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    Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015

    I can relate to that a bit, being a Southend Utd fan (football), we've been given promises of a new stadium for the best part of 12 years, and every time the club say "work will begin on ____ date", the fans get excited as if something is actually about to happen. The date comes around where...
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    Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015

    What I don't get, is that over the past couple of weeks, the ride queuing area has been cleaned, crates of what I assume is merchandise moved back into the shop, effects on the marmaliser (and I'm hoping inside the station and queuing area) being worked on, installation of new/additional...
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    Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015

    Surely can't be many now?! Think about the work they've done on the site recently, the clearing and cleaning of the whole site overall, the constant test runs, weather reporting system being installed/linked up, etc..... I don't think we're too far away from a reopening, and it can't be too long...
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    Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015

    "Cannot" or "will not"? The way I see it, does Alton Towers want to publicly give a set date where they will have completion of the ride's prep done and all relevant paperwork to sign off the site? As I see it, there are two potential things that can happen if AT announce a fixed date for...
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    Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015

    Quick thought - didn't Nick Varney publicly say that he would be the first person to ride The Smiler once it reopens, to "prove that the necessary safety precautions have been made to prevent this incident from happening again on the ride" (or something similar to that)? If so, then what's the...
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    Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015

    I refuse to click on the link to read that article, but I think after reading the majority of comments afterwards, I get the general jist of what they're saying. Basically, one of the victims doesn't want the ride to reopen "after what it's done", and the press have sensationalised 90% of what...
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    Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015

    And "stealing momentos from a ride" - what the actual f*** are you going to steal from a ride discreetly, without anyone noticing?! I think the press have gone f*****g nuts if they actually think that the reason that someone would actually climb the fences is purely to "get momentos from the...
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    Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015

    Really?! With these signs appearing around the park over the last couple of months, you'd of thought they would have picked up on this earlier. But the moment they appear on The Smiler, the press are all over it, and from this article it looks like they've put 2 and 2 together and end up with...
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    Funny things you've overheard people say in queuelines

    When Sub Terra opened at the park a few years back, me & my dad went to visit after a good few years absence (before Th13teen was opened). We went on Th13teen for the first time and I kept telling him that this ride is a "world's first". He kept asking me what made it a "world's first" but I...
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    Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015

    Haha, that didn't take long (although it looks like the article is virtually an exact replica of the one from earlier)! I like how they sound surprised that enthusiasts are looking forward to the ride reopening & getting back on it "after the accident" - why wouldn't we? We all know that the...
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    Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015

    Well if that's true then that practically confirms that AT have replaced the 2 trains involved in the crash, which is positive news for the future of the ride. I guess you could read into it a number of ways really, but there's really only 2 possible theories I can think of: 1. AT are gearing...
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    Incident on The Smiler 02/06/2015

    Ok, I've stayed as a quieter observer on this topic for a while now (almost since the crash!), and after reading what everyone has been saying, I thought I'd jump in if I may, and offer my thoughts to you enthusiasts as someone who is an occasional visitor to Alton Towers. A lot of points have...
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