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  1. J

    The Smiler - General Discussion

    How??!?! Do you live half way around the world or something
  2. J

    The Smiler - General Discussion

    Yeah i knew it was all okay and safe and the ride was working as intended by flagging a fault but didn’t stop me freaking out, my only fear on rollercoasters is the restraint failing and me falling out hahah, so when that happened and they were messing with the restraints my mind was going crazy 😂
  3. J

    The Smiler - General Discussion

    Went on this yesterday and had a moment that scared the group. We were all sat down ready to go, when suddenly they released all the restraints and everyone had to get off, and they specifically came over to our row and started messing the seat my friend was sat on, like checking head rest and...
  4. J

    The Smiler - General Discussion

    Ah I absolutely love Rita, the launch is lovely and it’s not particularly high up in the air or anything so my brain does not even panic about it haha
  5. J

    The Smiler - General Discussion

    I owe my love of the smiler and rollercoasters in general to the young guy working on the smiler when I drove down for the first time since passing my driving test like in September time, i had never been to Alton towers (well not to my recollection, my dad thinks he brought me when I was about...
  6. J

    The Smiler - General Discussion

    I just had a look at the queue times to see what they are like in the week for an event like scarefest because I’m thinking of coming back like a week after my first visit (lol), and saw the smiler is closed, hopefully it won’t be all day!! Will be lots of disappointed people there
  7. J

    The Smiler - General Discussion

    I think the smiler was actually my favourite; rode it 2 or 3 times in the end and bought a smiler mug haha, I thought Rita was quite fun as well I liked the launch, I’ve been watching some theme park youtubers quite a lot before I went and they were all saying “oh such and such is so tame” “oh...
  8. J

    The Smiler - General Discussion

    Went to Alton towers for the first time the other day, queued up for the smiler and then tried to back out just as I was about to sit down, but this young worker who was probably only a year or 2 younger than me came over and told me to “calm down mate and that it’s not that bad, come on get on”...
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