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View Poll Results: Should Alton Towers Re-Open The Smiler | ||||||
Yes | 8 | 29.63% | ||||
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No, not yet | 12 | 44.44% | ||||
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Should be closed forever | 7 | 25.93% | ||||
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27-09-2015, 07:29 PM | #51 | ||
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27-09-2015, 07:29 PM | #52 | ||
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I doubt it'll open again if it hasn't by now. Too much bad press. They'll likely replace it with something else.
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27-09-2015, 07:33 PM | #53 | |||
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The peoples princesses
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Na, I just sort of phased out of theme parks, football among other things and got back involved in TV and Disney (these sorts of forums) and sort of just lost interest, although I will catch up now and again.
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27-09-2015, 07:50 PM | #54 | |||
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Its called damage limitation, for them, not the victims in this accident.
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27-09-2015, 07:52 PM | #55 | ||
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27-09-2015, 07:55 PM | #56 | |||
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The peoples princesses
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Unlike Thorpe Park with Stealth, I don't really think Alton Towers has a headliner ride?
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27-09-2015, 07:57 PM | #57 | |||
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Life imitates art
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Isn't it Nemesis? till this day it's their best ride they have.
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27-09-2015, 07:58 PM | #58 | |||
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Yes, its spent as much time being closed as it has being open but that's because its a very complex structure that mainly runs off a computer system. The tiniest error in that system will close the ride down, not because its necessarily unsafe but because it is programmed to be over cautious.
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27-09-2015, 07:59 PM | #59 | |||
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May be the best ride, but its not one everyone talks about (considering Thorpe has a nemesis too)
May sound odd, but I've heard more people rave about Charlie and Chocolate factory than Nemesis. Maybe Rita? I'd say Thorpe has Stealth, Chessington has Bubbleworks, Legoland has The Dragon? |
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27-09-2015, 08:00 PM | #60 | |||
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27-09-2015, 08:05 PM | #61 | |||
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Me and mine are high wall climbers who venture thousands of feet up vertical walls with a few ropes and some necessary bits of kit. I've never been on a roller coaster in my life though. Just the thought of what could happen absolutely freaks me out!.
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27-09-2015, 08:06 PM | #62 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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27-09-2015, 08:09 PM | #63 | |||
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Shhiiiieet 2 yrs l8ta
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27-09-2015, 08:14 PM | #64 | |||
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Maybe I'm crazy but I feel like "the rollercoaster with the most number of loops" is a title that should go to a bigger ride in a bigger theme park with more land available. I've never seen it in person but on screen at least it always looked pretty small and cramped. Regardless of their decision I think with their next build they should instead focus on making one a bit more appropriate to the space they have rather than always trying to break another world record... I'm not necessarily saying that's the reason it broke that day, last I heard it was human error(?) but idk it just never really looked 'right' to me, I heard some people say it was super uncomfortable/kept getting bashed about everywhere!! Last edited by RichardG; 27-09-2015 at 08:14 PM. |
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27-09-2015, 11:05 PM | #65 | |||
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I've heard the girl who's leg was amputated speak about that awful accident, it's truly harrowing. I feel that they should dismantle it and build something new.
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27-09-2015, 11:12 PM | #66 | ||
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27-09-2015, 11:25 PM | #67 | |||
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I don't think it should have been closed this long really, it was a freak accident like a plane crash.
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22-04-2016, 05:14 PM | #68 | |||
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Sod orf
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22-04-2016, 05:33 PM | #69 | |||
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22-04-2016, 05:36 PM | #70 | |||
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Human error. That staff member has to live with what he did and his bosses have to live with allowing a staff member override something so fundamentally important.
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22-04-2016, 05:44 PM | #71 | |||
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22-04-2016, 05:46 PM | #72 | |||
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Life imitates art
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I said that last year
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22-04-2016, 05:52 PM | #73 | |||
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They have been fully expecting that. At least they haven't tried to wriggle out of things.
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22-04-2016, 07:42 PM | #74 | |||
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I think they've been trying to wriggle out of it this past year, fancy being able to manually override a detected error :/
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11-05-2016, 08:05 PM | #75 | |||
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An update....
The Smiler has a number of things that can go wrong. One of those things is a loose empty carriage on the track. This is called 'valleying' and when valleying happens, an alarm goes off in the control room. Once the valleying alarm goes off, the ride must be stopped/halted and the vast camera system must be checked for a stray carriage on the line. The problem is, the valleying alarm goes off half a dozen times a day and this member of staff, a woman, happened to become complacent. She says she stopped the ride and checked the cameras but didn't see anything else on the track. The likelihood is, she didn't check anything. Now here's an interesting thing and something the press have yet to pick up on. Before a ride like this is opened it has to go through rigorous tests and part of those tests are sending the trains along with crash dummies, round the tracks hundreds of times. During that testing an almost identical incident happened and the crash dummies received severe leg crush. The system was modified to be more sensitive but the problem with that is, the warning alarm became such a regular occurrence that at least one person didn't continue to take it seriously. All compensation has now been settled but because health and safety was breached, there will be a £multi-million fine. The ride is running again.
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