacSportz]

 

Wow, as you know I love my coasters too and can't wait to go on this one, most of my faves like Rita, Stealth, Oblivion etc are awesome but over in 30 secs, this is around 3mins of awesomeness !!

[Vlad]

Wow should be fun

BTW, Burger King (and I assume other places)quite often do 2 for 1 vouchers for AT and other parks

[Beaso]

I live near Towers, if anyone wants `cheap` tickets please pm me !

[rothers2901]

Looks pretty average to me, 30sec of actual ride time, I know it's only my opinion but having been to Orlanda and done the theme parks some last for 90sec and are awsome.

[Wasso]

Without watching the video I can tell you straight away that's The Hulk, a truly EPIC RIDE....

 

Watches video just in case

[Tarmac@TarmacSportz]

I live near Towers, if anyone wants `cheap` tickets please pm me !

 

Nice one ! ! Will prob be in touch soon

[Fodder]

Love coasters but having done cedar point over 5 days the year maverick opened all uk parks seem rather tame. Top thrill dragster is my favourite and I'm scared of heights.... Didn't experience a roll back though

 

This just looks like an assault on the senses and should be good fun

[Wasso]

Ha ha I was right.....

 

The beginning I wasn't expecting when I first went on it, but probably one of the top 3 I've ever been on.

 

Stealth is wicked...... But I so want to ride Kingda Ka!! It's the tallest in the world at 456ft high and gets to 128mph in 3 seconds. In comparison stealth is 205ft

 

If you're like me, head to www.rcdb.com

 

 

And POV

 

 

 

 

 

[Wasso]

And when you don't quite make it!!

 

[CrumbMC]

Can't wait to have a go on that!

[Beaso]

I live near Towers, if anyone wants `cheap` tickets please pm me !

 

Nice one ! ! Will prob be in touch soon

 

 

GOING FAST.

 

9 available.

[Beaso]

4 left.

[smudgedon]

I was going to say Kingda Ka is the best I've ever been on

[Wasso]

Kingda is basically a copy of Top Thrill Dragster but taller.

[neo]

think smiler might be shut for a little while -

 

http://forum.towerstimes.co.uk/the-smiler/the-smiler-opening-day-and-general-discussion/1590/

 

a bolt snapped off the track which opened a gap :surrender: