If the Smiler has had permission to be built there then the ropers should carry on with their knitting and get used to the fact that they cant spoil other peoples fun. Also if the Smiler testing is 200 hours then a noise assesment of this process would of already of taken place if it is neccesary, ...

Am I the only one that wasent that impressed by it? haha half the time I found it quite boring just sitting there looking at an egg while a voice goes on and on!  Then the drop was unexpected and good but was quite small and dident leave me shivering and the effect like the back poker were more...

This is not an onsite video however it does have the same design as one of the spinning discs on the Hypnotiser, you can see it spinning in action here. Credit @LeaGCookson http://twitter.yfrog.com/f3sqstaxzomcqxyztijacpgyz?sa=0 Not that that does not look amazing! All the other elements of Marvin ...

Not wanting to break up any discussion but… ALTON TOWERS REVEAL ONE OF THE SMILER'S SECRET WORLD FIRSTS!! https://secure.altontowers.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10651&langId=-1&catalogId=15551&categoryId=41103&productId=121123 You got me excited as well ...

Let us not forget the freefall drop (or freefall emergency evacuation for some) being a world's first aswell! JW said several worlds firsts and I for one believe him, he could have just agreed with worlds first, but no... Several he said, several there will be I think 5 of them are the Marmaliser e...

Let us not forget the freefall drop (or freefall emergency evacuation for some) being a world's first aswell! JW said several worlds firsts and I for one believe him, he could have just agreed with worlds first, but no... Several he said, several there will be I think 5 of them are the Marmaliser e...

Let us not forget the freefall drop (or freefall emergency evacuation for some) being a world's first aswell! JW said several worlds firsts and I for one believe him, he could have just agreed with worlds first, but no... Several he said, several there will be I think 5 of them are the Marmaliser e...

Gizmo wrote:

I still don't know why the Washing Machine idea is being shot down, when it does seem pretty evident from the video that it could be the element?
At least that will be a world's first

My exact thought haha

Earlier today TowersTimes captured a video of The Marmaliser testing out its video screen. Take a look on our minisite dedicated to The Smiler. http://www.towerstimes.co.uk/sw7/video/ One of the panels is still broken on that video, does nothing for my OCD! haha I saw the same thing! my OCD is in o...

We can now see that the '15 rotations' screen from the game was indeed just a snap shot, of the carriage rotation screen we have seen today on The Marmaliser, and so doesn't mean that the ride will have 15 inversions, it just so happened to be caught on that number which is very close to the actual...

Can someone tell me what the disorientator is please Having just seen this on YouTube, I'd say that there is a strong possibility of a washing-machine effect. Note the "carriage rotation" graphic @0:29 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOvukdU8dCA here you go! :D (the screen will show you ;) )

(Quoted myself from a previous post I made, Thought It may be fitting :D ) But as this was thought at one time to be the th13teen SE do you think it could The Smiler's? http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=iKgxMGzZWc4&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiKgxMGzZWc4 As its all twisted and twirled and spinning (...

I'm telling you, the fins are there for all to see... I say freefall drop myself. As for the washing machine, they can do it perfectly well with just having the walls and ceiling "spinning" during the indoor heartline, in fact it will be even more disorientating that way than really spinn...

also WHO will open it?? ( ie. "you me at six" for the Swarm )

I understand it's personal opinion whether people think there is a washing machine element or not, but I'm pretty sure people are setting themselves up for disappointment if they convince themselves there is one. It's much better to be sceptical about it, then if you are wrong it just means the rid...

To be honest I think that the video has pretty much confirmed it, what else could it be? I love the video in a way it does look a bit tacky but when it gets to describing the effects of the Marmaliser it look so amazing! :D I think that the knifes would of been a better effect than the hypnotiser bu...

I understand the problem with Alton Towers planning  ;) but i do hope they find a way to build many new flats as they are a great experience, and its the only part in which ( dare i say it) Thorpe Park beat Alton :/ i hope they build quite a few like the ones Thorpe as and many other new and cr...

Thank you so much to the Tower Times Admin who kept this site going, you guys do a great job! Us geeks would be lost without you! :D A mention to our fellow geeks, where without whom I would still be that Roller coaster obsessed kid, with no one to share it with ;) seriously I used to try a talk to...

Somebody change the title of the thread from Construction to Team Tributes Nothing wrong with showing gratitude to others that have helped each of us here. Thats what makes us a community! ;) Can't wait to see Roodlesnouter's & MI7 pictures! I have created one haha ;) EDIT: well did have haha :...

Thank you so much to the TowersTimes Admin who kept this site going, you guys do a great job! Us geeks would be lost without you! :D A mention to our fellow geeks, where without whom I would still be that Roller coaster obsessed kid, with no one to share it with ;) seriously I used to try a talk to ...