The Smiler Review Alton Towers Most Inversions In the World
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Please note the stat should read '53 mph,' not '53 seconds.' I apologize for the mistake.
It's fine dude
It's fine, no sweat, love your channel
This better then helix what
It's fine I thought you didn't noticed oof
Don’t worry about it no one was stupid enough to believe it... I hope
If this ride were in the USA it would be called The Joker.
JordanFilmsChannel I was thinking that too. *Cough* Discovery Kingdom *Cough*
lmao
Or Goliath. Or Batman the Ride😂🎢
Ah America. Why?
Y'know, I always thought if Smiler was ever cloned, and went to a Six Flags park, the Joker theme would actually fit it perfectly.
The theming of this ride alone makes it one of the most interesting rides ever created. It's just so absolutely insane.
Merlin!
kai phillips This is Merlyn Wood man !!
Everyone I go is The Woodlands !!
*I NEED A HONEY BUTTAH !!*
Vodka in a sprite can !!
...I don't get it :P
is that a reference to something orrrrr...?
I mean...it's not every day that a roller coaster is themed to being brainwashed by an Orwellian style organisation in the near future.
Alton Towers, everybody.
@@aidanstead6069 no it’s the cheshire cat from alice in wonderland
2:10 John Wardley explains this reasoning in his autobiography. Apparently, he said, a 14 inversion coaster would require a single lift of around 50 meters / 164 feet- but because of Alton Towers’ famous tree line limit he settled for two 30 meter / 98 feet lifts.
"The Smiler at Alton Towers remains my favorite rollercoaster in the UK" *Nemesis fanboys let out a screach*
Their both equally as good.
smiler is awsome nemesis is my seconded favourite wikerman would be 3rd after that i strugle with placements i like all altontowers coasters well except octonats as ive not riden it and dont plan on riding it unless i get into the credit hunting
I've only been to Alton Towers once, and I absolutely LOVED Nemesis, but The Smiler ticked all my boxes somehow. I got off that ride and was beaming from ear to ear for a solid two minutes
Even though I rode it in middle back row, it wasn't that bad, however the second half destroyed my ears
😂
Taron may have the best THEMING
But I'm sorry, The Smiler has the best theme..
Millsy Taron has onride theming, but overall Smiler did it on a better way
Kärnan Fanboy Not sure you understood what Millsy meant, or maybe I missunderstood. I think he meant the smiler has A better theme, but Phantasialand’s execution of the Klugheim’s / Taron’s theming is the best.
@@coasterfest Yeah that's what I meant, sorry if I confused anyone lol
@@jojo_hendriks Smiler's ride experience _is_ the theme
Millsy when I rode Taron the actually really good theming didn’t do it to me, but I think Smiler has better story within the theming because it fits to the layout
Great review! I'm glad that someone else thinks it's the UK's best coaster too!
how much did you pay ;)
*Icon has entered the chat*
A few chocolate digestives won him over
Also Icon is very good and definitely one of the UK's best coasters!
My favourite too!
COASTER BOT I haven’t ridden any coaster in the UK, but I think Smiler or Nemesis are the No. 1. But when it comes to theming, I would put this over Taron and Kärnan, but not Nvgrd
"Looping coaster 1 looks to intense for me!"
Hahaha. I get it. Lol.
I want to get off Infinity Coaster 1!
*Nemesis and Wickerman have left the chat*
Lol and Galactica too.
@@trainlover16 nobody likes Galactica 😜
Wickerman is another overrated GCI.
The Lord No the hell it isn't. I love that ride. Coasters don't have to be tall or fast to be good, like most GCIs are.
@@trainlover16 I've been on it, I thought it was ok. Second weakest woodie I've been on (excluding kids ones). Wodans better, Gwazi was way better and Cu Chulainn is probably my no.1 woodie. Can't wait to get on Balder this year though.
When I get sushi, I always order a cobra roll and a sea serpent roll.😁
vertical loop soup
Heartline roll is my favourite
You can add Steel Curtain to the list of Sea Serpent Rolls!
Garret Miller good point!
@@CoasterStudios And Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
And Medusa (6FDK)
El_Ectric he said those in the video
3:03 that sincronised dive loop
About the merch, I saw an enthusiast at Cedar Point wearing a Smiler shirt, and it was awesome! Like you said, I was the only one who was impressed 😂
For me, Oblivion has always been my favourite A.T coaster and for nostalgia reasons, nothing will ever beat that, but up until this point, I thought that nothing could top Nemesis for my second A.T spot.
Smiler did it.
I was wrong. It’s unreal.
@@CiciColino The build up, the view, the hang, the drop.
Its like a shot of pure adrenaline.
Guest #824 : "I dont want to go on The Smiler, it isn't safe"
Guest #825: "OhshutthefuckupGuest#824thatwasentirelyhumanerrorsincerelyeverypersonwhoknowsaboutTheSmilerIresignfromtheinternet"
It's perfectly safe. The accident was caused by human error.
@@digitaldeathsquid3448 You made the longest tag on TH-cam, congrats 👏
@@vordman We know. What he said is a RollerCoaster Tycoon joke.
Park Inspector: The Smiler has crashed!
Attempt for the smiler coaster parody #1
(Would love to see one Taylor 👍)
Lemons Are Real! Yes and I'd like one for both Nemesis and Galactica too.
Lemons Are Real! You all know what topic will be in there.
RIGHT! THE CRASH! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )
Lemons Are Real! Oh yeah I really would like to see Takoda doing 14 Backflips, but the Smiler is already Part of the WF Parody so Idk
Another Swiss TH-cam user OMG YES!
Kärnan Fanboy lolololololololol
You sound so much more happy....
YOU BELONG TO THE -SMILER-
-YES-
-YOU BELONG TO THE SMILER-
J Terry TV he belongs to mr. smiley
The only part I would say is rough is when the trains hit each other but other than that great ride!
thanks for the good laugh one year later
oMg!!1! tHe tRaInS hIt eAch oThEr?!/.11/1?!!? tHaTs sO unSaFe!1!!!
*slides in on a wheelchair * "honestly it was a great ride everyone"
Getting flashbacks to the Smiler guy in the Wildfire Parody XD! Nice review.
John Isbell yep.
I honestly came off the ride for my first ever time and I had the biggest smile on my face when I entered the break run to when I left the shop!
Sam Raymond You got corrected.
The procedure went well then. :)
"It left me smiling, that's for sure" lol Taylor I love you for that
When I went on smiler I like to count every single invertion 😂
How are you able to count the inversions when you are going like 54mph
Simple if you count 7 before the vertical,chain hill you counted correctly as they split it so 7 before the vertical chain hill and 7 after
Glad you liked it! I’m from the UK and it’s my favourite coaster here too, I don’t know why most British enthusiasts don’t like it much
I LOVE the smiler and I think it is pretty smooth. Alton Towers is my home park so I’ve riden it SOOOOO many times in every row and it’s fine either way. Nemesis is my favourite coaster but the smiler is so bonkers. It’s my number 2
I've ridden both back and front row, to no real discernable difference. I thought they were all great to experience, personally. I loved it!
Gp: I hEaRd ThAt ThIs RoLlEr CoAsTeR cRaShEd OnE tIMe, LeTs NoT rIdE tHiS
I find it interesting how when it comes to this coaster, many visitors outside of the UK such as from Europe and the USA tend to rate this ride so highly, yet many Brits don't think too much of it.
I myself do rate this ride as good, but honestly, I think Nemesis and Wicker Man at the Towers are far better and more enjoyable, not to mention they both look in a much better state maintenance-wise. Smiler these days looks so grimy, rusty and broken sadly compared to when it was new in 2013 and that 12th inversion on the back row is a killer to your head and neck. >.
As a brit, I personally disagree. I find it more enjoyable than nemesis and wicker man, especially with its theming.
Marhelorpe what a silly GP reply
Ewwwww a furrie, someone burn it
You could argue though that the "low-maintenance" look actually adds to the ride theme.
Nemesis has artificial rust added for added theming so you could argue the same for the Smiler.
For me the 13th inversion was the worst.
This is mine and my best mates favourite roller coaster. Always go on it every year and I've only ever sat front row or second row.
The fact that they can fit 14 inversions, a full queue line and a giant marmaliser while staying in the restrictions of the park itself is beyond me
dont forget its also in a teeny plot too
We rode the smiler in April 19 and loved it as we rolled to a stop my eyes were all out of focus from the spinning through the corkscrews.
Thank you. An unbiased opinion of the coaster that doesn't mention the accident once.
Gerstlauer: How many inversions do you want on this ride?
