First Rider On The Smiler | Alton Towers Resort
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2013
- Daybreak weather correspondent Laura Tobin becomes the first to try out The Smiler at Alton Towers Resort. £18m pounds and the world's first 14-loop rollercoaster. Daybreak's Laura Tobin was the first member of the public to try out The Smiler at Alton Towers Resort. Here's the longer POV footage of her experience. The ride open on May 23rd 2013. Laura was the first member of the public allowed on it on May 10th, after engineers and safety experts worked through the night to prepare the ride for broadcast.
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The Smiler i went on this and I think it was the best ride I have ever been on. Thank u for letting me go on it
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I'm cringy wow
Wait
... I WONT JOIN U :|
I belong to the smiler
"All my fingers and toes are still working".....creepy foreshadowing.
Rich F omg that’s legit weird.
That is scary lol
Chris Littlewood how
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😀🤚
This is pretty funny, but she didn't really get the full experience of the ride.
The soundtrack, the laughing and the different things that are said at the start, middle and at the end of the ride really do make it an amazing experience.
And there is NO LAUGHING GAS for anyone who thinks there is, it's designed to make you think that there is, but it's just water vapour :)
Such a fantastic theme and such a brilliant design :)
The Smiler shop is just the icing on the cake!
Thanks fo that, I was wondering if it was real gas, but dangerous lol but then a bit foolish of me to think there actually might be,
The bloody laughing tho...
Lol but it'll still take your legs
James Edition people say that they use fish oil where the smoke is in the hole where oblivion is but I don't know if it's true or not
Finlay Howe its mist
That ride is now one of the safest rides you can go on. After a crash with anything, a car, a rollercoaster, plane or a train, shows us things we can do better and in this case its not overruling the rides safety features and being lazy. I went to alton towers in august last year with my friend and we went on the smiler first, we were put on the first row and i actually had a panic attack - i understand that someone has to ride the front - all the team were really supportive and explained how the crash has made them more vigilant to the smallest of things on ALL rides, not just that one rollercoaster. The team who were working the ride the day of the crash will have indeed got the sack and a new and improved as well as a trained and smart team were put on the ride. They made sure that before our train set off, the first one on the track had reached halfway and by the time we were going up the lift hill the train on the track was basically done. The ride was not at fault, the workers operating the ride were and their mistake has only made the ride as safe as it can be but sadly people had to suffer.
This is great, but it's too bad the "General Public" (Daily Mail, other tabloids) will just keep labeling this ride as a "monster" or a "killer." People need to grow the fuck up and listen to logic and reason, not some goddamn "expert" from Daily Mail.
I hate when people will go any rollercoaster then some says want to go on smiler and they say “Absolutely not it’s dangerous”. They’ll go on the 30 year old nemesis but not on one of the safest rollercoasters in the parks
WE KNOW ALREADY. It’s the Americans you need to be telling this too
@@MeltedToast84 This isn't a British comment section, he/she;s telling it to everyone.
I agree with ride wasn’t at fault the operator on that day was at fault without checking why the system had stop the train he should of looked on the cameras and done a physical check
I love how you can tell she does not want to be on the ride and is trying to scream her lines over the noise of the coaster.
This ride is perfectly fine. It's a human error that the ride crashed.
i dont think it was human error. unless you count the human error as not noticing there was a cart on the track already (which had been sent out by the automatically) but even then i dont think its their jobs to look on the tracks to check.
+TheDantheman12121 the investigation found that it was human error!
It was human error
lol dantheman, the ride operator got the alert that a train had stalled on the track but instead of actually checking it they OVER RODE the rides safety systems which had already stopped the other train to avoid any accidents but because of the ride operators mistake the train carrying the passengers was then sent onto the track which then unfortunately collided with the empty train. A really sad and tragic mistake but it was human error. The ride is safe. After the accident with the way health and safety is today do you honestly think there would have even been the smallest chance of it being re-opened if it wasn't safe? Human error, as sad as it is it's something we have to accept. The ride is 100% SAFE!
+TheDantheman12121
Actually, checking the track is a part of the checklist for every dispatch in the case that the block system failed to detect the previous train. In addition, for maintenance purposes most coasters have a manual override for the block system. It was determined that the block system had indeed been manually overridden by the ride operator.
Actually in a way, it wasn't human _error_ that caused the crash, but human *_stupidity_*.
All I heard throughout the video was “UPSIDE DOWWWWWN”
this is legitimately the best ride I have been on, if you're thinking of trying it just do it, it really is incredible
i went on this and i actually could not stop smiling the entire ride.
