TV alert

[GaryH]

BBC1 The One Show - on now 7pm , The Smiler will be featured shortly...

 

[mixer114]

saw the clip John Sargent was on it

 

[GaryH]

Oh dear..... did it break down at the end ? lol

 

[James]

I was wondering why they didn't go back to Alton at the very end, weird. Probably did break down!

 

[Wilsy]

Clearly somebody didn't do the timings correctly and didn't leave enough time for them to get down to the exit before the show finished.

 

[BarryZola]

It would have been a terrible piece anyway. See a couple leave a station on a ride then walk off and say 'yeah it was good'? The general public want to see ride footage, not that crap.

 

[josht]

Ermmm that wasnt overly thrilling

 

[Ben]

Question is, what happened to the couple?

*cough* subtle hint to look in the tavern

 

[djtruefitt]

I was on park today and saw most of the filming (until some manager told us to leave ), apparently they had been having technical problems all day with the on ride camera, and during the day they took the train off the track and back on but the problem was still there. I think the couple were meant to be on the ride earlier, but clearly the technical problem was still there.

The couple did go round the ride however: