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Alton Towers | The Smiler | Gerstlauer Infinity

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Re: Alton Towers | The Smiler | Unknown Gerstlauer World's 1

Worst case scenario: The ride is awesomesauce and we spend the day in an enormous goonqueue reriding.

Best case scenario: The ride is a very well polished turd and we spend the day whoring Nemesis with no queue.

It's win/win!
 
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Very excited for this now! The video is awesome! I can't wait to ride it!
 
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Officially confirmed as World's First 14 Inversion Coaster today by Towers...
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I dont get the wording for that.... yes, they are correct, it will be the world's first 14 inversion coaster, but why's there no mention of "record breaker", "most inversions on a coaster" etc.
 
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So, testing is pretty much taking place, yet there still hasn't been any trims added to the two parallel hills:

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From Towerstreet.

Yet there's all that mechanism in the track, anyone have ideas yet as to what it could be for?
 
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^I would assume it's a "just in case" something Intamin doesn't understand. If it runs too fast, they can add it in later and it won't result in any real major downtime.
 
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You can see some of the 'just incase' brackets for the fins on the far right of the picture, yet there's a bit of a gap between them and all the mechanical gubbins that crest the hill.

What's the chances of there being some sort of interactive element with the trains?!
 
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Laura Tobin ‏@Lauratobin1
Will I be the first member of the public to ride #thesmiler @altontowers Watch Daybreak tomorrow from 6am #scream
 
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Whay! I love how Towers Times is arguing wether the pic is real or not :lol:

Looks great in just that one pic, really looking forward too more footage!
 
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Swat said:
Laura Tobin ‏@Lauratobin1
Will I be the first member of the public to ride #thesmiler @altontowers Watch Daybreak tomorrow from 6am #scream
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Daybreak tomorrow?? What's this??
 
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FaceYourNemesis said:
First picture of the train in action. Look at it <3

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Wow! Cannot wait to see footage of this ride in action. Roll on 23rd May! :)
 
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Jordanovichy said:
Swat said:
Laura Tobin ‏@Lauratobin1
Will I be the first member of the public to ride #thesmiler @altontowers Watch Daybreak tomorrow from 6am #scream
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Daybreak tomorrow?? What's this??
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It's a Breakfast show on ITV1 (In the UK)
 
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Swat said:
Jordanovichy said:
Swat said:
Laura Tobin ‏@Lauratobin1
Will I be the first member of the public to ride #thesmiler @altontowers Watch Daybreak tomorrow from 6am #scream
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Daybreak tomorrow?? What's this??
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It's a Breakfast show on ITV1 (In the UK)
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Yeah I know, I was just wondering if there was any idea about timings or anything? will be having an early start by the looks of things :P
 
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nealbie said:
Worst case scenario: The ride is awesomesauce and we spend the day in an enormous goonqueue reriding.

Best case scenario: The ride is a very well polished turd and we spend the day whoring Nemesis with no queue.

It's win/win!
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Can I nominate this for post of the day?
 
Re: Alton Towers | The Smiler | Unknown Gerstlauer World's 1

Hmmm...am I the only one who's coming down with cage rage? The trains look so industrial - I guess that's the point - but I'm not sure that I like the big, conspicuous grill at the front of each car when it's in action
(and yeah, I can understand why people think the photo's fake. Or it could just be very bad quality)
 
Re: Alton Towers | The Smiler | Unknown Gerstlauer World's 1

And Alton just posted this video of the bint on-ride. The last 15 seconds look pretty insane going through the final inversions it seems.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpA7fBEUyqU&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
 
Re: Alton Towers | The Smiler | Unknown Gerstlauer World's 1

Ok, it's actually a lot quicker than I thought it was going to be...
 
Re: Alton Towers | The Smiler | Unknown Gerstlauer World's 1

****, that looks a lot quicker than I expected it too... that's going to be pretty **** intense!

And how did you get the video to work? I had to link it...
 
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