I love the reaction, whenever the ride is slow, or going to the top of the drop, she talks so calmly like she had no fear of rollercoasters ever, and when the ride goes down really quickly she's like, "OH MY GOD AHAHAHA, OOOOOOOHHHH". Hah.
This video made me hate life from the moment she said "we're now going up vertically" on a 45 degree lift hill ...
Damien Kent same
Damien Kent hahahahahaha
Rusted Builds I think their talking about the first climb which isn't vertical but the second climb is
Damien Kent what Hill the first or second? They look way more vertical when ur on it
The second one is vertical...
Yes UK!!!!!!
We got the scariest rollercoasters in the world!!!
Ehh u got one
That's ur opinion!!! Well we have a looping wooden coaster and a wing coaster with nothing above or below u called X-flight and the wooden one is the tallest coaster in the park and is called The Goliath!! It is at my home park!!
+Stephanie Ayala Nah we have 2
Yeah yes UK
Not really, they just say that to scare people.
God she is so GP I can't
"14 turns" "UPSIDE DOWN AH" "ANOTHER SPIRAL" *oh god*
“GP” imagine...
She also chose the back row out of all of the places🤦♂️
I bet she calls nemesis a dangling coaster
Relax thoosie not everyone can know the exact terminology
Angry Springtrap bruh
Went to Alton Towers today and its still shut I'm gutted im dying to go on it :( Yes Im fully aware of the accident but come on the parks been open like 30years? thats the first time something serious has happened so I seriously doubt it'd happen again. But the park was EMPTY today!! went on everything twice and at the front of most just nobody in the park and no queues it was brill
smartiegirl112 wow
I went on it today, fav ride.
Lucky I went and every queue was at least an hour long and the newest ride wicker man (I went in 2018) had a 6 HOUR QUEUE
And also that could happen to absolutely any ride it was a human incident
Don't worry about being in a crash on the smiler it was the ride operators fault I'm sure they now have a more responsible ride operator now.
3:02 that 2nd airtime hill just takes your breath away
I felt that too, I’m a smaller rider so I was shooting up
"14 turns" facepalm
Well technically it does TURN you upside down 14 times.
🤦♀️
That’s even worse than loops
Dabiel Memeing oooo I’m sooo sorry I guess I meant to say inversions 🤡
mrlego611 it’s called an inversion
Why do these jobs always get given to people who haven't a clue what they're talking about?
It was a weather lady who went on it for the news
bmused55 I think it makes it funny lmao
@@caketin4216 lmao this video is funny af
Because it's fun. Those people are hardened and tough to make scream.
She was given the job for telling the weather, she was never told she was gonna do this anyways I think it makes the video better and funnier
im 15 and went on it, even though i was terrified. but honestly, i LOVED it! best ride there by far !
Frr
"Spiral! A double spiral!"
I have been on the smiler, I was in the que waiting and I was next then I went on it and it said "technical problem" I was so scared i went off it and waited by the side for my uncle. Then this kind lady gave me this voucher (a speedy pass for 2) and i went on oblivion first then i used my voucher to go on smiler (thought i would give it a go) I don't know why I was scared because its THE BEST RIDE EVER XD I loved it and I laughed all way through. i recommend this 100%
kagome girl Do you still recommend it now?
Guys what happened with smiler was terrible :( But at least no one died. and yes I recommend going on the ride AFTER they fixed the problem. Am actually going on it in the future. because heres the thing guys: Chances of dieng in a rollercoaster is 1 in a million. And to tell you guys something, there was this small kiddy ride in thorp park I think and a little boy got killed in it. But the ride went on and didn't shut down. Chances are that smiler will continue to run its 50/50. I hope the teenagers that got injured are ok though :( It must of been terrifying but if we all judge the smiler and keep going on about it. It wont help. It really wont. We will be just reminding the poor teenagers who were on that crash about the events. I know everyone is angry that this happened, so am I. But we all need to calm down a little (even though it isn't easy they could of been killed :( ) We need to remember that no one died and thank god for that.
kagome girl 1: there is no pink ride at thorpe park
2: no one has ever died/been injured on a ride at thorpe park and if You think somone did it was only a piece of metal that came off
Liam Mitchell a boy did die on a kiddy ride. And I cant remember saying anything about Pink rides? O.o
kagome girl It's actually 1 in 24 million on getting injured on a rollercoaster...
