The Smiler On-ride POV  

Is it?

@@annagolebiowska865 I believe its themed to getting subjects to smile

My understanding, as an american watching documentaries, is that the ride itself is supposed to represent a brain washing machine that forces artificial happiness. Think We Happy Few: the ride.

Anna Golebiowska yep. Marmalisation. Trying to mutate the human mind and body into constant joy. I think that’s what it is..

For Christ sake, who cares? Why do you edit your goddamn comments? Nobody is going to read them again.

It scares me tho

It scares me tho

makes sense looking back at june 2 2015@@Geometryjackiscool

@@Roblox_Player1911 exactly I can’t find a comment mentioning it. Such a tragic accident

@@Chicken_Nuggii It's been almost 10 years of no accidents on the Smiler. I understand it's engraved in some people's mind, and rightfully so, but there hasn't been an accident on it in almost 10 years, and the parameters that made the crash possible were changed. There's no point in being scared that the same thing will happen twice. Would be no different than being scared to go in to a tall building because there 'might' come a plane and hit it.

Me too I smiled when I saw him

I feel like he fits perfectly into the theme of the ride. Smiling and waving.

That’s John Wardley the designer of the secret weapon concept and designed every SW apart from he retired after SW6 and just came back to help with the smiler, and he didn’t do anything with whickerman (SW8)

@@deejasart7766 Thats not John Wardley.

@@Creative_Devise I know now don’t worry I wrote that 2 months ago lol

“the whole time” you are aware they would turn that shit off right

​@@Mees_MBpas they didnt tho

@@ShadyGT-6040wait what happened?

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There was a horrific crash on this where multiple people were injured and teenagers lost limbs and where left there for 4+ hours bleeding out whilst staff had to get scaffolding built to reach them and they were told to leave them to die basically but air ambulance still insisted on getting them. The fact they still have this ride if this laughing music is disgusting. Just forgotten about these kids completely.

Damemelord Mc I wanna work there :|

I dont think its as bad as hearing the same song over and over again

pretty sure they wear earplugs but im not 100% sure

Damemelord Mc they use ear plugs I used to work there

I ask the someone on the counter if the song gets annoying and they said they got used to it

That looks like John Wardley, the man behind Nemesis, Oblivion, Air and other rides.

@@dingo137 yeah he did every coaster of the secret weapon series up to 7 and improved the designs of wicker man, he also did designs for other parks, example, he designed Nemesis Inferno at Thorpe

stop he looks so sweet awe

@@marin.g444 I know 😭

It is awesome

The music means pain and blood and a crash you won't forget

Why is everyone bringing up the crash 😭

@Star_l0lz because the CRASH is what the ride was about ever since it happened. Everyone thinks of how traumatizing that women was when the car went through her leg and had to be removed on the ride with medical assistance and numbing. Many claim they could still feel there leg when they lost it. That's because the soul of the body is still intact

I know but people on tiktok wont saying EVERONE DIED it's a actually becoming annoying

@@CrazyManhognot the rides fault tho , was the person operating it . yeah it’s unfortunate what happend but dosnt change the fact that this ride is class

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Slate Kirota lol forgot nemisis but if you edit it in somehow then this would be the best comment on an Alton towers topic ever probs Edit: go go go is more like stealth (especially "to the top") so escape... Maybe?🤷‍♀️ go go go sounds better but isn't really Rita

Ink Sack nemmie doesn’t really have a catchphrase that I could integrate into this

Slate Kirota its fright time? Sit back its fright time? Sit back, relax, its fright time? 😂

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Fav ride

@@sebslife3117 Yep

Yeah dont worry when Corona stops the joy is back hhahahahahaahhahahaahhahahahahaa

I relate to this comment on a spiritual level, I really cant wait to get back on this beast!!!!

mhm

SpaceMilk yep

Inversions you mean?

@@themyofmy they can be called loops are inversions. Americans like me tend to call them loops but since I'm a rollercoaster nerd I call them inversions

@@hypno_tics5560 I'm English and most people here just call them loops lmao

Its just a sound there playing on the vid

@@AndresBarrera-sf4vp oop my bad still I had to stand in the que line listening to HAHAHA

@@AndresBarrera-sf4vpit is actually the soundtrack of the ride like HeHahHahahahahahaHahahahAhha the whole time

​@@AndresBarrera-sf4vp the sound is real

I relate so hard

The best thing to do is just to jump in. Pretend it's another ride if you have to lo

I didn't know you were me.

I finally dragged myself on Oblivion I loved it but when I went on the Smiler . Let's just say I had too many lemonade

You won’t regret riding it. I was terrified when I first went on but my friend made me and I ended up loving it

⚠︎︎𝚈𝚄𝙾 𝙱𝙴𝙻𝙾𝙽𝙶 𝚃𝙾 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝙼𝙸𝙻𝙴𝚁⚠︎︎

This is home

If your implying they have people there filming on the rides, they don't. If you look at the half way point it says "half way corrected" and since 2016 it's only said "half way"

Joseph William Peirson well there are still workers in the park doing some tlc and looking after the fish in sharkbait reef

Smiler The Mechanical Creature ur music is amazing freaking LOVE it

The best thing to do is slowly build up your confidence because although it looks tall forcefull and scary while riding it it's actually quite smooth not too forceful and really enjoyable. And yeah the themeing makes it seem alot worse than it actually is especially when the laughing starts

@@FIoony wait till you go to Thorpe Park then….

I never dared to go on roller coasters, but i finally went on the oldest steel coaster that loops and inverts in The Netherlands, Python in De Efteling. The first ride i did entirely with my eyes closed. It really helps, because it allows you to concentrate on the g-forces your body goes through so you realise that not a single moment during the ride are you in any danger of getting thrown out of your seat (which was my fear on coasters). I think i went about 4 more times after that first ride on the same day :-). Eyes open.

OMDDD THIS IS SO ME

Honestly, try it. I've had a terrible crippling coaster phobia all my life but plucked up courage to do this a year or so back and it was absolutely amazing, couldn't stop laughing afterwards.

Yeah! TLC must have given the whole place a fresh lick of paint! Lets hope this travels throughout the rest of the park.

@@messiahshepherd9266 This was taken in 2013 when the ride was just about to open....

That's a wierd fettish you've got there

Remember the people who broke all of their leg bones on this ride? Me too!

Qwerty I didn’t mention anything like that, it is still a great ride despite certain events that happened

Well said.

I don't hate the ride but I fear how well it's been taken care of. Before the crash 8 bolts fell off causing a gap in the tracks, then there was the crash. That was enough to make me not want to go to the park.

@@tayo0404 i went on it today and didnt die so its all good

​@@tayo0404went on it today and, especially in the smiler, they are OBSCENELY careful and thorough now. the accident definitely made them realise they couldn't fuck around

So that means the park is poorly run, and dangerous because there are always humans running the rides. I would never go to this dangerous park.

I've been on it, what an experience, this video doesn't nearly do it justice

Ikr!!? 14 loops, two large inclines and the experince is over 2 minutes long! And you can still somewhat hear the booming music and laughter over the screaming from my experience! It’s amazing!

@@Cookie.Dough_Goat-23503 minutes

Same, I'd love to go on here!

Stubwood they’re building a new one?

@@itzemmag.x7156 Oh yeah, it will be around 2 or 3 years but they will get one

Better be an RMC 😂

Intamin Blitz would work better imo

lancehutch hmmm maybe a zamperla Volare 😂😂😂

Don't be angry! Smile! Always!

If you dont smile i will make you

It’s so good no need to be angry mate smile

@@iMizzy777 fine but just because you said that

@@Sebastian_Solace_from_Pressure hahahah

Also it actually makes the rides better because if they want to be successful they have to be original, hence the secret weapon series

yeah im scared of heights but i adore rollercoasters and alton towers is my absolute perfect park

Yeah - the Gloomy Wood - with a roller coaster you can't see and a roller coaster that's most of the time not gliding along significantly above head height is CRYING out for a couple of whizzy flat rides to jazz up the energy levels. I've been to more upbeat graveyards.

Yeah, imagine how different things would have been if someone hadn’t been eating bat soup in China...

Josh Bacon FUCK YOU CHINA/ WUHAN (not u btw)

Vertical loops are generally very large elements, and also quite tall. Alton Towers often has to build their coasters in small, compact spaces while also not exceeding a rather low height limit. I believe that's why part of the coaster is a bit below ground level. It's actually helped Alton create some pretty amazing coasters, though!

@@AdriElizabeth It also forces Alton to get creative with their ride theming to keep people interested instead of just settling with the gimmicks of the most/first of something

Adri Estremera they have to keep their rides below a certain height limit as this one old married couple sued them for the noises and sights the rides created.

Alex there is an element called a dive loop which is used sooooooooooooooo

@@ketchup4618 Yeah but that's not really a 'Loop-de-loop' like they're talking about

yeah same

Based on a human experiment to FORCE humans to be happy if you wanna be specific

You live in America?Thats where Obese people are.Thats why America is so big

@@k.b.sandioopandioop5179 not all American are fat

Why can't the internet go 1 second without an asshole messing everything up

Same, but I'm from Europ :')

I'm from Britain

BRO WHAT

Nope I love it

​@@iMizzy777hey brother

@@Sebastian_Solace_from_Pressure yo

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that might be why they made a jumpcut

well yeah nobody’s going to alton towers at the moment are they

It's their 2013 pov that they always use to make it look like they look after the smiler when they really dont

Well no halfway corrected only halfway

@@j0seph_keep what?

