There has been a death on the smiler Was just walking past the smiler (just about to have a very difficult conversation with my dad, actually, so at least I avoided that), heard a bang above my head, looked up and a load of feathers landed on me. Do bird strikes happen often? Or am I just really unlucky to be walking under it at the time.
As a side note, i heard two of the best announcements on rides I've ever heard. The first was on the smiler (look, I'm a little on topic for once), and it was because the girl next to me on there was sick. We've all heard the "this ride will close temporarily due to guest illness", but how often do you get to watch the face of the poor girl who was sick listen to these announcements. To make it even better, the announcement was so loud you could hear it from spinball, and played repeatedly. The second announcement beat this though, it was on oblivion. Anyone ever heard "can guests please not strip off on the break run please, there is a queue line underneath you".