People always were complaining saying they should stop sending 2 trains at once, it was a human error that it crashed, and if they only sent one train at a time the queues would be huge.
They usually send 4 at once the human error was that they had 5 trains on
When I got on the ride I kept banging my head on the yellow thing because it was so fast
The over-the-head restraints?
Aware 76 yeah I think so
that’s why you keep your head forward
bruh toubrush you mean back? You can give yourself resistance of your heads at the back.
Same!! Mad whiplash
"I'm gonna die IM GONNA DIEEEE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"😂😂😂
When she called a corkscrew a spiral I wanted to scream 😂
I love the way she talks so professionally even whilst screaming 😹
She called 45 degrees vertical and called inversions turns..,.
Professional eh?
@@tylore69she talks professionally, she’s not being professional
1:35 That sounded safe.
I think it was the chairlift starting
It's just some drive tyres lol
It’s the brakes releasing and a motor pushing the car forwards 😑 learn before you insult bro
we stan when she was going upside down 😂😂
Go Alton towers every year for two days. Always manage to squeeze six smiler rides in. It's fantastic!
I have been on the smiler it was so fun
Anybody else here cause of the crash today?
Shan Is A Penguin Yeah..and surprised to find out it's only 2 years old!...seems to have had a few problems in it's 2 years. You wouldn't catch me going on it now.
The last thing you expect when going to Alton Towers for a fun day out, is to have your legs crushed and end up spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair (which I hope doesn't happen to those injured yesterday)
TorkGirl8 You literally just said my exact thoughts!
I very much agree, probably hi,an error but they closed my faviourate euro fighter saw aswell, kind of a pain
Jimjam_Carrick Yeah, it's the correct action to take though. The company own quite a few rides including in other theme parks as well, which use the same mechanisms as the Smiler.
Shan Is A Penguin yes
Such a fantastic ride, I've only been on it once but loved it
I rode it on Tuesday and I'd say it wasn't scary, more amazing! Has a real surprise at the start I wasn't expecting at all, though!
I've been on that ride before, I almost shat myself 😂😂😂😂
Its not that deep
omfg i was cryng and lauging just by watching this its scarry 😂😂
😮
Love this ride went on this 3 times one of the best rollercoasters I’ve been on and not even scary 😂🎢
I thought it was finished and then I realised it was only half way lol
I went to Alton Towers 3 weeks ago and I went on Th13teen Wickerman and loads more. I was scared even going close to this 😂😂😂😂
smiler is amazing ive been on it 4 times already this year twice at the front row! love it! smiler always
Sameeee I can do it with a straight face it's the best ride I've ever been on!
yh its awesome going on it in the dark for fireworks
what do u do with ur bags and stuff when u go on the rides at alton towers?
I went on it for the first time today, amazing👏🏻
"They claim its the scariest roller coaster on earth" No Shit sherlock.
I was making a dark a joke Jacob. I haven't been on this ride. Didn't fancy queuing 4 hours :P
I possibly went a bad time. I ended up queuing 2 hours just for Rita :(
Ryan Groom I don't think I want to loose my legs or life on that faulty piece of crap.
They've removed all signs and art from this ride. Looks like it won't re-open this year.
There shutting down the smiler it was on the news x
My legs were shaking like crazy
Brilliant ride went on it 5 times today it's not scary it's FUN I love it
I started laughing hysterically before the mid course brake run… I think the smiler is doing its job well
It skips the first inversion.
Half of the words I heard were UPSIDE DOWN
there is 14 loops altogether, the coaster reaches the halfway point, it has done half the amount of loops, how many loops is there on each half of the roller coaster?
Looooooove this ride been on it so many times
The cause of the Smiler crash was HUMAN ERROR. - According to reports, the train carrying passengers was stopped automatically on the lift hill for approximately ten minutes by a safety mechanism that prevents two trains from occupying the same section of track. The mechanism correctly detected that the empty train sent previously had stalled. A ride engineer manually overrode the mechanism allowing a ride operator to dispatch the halted train carrying passengers, which led to the collision.
+James Murphy "A ride engineer manually overrode the mechanism allowing a ride operator to dispatch the halted train carrying passengers, which led to the collision."
I went on this for the first time recently, I'm a bit of a coaster freak and I can honestly say I think this is the best coaster I've been on for ages (I think the best I recall was Montu in Busch Gardens a few years ago but I would love to try Top Thrill Dragster in Ohio), Smiler is great mainly because it's in 3 stages and about 2 mins long, always thought Oblivion was ok but over far too quick (why not go round twice for example ?), Nemesis is always a classic, but was disappointed with Wicker Man as I knew I would be (woodies are for traditionalists but just toooo slow).