I actually kinda love the music

I hope they shut the music off for the 4+ hours it took to extricate the victims after the crash

@@irph.ttk. yeah but after a while it just is like hahaha you crashed lol

@@carolinegerlach1644 ikr, it literally played the hahaha part right after the crash happened. the timing was so bad i stg

Yeah smiler and wickerman are really good

Same😂

tranq aj :)

tranq aj same!! I just love how it’s themed and literally just everything about it! Too bad I live in the US so there’s a small chance I’ll ever get to ride it 😅

@@tinfoil5371 oh, haha. im lucky cuz im British :)

astrxo aj honestly same man

Next time I go, I am totally riding this baby. Haven't been since before the accident. At that time, it was almost 4 hours queue for Smiler but less than half an hour for everything else, so I practically rode everything but Smiler. Though now the accident has left Smiler such a bad rep that the queue is non existant and I can't wait to ride.

Everyone survived tho, right?

GP to Enthusiast had a great video analysing the accident

Everybody survived, just not with all the limbs, and probably scarred from bleeding out whilst listening to laughing for hours... Which I am pretty sure is a torture method.

@@lauravturner p sure they turned off the music but ok

@@lauravturner They would have barely been able to hear the music, all the speakers are on the outside of the ride pointed towards the street or inside the queue line which is no where near where it crashed. Hence why Vicky, Leah and Joe never spoke about it in their interviews

LOL OMGO

This was actually a video from December 2013. This is not confirmed but I believe it was recorded by an employee at the time since the park is completely empty and the video was uploaded during the Winter when the park's closed. Also notice how all the special effects and screens are turned off. Plus it wouldn't be very difficult to get permission to use a video from one of your (ex)employees (Here's the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-goxdLpEZx-g.html )

@@bulletnotloaded3586 Close, but not close. This POV was filmed just before the opening of the ride.. maybe the evening of 30th May? I don't really know, but notice how everything is finished and ready to go. Also notice that there is no extended queueline yet, which was starting construction around the time you are talking about. vimeo.com/69021061 That video was given to news companies around the time that The Smiler was about to open. Notice it's date on Vimeo - 7 years ago. Since parts of the POV are in this video, we can safely assume it is dated BEFORE the opening of The Smiler. I would also like to point out that the full version of this POV without any watermarks was avaliable on Vimeo for years until it got taken down. It is likely that KoasterKing205 just used a website to download the video off of Vimeo, and after adding his own watermark, uploaded it to RU-vid (pretty scummy). All other POVs on KoasterKings channel aren't very good quality and he does not seem like he would have worked at Alton Towers at the time. One final thing, look at the catwalks for the ride. They are still full with construction dust: notice how this is still evident on an opening day POV here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mv4wTdSo0xc.html However look at this POV from Scarefest: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DQpzIQxdSjc.html The catwalk in this video has no dust on it at all, meaning that it couldn't have been taken after Scarefest like you said. From this, I think that this POV was taken just before the opening as the queue is still very clean, which would not have been the case after 8+ hours of guests. Sorry for this massive comment

@@Archman155 God damn, don't apologize for all that fact checking

@@Archman155 There's just one contradiction to the idea that this was filmed before the rides opening. And that's that we see a magnetic brake right after the friction brakes at 2:28. To give a bit of context this brake was added a few months after the rides opening which is why it's not seen in the opening-day POV you linked (You'll have to look closey if you pause at 2:09). On top of this, that Vimeo POV may have rounded the date of that upload up to 7 years but there's no real way to tell. Also, if you look at the shot as the train goes up the first lift hill you'll see that it looks like it's morning (which is when the ride would be testing with empty trains). This would be after any cleaners would've cleaned the queue line. Which'll explain why it looks so tidy

Features Gaming Me, It’s so Good

Features Gaming *slowly raises hand*

Lolli Layla Haha

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That’s disgusting, I have the same phobia I would have just stood there until someone cleaned it up lol

Reagan Reynolds literally I was in such a panic and tried to get off the other side but they wouldn’t let me 🙄

Omg that's gross

Same I have a phobia because whenever someone pukes I feel like I’m gonna be sick and then I don’t eat anything

It’s because this may be an old video where the lift hill says half way corrected which was removed after the crash

Marcus Wilcock why would’ve it been removed? It baffles me... I loved hearing that...

tranquiliity aj To respect the people affected by the crash they removed all references to marmalization and correction on every part of the ride

Marcus Wilcock wished they kept it.

tranquiliity aj I know I wish they kept it as well

I dont like the last 1 peice of track because it is the last

Damian Karras SJ you’ll be glad you did my friend.

It does look amazing and I can hear the Smiler theme tune in my head now.

Damian Karras SJ its my favourite ride in the world my dude and i will go to any theme park if I happen to go on holiday nearby within like 30 miles, I certainly don't have a big coaster count, but I've been to my fair share of theme parks. if you love inversions then this is AMAZING. (nO rEaLlY ink sack the ride with the record for most inversions is good if u like inversions 🤦‍♂️) anyway as you go through you lose track of whats going on a little but if you watch this pov a good 6-10 times you'll have a good understanding of the layout even on ride. If waiting in line makes you nervous and you might back out then get fastrack if you can buy it and ride that way. I went to Alton towers for 2 day trip in 2018 (when I learnt dont go on wicker man first thing as the queue that builds outside the actual queue before the actual queue opens is like 120 mins SOOOOOO yeah). On the first day i bought Smiler fastrack to use the next day. Got to Smiler first thing in the morning and no queue so I just went down normal queue. 5 min queue and loved it. Came out and the queue was now an hour so I used my fastrack and got straight back on. Loved it. The whole ride you feel like you're forced to smile because of the g forces and also your mind actually gets enjoyment out of being able to relax and get completely disoriented and dizzy without any threat. So go have fun not looking down, then brave the forest alone, be engulfed in flames of fear, go go go and escape to a place where you can journey beyond, and also enjoy sitting back and relaxing since it is fright time after all... But once you've done all of those 6 rides I just referenced, then come join us. ride the Smiler when it opens next @Damian Karras SJ and remember... Smile always. Edit: forgot to say hope you see this

Thanks, Ink Sack, I've just read what you sent and I do feel ok. Now, I am always calm when I get to the gates, and I am like this when I collect my tickets at the main gates and I'm like this when I walk down Towers Street and then...… after some rides on you left, Duel and Nemesis, you turn to your right, and walk past CBBC land (whatever its called) and walk past Spinball Wizzer and then onwards to the main entrance to the X Sector and then you see it. The Smiler. Like a gigantic octopus and the speed of it and the screams and the "Ha Ha Ha" themed music. I look over to see two hills that gives you the air time … and I see kids laughing and cant wait to join the queue line and be under this amazing structure. Right …… so now the best thing is, and when I go with my friends to Alton Towers, I think its best to do The Smiler ….. first. Not to get it out of the way, but just the "go on.... go on and enjoy it, that's what its there for - to have fun and laughter on it" - feeling. Many thanks for your reply and when "life gets back to normal" and cant wait... when I go with my friends to Alton Towers, we are going to run (or at least walk quick) to The Smiler, first!It is strange as I love Nemesis ….. and for quite a while you can walk on and ride this for a few times as the queue line is "empty" for sometime.If you travel to this great theme park you have a great time as well and now...…… I'm SMILING Many thanks

Ikr sad 😢😢

Human error.

You’ll be beyond happy if you get a job at the new candy’s burger and fries

Just a teaser for a fnaf fan game that I will make 5 years from now

@@Tooneric5252 ???

It was human error . Not the machines fault its fully safe

@@r__c still the same imo

@@r__c I agree. Out of all the coaster accidents I know about, I cannot think of one that wasn't human error.

@@hateyousm but either way the ride malfunctions and you're hurt? That's what I'm thinking

People can mess up any moment. But I know as long as people don't mess up this ride should be fine

Why the hell did we need to know this?

@@bennickss No actual need; just a fun fact I happen to know.

@@FromtheHerts81 bruh

that’s actually really cool tbh

I've seen that a few times! Really cool I must say!

Only three hours from where you live? Pfft. Here in Australia we think nothing of 1200 km trips to go to a theme park. Three hours is practically next door. Get in the car and just go!

3 hours isn’t that far mate, actual coaster fans will travel to differnet countries to ride coasters

Just book the ticket and wage up nice and early

If you dont we make you smile brother you hold them still and i give them the syringe of the ministry of joy

But on June 2nd 2015 the smiler rollercoaster was crash and 2 people are serious injured and the smiler was most terrifying rollercoaster ever

@@UntitledplayerXD I'm not stupid who doesn't know that

@@UntitledplayerXDBut that was caused by human error.

@@starizstar5135Clue is in his username, mr entitled.

Yes the sanctuary

I was there for the 10th anniversary and they didn't.

History of park and record setters both also apply to Alton

Josh Dilworth agreed

And don’t forget the first flying coaster, and the tallest and fastest wood coaster, and the first vertical drop, and the first free-falling coaster

Alton Towers seems to have a reputation when it comes to their rides and the titles they hold

All caused by human error not mostly.

Man the music ain't scary tbh

Nah bro the smiler laughing isn’t scary

The smiler laughing sounds like alastor from Hazbin hotel

Inversions.

Join the ministry of joy and you wont be terriefied anymore i make you smile dont worry

I agree!

It’s my 2nd fav

What your first then

Shizzle 99 what’s your favourite?

Mr Coller Roaster nemesis all day long