Alton Towers: yes
This is the review I've been waiting for!!
This ride looks absolutely incredible. Definitely on my bucket list, and I hope to get out to the UK some time to ride it (hopefully I'll still be working for merlin so I can use my magic pass to get in for free). I'm also absolutely obsessed with that theming. Some of my favorite theming on any coaster.
Have u ridden it yet?
i got to go on this in 2016 because my dad got a 6 month sabbatical to England so i needed the credits and man oh man the smiler is INSAINE. I got third row and it was kinda rough but man is this a good coaster. a bit surprised you did not talk about the first inversion in the dark with the music tho.
I love this ride, been waiting for this review for a long time!
Glad you liked this coaster as I adore it! Got stuck on it on Wednesday but I don't mind! This thing is messed up and amazing!
I went on this ride last Friday. I came off dizzy with a headache 😂😂
I agree with the score, my fav coaster in the world and I’ve been on a lot. Great vid, good to see someone with the same view as me :)
I RODE IT TODAY AND IT WAS SO AWSOME I LOVE IT SO MUCH
Taylor that's my number 1 coaster ive ridden so far and on the 8th November (1st day of ultimate fireworks) i ridden smiler 20+ times that day, luckily i had our video camera with me so i shot a video of the day
The back is quite smooth as that’s where I rode it and it’s such a great ride and it’s so well themed👍🏻😀👍🏻
Great review Taylor love from us in the UK
For Halloween they really go to town with the theme too, with actors in lab coats and a really creepy Asylum-style vibe. Would always reccomend checking our Alton towers in October, It's not quite halloween horror nights but its the best we got.
I totally agree with your review. In my opinion, The Smiler is really underrated, especially since the accident. I think that it is an intense, long and enjoyable experience with probably the best airtime moments in Alton Towers (if not the UK). My only complaint is that some restraints may get a bit too tight during the ride. 1st row is clearly the smoothest, but the others are fine too.
And yes, I belong to The Smiler!
I got dragged on the ride by a friend so happy they did it in my opinion it's the best ride as you get loads of thrill from it
I guess you could say I'm *happy* to see this video.
No, I'm not leaving.
Mr. Meloetta Can flip down the hill 14 times?
@@MatchTerm DO YOU HAVE ANY CLUE WHAT YOUR WORDS CAN DO!?! IF HE COMMITS VEKOMA SLC, THEN HE WILL HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT HE WILL FOREVER REGRET!!!!!!
lol
this, the swarm, icon and wicker man == best rides in the uk. i’ve rode all but icon and i can’t wait to get the credit
GP: BuT PeoPLe LoST LiMBs ThERE! IT SHOulD Be DIsmANTleD! (Not understanding it was a human error, and not of the ride)
Come on, we're all GP and the news hyped it up so much so that's their disposition. Nobody CARES about the crash anymore. It's old news.
Yeah The GP just wants to tear down the Ministry of Joys correcting facility and make the world not happy.
I live an hour away from Alton Towers, and this ride remains my favorite probably in the world
Gotta say didn't expect it to be your favorite in ALL of the UK, but I can very well believe it because I loved it, too. I had rides in a couple different seats and noticed a couple bumps here and there, one or two of them more noticeable, but I found it almosted blended in with the overall intensity. The ride is just too crazy not to like and the layout is so well designed. Also, I think there are way too few Sea Serpents out there, they're one of my absolute favorite inversions.
I agree. I didn't find it rough. It's my favourite coaster at the park, I love the theming and how the coaster kind of interacts with the theming. Alton Towers is a great park as a whole, especially for coaster fans!
I love watching your coaster reviews, because as a fellow enthusiast I love your takes on coasters from all around the world!
As someone who visits Alton Towers a lot (I currently live in London but I’ve lived in the UK all my life) I couldn’t agree more with everything you said! The Smiler is SOOOOOO Alton Towers! It could not be any better of a fit! It is absolutely nuts to me that this ride is 10 years old next May! I remember riding it opening day, and I was only 9 at the time so my mum took me, and we waited 5 hours to ride it, and it was absolute insanity to little 9 year old me, and it still is to this day! Every time I ride it I come off smiling and laughing and I immediately want to hop straight back in line and get on it again!
I cannot wait to see what Alton Towers will do with SW9 in the future, the more recent secret weapons (Th13teen, The Smiler and Wicker Man) show so clearly that Alton Towers is really going to push the boat out as far as they can!