I only realised after the ride that Smiler was the one that had the accident, but it wouldn't have deterred me
Wickerman is just... family friendly. Troy at Toverland for example is the Polar opposite, a wooden coaster that throws you around and flies through its Layout very fast
is the smiler still open
Went on it 3 times in a row and when on it 5 times in one day. Honestly my favourite roller coaster in the world
When I grow up hit me up and I will test every roller coaster you want me to love you Smiler
If you ever go in this ride go in the single riders queue you end up with strangers but it allows you to get one within ten minutes. (Or at least it did for me)
What if you actually have friends?
Then you agree to go on the ride without each like me and my friends did...
✨CRAZYGUY✨
Then you and your friends all get in the single rider line and all ride it on different trains. If it's gonna let you all move on to the next ride faster, seems like a small sacrifice to me. I mean it's not like you're gonna be chit-chatting with your friends while riding anyway, so what does it matter if you're sitting with them or not.. I don't know, call me antisocial, but it seems like a great tip to me.
nah took 50 mins in single rider
I went through the exit
She didn't really get the full experience
The music
Lights
Videos
Sound effects
Loss of limbs
dontfucking touchme
You fuck head.
Gwh9 Gaming thank you
Lmaoo
Lmao XD
hahahahha
Idk why but the way you can tell that it’s brand new because there isn’t any paint scratched off the rails is just 👌
I went on the smiler before it closed it was very good, I think they may re open it in the future because when I went to Alton towers a few weeks ago they had test cars going round it.
I remember I went to the park recently and went on the mine cart ride
It's a fun little ride and as someone who doesn't really like roller coasters it was pretty cool
BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE BAR HOLDING US IN PLACE WAS A LIL WOBBILY. Probably not a problem but I was scared and while everyone else had their hands in the air I just had all my weight on the bar trying to keep it still
What fun.
Also the announcer kept saying "Cheeky jews"
10/10 would ride again
That happened to me! was it a cart near to the end?
Ichigo Momayya no it's in the middle
He was saying 'choo choo', not Cheeky Jews xD
CHEEKY JEWS
CHEEKY JEWS
This was an epic roller coaster, i remember my first time on it, i would go on it again but that bloody crash threw me off...
lol
no way!! are you okay now?????? hope you didn't get too many injuries
Sam Fowler haha, oh my god i am sorry, should of worded it better, i went on the smiler, i was safe, it was epic, then a few weeks later the crash happened and i haven't been on it since- thanks for your concern tho, most people wouldn't even bother, appreciated
Z
Sorry again
Sam Fowler You have got to be the most gullible person I have ever seen
@@Pierc.basil03Have you been on it again yet? Also hello from 7 years ago
WELL, she WAS laughing and smiling at the end!
Ok, I'm going to Alton Towers as my present for finishing my SATs in May. I really really REALLY want to go on this but my problem is I'm 11 and pretty small so I always live in fear that I will fall out of it, even with the thing over me (can't remember what it is called). In Thirteen I felt quite loose going down the first drop but I went on Air without feeling loose, maybe because in Thirteen it is just like a lap bar? I don't know, but can someone please tell me if you felt loose at all? Thank you so much!
No you feel quite secured into the smiler im 12 and i felt nice and secure in it but only one scary thing is that there is no 2nd safety belt but i have been on it when it has broken down and all you do is wait at the end for about 5-10 mins and this ride dous not make ur guts go into your chest.
Kian Repsys Ok thank you so much!
also i have been on it about 8 times :)
Im hoping to go on it next year! :)
Cool, have fun!
‘we are now going at a 45° lift’
‘my fingers and toes are still working’
creepy foreshadow...
“Oh my god i lived to tell the tail” was also creepy, the foreshadowing is so, so wierd i feel like it was setup
This looks the best ride ever so need to go
yo she's so chill on that and she's laughing too i'd be crying and passing out oml
*Smile.Always.*
Defiantly the scariest, 14 twists with a chance of loosing your lower limbs..
mbplove difiantly?
DO 01 they corrected it
To the wrong thing
You mean an under 0.001% chance right
Yeah but she was on the back row
It won’t happen again. I went on it today and I still have all 4 limbs
This ride is amazing been on before going on again soon
I went on it with school last year and it’s amazing and completely safe
they missed the first inversion!
