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The Smiler - General Discussion

I just find a combination of roughness, crap restraints that crush my crotch and the overall state of the ride makes it one I miss most days now, especially with how it still attracts some of the biggest queues on park. Not my sort of coaster, I like to feel on a journey, the smiler really doesn't do that.
 
Not sure if this has always happened, I’ve never heard it before but apart from on Friday, but had anyone heard the massive banging noise The Smiler is doing when it gets to the top of the vertical lift hill?
Yeah I know what you’re on about; it makes some very questionable noises on that lift hill!
 
Smiler is enjoyable for me; sure it has it's good and bad days but it's definitely an experience. The theming is good with the effects and it gives you a thrill with the amount of inversions. When you compare it to the likes of Saw and Colossus, it's very tame on the jolts imo.
 
Not sure if this has always happened, I’ve never heard it before but apart from on Friday, but had anyone heard the massive banging noise The Smiler is doing when it gets to the top of the vertical lift hill?
Where about is the noise coming from @imanautie sent me a video a few weeks ago but I could identify it.
 
Heard that noise myself recently. It really is a Big Bang when you are in the queue line, I didn't notice it on ride though. Would be interesting to know what's causing it, surely it can't be detrimental to operations or safety. I'm sure the smiler would close in a instance it it was safely related.
 
It's the noise at 0:09 in that video. It sounds like more of a bang from the pit, and I don't think it occurs on every train, though could be wrong.
 
It's the noise at 0:09 in that video. It sounds like more of a bang from the pit, and I don't think it occurs on every train, though could be wrong.
It was 5/5 trains I watched.
It sounds similar to the noise wickerman was making part the way through the 2019 season.
 
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