Think a lot of us UK enthusiasts are a bit spoiled when it comes to this ride. People manage to find reasons to hate it, but it's bloody brilliant how much it manages to achieve considering it's purpose. The worlds only 14 inverting coaster has to impress in other areas too, and it definitely succeeds in that. Every time.
It is a bit rough near the end, but it's only the final 2 or 3 inversions. The rest of the ride is completely fine, and the theming of most of the rides in this park to this day are one of the things that keeps me coming back to Alton Towers every year. Nemesis especially... I love monster movies, so it speaks to me on a personal level.
I had the same experience with the airtime. Didn't expect it going in, but it definitely had some good airtime moments.
I have to agree with you - it’s my favourite UK coaster. I love how they have got so much track into such a small area and as you say how messed up the ride is - you can’t predict where you are or what’s coming next.
It’s one of those rides if they had a viewing area you could just sit and watch it
Glad you enjoyed the Smiler!
It was great going on it with you guys back in the summer.
When you announced that Smiler is your favourite roller coaster in the UK, my heart shrunk for Nemesis and Wicker Man. I'm glad you really liked it though
XplosiveGamer105 My heart sank for Galactica too.
I think Smiler is better than Galactica, but Galactica is still possibly the most underrated roller coaster in the UK. I prefer it to The Swarm
XplosiveGamer105 I seem to be one of the few people who prefer the smiler over nemesis and wicker man.
Considering how much of a dystopia the UK has become it makes since that this is the only country where you could have a ride like this.
the roller coaster equivalent of a psychological horror movie
A trick to most rough riding roller coasters is pressure, but you might lose some of the air time. Push your legs up into the bar, restraint, or whatever works on most. Just finding the way to brace yourself, sometimes it is pushing up into shoulder restraint. On stand up roller coasters that most people hate, for bicycle reasons, just a simple push up into the shoulder restraint will take away a lot of the roughness and save your area you sit on.
For me who has only been on a handful of coasters, Smiler is my fourth, behind the Swarm at Thorpe Park, then Red Force at Ferrari Land, in 1st is Shambhala at PortAventura
But we are planning a Europe Trip to Europa Park, Phantasialand, etc.
I loved it too, but it's defo a front row ride
The front is definitely the best, but I found that the entire ride is smooth other than the element you spoke about, and the heartline rolls afterwards
I've never got front row, but the second half of that cobra roll has been absolutely brutal every time I've riden this coaster
Went on Smiler 3 times after studying it on youtube (50 plus times). Every ride my head was OK but had the "party in the stomach" feeling for at least 45 minutes after. Can't wait to go back! Plus the vertical lift a total "laid back in bed experience"! Last ride of the day just before 8pm, with the dew settling and the ride seemed to be pushing plus 55pmh. "Definitely Marmalized"!
I've ridden rides like Shambhala and Red Force, and The Smiler is still my favourite. I don't think anything will ever top it for me, just holds a special place in my heart this ride
I love the theme of marmalization or however you spell it. They could make many movies around the themes of Alton Towers coasters
The scariest part of the ride is the fact you start laughing at the end of the ride
funny enough, I wore a smiler shirt to Knott's Berry Farm when I rode Hangtime for the first time and the only people who even noticed the logo, were other enthusiasts lol.
5:33
Bird: WHERE DID I DROP THAT LOLLYPOP?!?!
I honestly feel like I must be really missing something with this coaster. It's basically just riding the same coaster twice. Nice if your waiting in line for a while but it's not like solid long coasters with all different inversions, it's almost like a semi-compact out and back like it does the same thing. and taking the 16 inversion thing way over those intamin ones that just twist a bunch at the end. Surely it's good-no doubt about that, but best at the park even, idk they have pretty good stuff there.
If it focused less on inversions and more on other elements it would be awesome, but height & space aren't on its side regardless.
You definitely are missing something although I do understand
Have been looking forward to this one, great video!
the interlocked cobraroll and batwing is awsome
If you wear a shirt from that ride you’ll like the guy in the commercial for this ride.... Crazy lol. Great job Taylor
the smiler is up there with me like 2nd place in the uk but icon had it for me the history of blackpool pleasure beach and how icon gets around the park its amazing !!
Honestly I’m stunned you think it’s the best in the country. I got a front row night ride on a bloody busy evening and it was still only my 3rd favourite ride in the park
Edit: the odds of getting the front row 4 times is 1 in (4x4x4x4=256) 1/256
dang thats pretty good
My favourite roller coaster at this park would definitely have to be Galactica.
Same
Ed Donoghue Nice.
Ed Donoghue You really think that? If so then become a patriot by subscribing to the Alton Towers Democratic Capitalist Unionist Party today.
This ride is definitely my favourite in the Uk 🇬🇧 the first time I rode it was yesterday but I got row 4 and it wasn't rough at all all the theme park enthusiasts over exaggerate bait in my opinion and the theming is amazing wanted to buy the whole lot of merchandise. Great Video earned yourself a new subscriber.
We need a smiler parody
Theme park Lover Flippy Takoda
Great review Tyler. Mad to think u go on the smiler 3 times you have been upside down 36 times...i went on it about 6 times this season and i thought it did feel rougher..then i rode the front and its much smoother...so agreed
Dive loops were my equal first favourite inversion (along with zero g rolls) before stalls started appearing, so I loved this, however I feel it needs lap bar trains as I found it a bit too rough.
I got on The Smiler 4 times. 3 front rows and one on the back. The back is a little rougher but the only time it's painful is on the 12th inversion.
From my first ride on the smiler the last inversion before the double corkscrews was quite rough .
The second airtime hill goes from crazy positive to negative Gs, lucky to have this at my home park 30 minutes away
Have you done a review of nemesis at Alton towers, interested to see what your think of it
46th king panda I hope he's done a Galactica review.
46th king panda not yet. I will though soon.
@@CoasterStudios If you don't put nemesis in your top 1 I will fly over to America and whip you 25 times for mentioning how 25 coasters could even be close to being better than nemesis. If you ride nemesis at night in the back row in the summer you will give it an 11/10 and call Steel Vengeance forceless.
@@Oggy3000_ I rode Nemesis four times in a row, back row left & right, during Scarefest at night. It was a walk-on but no re-rides were allowed. The dash through the central plaza in the middle of the ride, and up those steps, is quite treacherous in the dark. I nearly tripped and faceplanted more than once. Worth it, 11/10 indeed
Number 1 bucket list coaster
Glad you enjoyed it, my second favourite in the UK, Nemesis is first because of nostalgia for me and it's intensity is just insane.
That being said, I haven't ridden Icon yet so that could climb up and beat Smiler for me.
This ride is nuts. A back row ride in the night is mad...
There's the big 4 of world records, tallest, longest, fastest and flippiest.
Bluedragon967 it’s not the fastest rollercoaster
But it is definitely the flippiest
Greetings for the UK. :) Glad you liked Alton Towers, my favourite is TH13TEEN. I have never been on the Smiler before. Me and inversions don't go well. But I think the ride looks awesome and would love to brave it one day.
That’s awesome Taylor! Great video! I’m personally excited for the steel curtain in kennywood, because it is the closest park to me. It has kind of a wacky layout tho.
Honestly the back row of this ride is mental. First time on a roller coaster that genuinely scared me.
*enjoying the swarm alone as my favourite uk coaster*
It seems like a saw-ish theme. So basically You are called to volunteer for something. You accept it and get hypnotised by the smiler. The mesmoriser then does the 6 things it does. Tickle you till you can't stop laughing, Hypnotize you, inject some joy serum in you, Blinds you, and I forgot the other two things it does. (Reply what the other 2 things are if you know) then you are corrected and apparently belong to the smiler. I'm being honest but I feel like a psychopath would wear smiler merch because of how creepy the logo is.
IndyCoasterCreator i think one of the two things your forgot is flip you upside down and the last one is tell you jokes
I've ridden The Smiler 6 times (its the 2nd closest theme park to me)
Yes! Time to get corrected!
Best coaster on the U.K. by far! Never had a ‘rough’ ride on the smiler... think people just think it’s on trend to hate this coaster because of the accident many years ago and a lot of people on the U.K. are still caught up on that. You never mentioned the first inversion straight out of the station which is the main thing that I didn’t expect on my first ride. Brilliant world class coaster.
I agree
I loved this coaster as well! It's a good ride but the backrow kicks your ass. Last dive before the two heartlinerolls is so rough.
Thanks for posting this review. The Smiler gets such a lot of stick but I love it, glad you do too!
The score just fits this ride so freakin well. I just can’t grasp my mind over it.