1:14 is where the accident on 2/06/2015 happened
her hair though at the end and cant wait im going on iler next Thursday cant wait 😂😂😜😜
the last double roll at the end is the best bit
Just to let you know I don't think she was the first rider X
She was the first person who wasn't a ride designer/worker for Alton towers who rode it.
Also causes injuries to 16 people who ride it.
it was only 2 or 4 who got injured (severely) the other mights have just been shaken and gotten headaches.
+Yee Par or scarred for life
Your not funny if you think you are
I don't understand why everyone is complaining about the mistake someone made, yes it caused severe injuries but there are many other roller coasters that have actually killed people.
cazy wade ohhhh sorryyyyyy
I love this ride!! It feels so disorientating going around it!
I can't wait to go on this on Friday!!!
Not for me, thank you!
does she still have her legs????
Adam Woodward Stupid people making stupid comments again.
Yes
Omg she was so enjoyable to listen to...that was fun!
I've been in the smiler(its amazing) I was on one off the break downs I went on twice!the park is now under safety cover to check ALL the rides.the smiler has been known as the best ride in the century ,therefor the smiler will be taken down unfortunately due to all the accidents.it is a shame but u have safety before anything else!this means the park will have an impact of loss customers regardless other rides will most definitely be checked before the park re opens. That means it will take at least a month at least for the park to open this is because they have to tighten bolts and check for damage as the park is under construction they will be making it better for us so when u go again the park will be as good as new! So dont worry about waiting or u don't wanna go cuz of incidents they are gonna make it as safe as possible.also the park workers will make sure u are secure! Like I said don't worry be happy for what they are doing thx 4 reading!
You Should Definitely Have Helmets, Because My Father Went On It And On The Sides Of His Head He Had Bruises The Next Day.
Everyone cares about the two who got amputated, what about the others?
She is more important
+rxchel_art Everyone is important.
No one has the rite to be injured for something they would enjoy doing...
Yeah, I know? That's why I said 'Everyone is important' as it can happen to anyone on a ride...
yea sorry, i was talk to the person before, didn't mean to offend you.
I remember going on the Smiler, was so scared but it was great after all! I will never go on it again as of the amount of accidents. I was absolutely screaming!😁😂
it was a human error. its safer than ever now
@@Dylan_0130Safest coaster at the park no doubt, the number of safety features they added to satisfy the GP.
props to keeping your eyes open the whole time !!
Can’t believe it’s been 11 years already
everyone stop complaining, this ride is completely safe. rode it 3 times today and it was absolutely insane. the crash was completely human error and i’m sure those idiots are paying the price.
Absolutely loved this ride the worst part of it for me is the second chain lift lol so glad it had a over head restraints to keep you in xD
I liked the fact that it has two parts to the ride.
Oh man, I sympathize with the trembly hands! I haven't ridden this one, but I have ridden Superman at Six Flags, and that one leaves you feeling like JELLY, let me tell you. XD And yeah, it feels weird to watch this without the extra stuff from the videos and whatnot! Ah well, still pretty special to be the very first rider. :)
The cam quality is very good for the time period that it was shot in
this is hilarious the before and after of her hair 😂😂
I really want to go on this it looks awesome. I think I am going soon!!!
is it supposed to stop halfway or did it fail?
It's supposed to stop because there are 2 sections to this ride, I personally feel like it would have been made better though if with after the 2nd lift hill which goes vertically up they had a 100 degree beyond vertical drop like Saw at Thorpe Park and other Gertslaurer rides.
Reporter: says halfway point
Me: ITS HALFWAY CORRECTED
Nothing to be scared about, she absolutely loved it. I will and me and my mates will and I’m sure you will too. The crash was caused by human error. There is nothing to be scared about
Well ii’m proud to be British now :) imma go to Alton towers in august this year (2019) and recently i rode Nemesis. I maybe just an 11 year old girl, but I didn’t scream but i was just baffled 😮 x3 loved it
Does this ride make you sick? What do you reccomend eating before going on this that wont make u sick on it , or should i eat after?
It's closed down now so it doesn't really matter
Molly Smith is it closed permanently? :(
Went on it today! Amazing ride, I don't know why everyone is worrying because of the crash, the crash was human error and they've changed it to automatic now sorry nothing bad could possibly happen🌞
We’re is this at
I need to go on this ride. OMG. Dont care how long the queue is, i am going on this ride.
Let's put a smile on that face!