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The Smiler - General Discussion
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djtruefitt
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JB1985 said:
Someone must have paid for the massive delays, firstly delaying it from March to May and then another week. I guess who evers fault it all was! Probably a mixture of Alton Towers, Gerst, Groundwork team, designers/planners!
CoasterCrazyChris
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JAMMYD778 said:Just as a notice, it's nice to see the drainage system in the pit works well.
Credit to @hoddsiecanary89
Worst queueline EVER.
Rob
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The drainage issues in the queue do not surprise me at all. I have no idea how much rain there has been in the last week (I've been in dry and sunny Spain 
) but if there's ever any torrential rain for any length of time I can see things being so bad they may have to close the queue. The drainage is extremely poor.
) but if there's ever any torrential rain for any length of time I can see things being so bad they may have to close the queue. The drainage is extremely poor.
BigDave
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Oblivion remains closed and The Smiler seems to be running alright. Im probably looking too much into this, but could the two be linked? Problems with Oblivion are being put aside as the park concentrate on The Smiler. Could it be power related as we all know how common power cuts are in the area. Could it be that the area simply cannot cope with both coasters at the same time hence why The Smiler seems to be running ok now Oblivion is down???
Im probably way wrong here, but it's interesting that most of the rides down that end are having long downtime, when normally they would do ok before The Smiler was installed.
Im probably way wrong here, but it's interesting that most of the rides down that end are having long downtime, when normally they would do ok before The Smiler was installed.
djtruefitt
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A new power sub-station was also added for the Smiler, so I would hope there is no power issues with the ride! (Unless of course its park wide/local area).
From what I've heard it's the Gearbox for the lift hill, but thus may just be speculation.
The ride was experiencing a bit of trouble last week - I ended up stuck on the brake run for about 20 minutes a week ago on Sunday as they were having trouble with the lift. It certainly wasn't a routine e-stop for a phone as they called the techs in /:
The ride was experiencing a bit of trouble last week - I ended up stuck on the brake run for about 20 minutes a week ago on Sunday as they were having trouble with the lift. It certainly wasn't a routine e-stop for a phone as they called the techs in /:
james.e.hyde
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siralgenon said:Alastair said:
The cameras between the seats are on-ride DVD cameras which have only been fitted on one train so far to be tested before being fitted to the other trains
I thought I saw cameras. When people were saying that there aren't cameras I thought I was going mad, but there definitely was some cameras on the car I managed to get on. I was sat on the second row.
djtruefitt
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Smiler seemed to be having a few technical problems today. It opened at 10am fine with four trains. But throughout the day it opened and closed, but there was never any major downtime. But I have no idea what the problems could have been!
First time I saw it go down, there was techies under one of the cars on the breakrun, which looked like they were checking the wheels, but it soon opened.
The second time, the ride seemed to be running ok, but they then sent 3 or 4 empty trains, and the ride started ok.
And the third time I saw it down, there were two trains at the bottom of the vertical lift hill, but after about 10 minutes they were sent up and the ride opened again.
Anyway now the towers is open we get some slightly different views of the ride:
First time I saw it go down, there was techies under one of the cars on the breakrun, which looked like they were checking the wheels, but it soon opened.
The second time, the ride seemed to be running ok, but they then sent 3 or 4 empty trains, and the ride started ok.
And the third time I saw it down, there were two trains at the bottom of the vertical lift hill, but after about 10 minutes they were sent up and the ride opened again.
Anyway now the towers is open we get some slightly different views of the ride: