Alton Towers | The Smiler | Gerstlauer Infinity

[Nemesis of oblivion]

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

Well it will be the first attraction at Alton to live up to it's hype since Air.

I hope...

 

[Ollie]

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

If the whole indoor section has the walls this close the the track all with projections on it's going to be really disorientating. Especially if the tunnel follows the banking of the track so it looks like you're still the right way up but you're actually inverting.

 

[Nemesis of oblivion]

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

If this has a two operation train like Saw, what will happen to car 2 when car 1 is going through the track? Like Saw, car 2 has the speech from Billy.

 

[Nemesis Inferno]

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

That's assuming it has two car in station operation... It might not do...

 

[furie]

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You'd have thought that Gersty would have learnt a thing or two since they made Speed....

Clearly not....

The thing is, that monstrosity is the best part of Speed - so I'm not overly worried it has that poor profiling to be honest

 

[SaiyanHajime]

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That isn't the worst part of speed, but it ain't the best either. Silly Phil. The airtime hill is the best, that part that they've never included on another ride since. Instead they insist on doing everything the ride type does badly and omitting the good stuff.

 

[nadroJ]

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

^doesn't Saw have an airtime hill? Or is that one different in some way?

 

[furie]

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The Speed airtime hill is worse than the entire of Baco put together. It's a horrid, skull wrenching abhorrence and there's a damn good reason it has never been included ion another ride since

 

[marc]

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Was there an airtime hill? Never felt any at all.

Speed is the worst Eurofighter I have ever been on. Nothing flows its just all wrong.

Like Baco and Ghostrider I cannot see myself ever riding it again.

 

[furie]

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

It's the bit where you black out - so you probably don't remember it for that reason.

Joey says "airtime hill". Of course he actually means "bit of track that tries to separate your head from the rest of your body" It's an airtime hill in the same way an executioners axe is a shaving razor.

 

[bmac]

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

Joey says "airtime hill". Of course he actually means "bit of track that tries to separate your head from the rest of your body" It's an airtime hill in the same way an executioners axe is a shaving razor.

So for us americans who haven't ridden this thing, it's comparable to El Toro ejector + OTSRs + a bloody axe? Am I correct?

 

[furie]

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

It makes the El Toro ejector hill look like a slight bump in the road. Unfortunately, the Eurofighter trains have OTSR, which (for me, certainly) keep my body completely pinned into the seat.

So you hit the "airtime hill" and it's massive negatives. Suddenly my head is being pulled at -2g away from my body which is perfectly still (due to the restraint and because the train is tight on the track). So it's pretty much like being hanged, and not well hung at that

 

[Mysterious Sue]

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You haven't even started on the fact that you can feel every weld and join along the length of track!

 

[Nemesis of oblivion]

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

Has the big reveal today been revealed?

 

[elephant58]

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

^What big reveal?

 

[Ethan]

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

I loved the Speed airtime hill <3

 

[Nemesis Inferno]

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

Has the big reveal today been revealed?

The 'big reveal' was the Summer Concert, nothing to do with Smiler...

 

[furie]

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

I loved the Speed airtime hill <3

Yeah, and your favourite coaster is Stampida and Joey loves The Ultimate. I call for opinions being disregarded due to masochism/brain damage :lol:

 

[Screaming Coasters]

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

I love Baco <3

 

[Ollie]

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

Is this topic about the Smiler or Speed?