• Sam P.

    Airtimes Inversiones Velocidad Vibración Incomodidad

    The Smiler is probably the best executed coaster in the world. Never before has a theme, soundtrack and ride experience come together in such a wonderfully messed up way. IMAscore's terrific work is as irritating as it is brilliant, the catchiest of scores that you will never forget. The queue is a mammoth trek if all the extensions are open in the chaotic environment of a below-coaster cattle pen, with the music pumping out around you. You head up to the station, which is rather lacking in theming but that just adds to the hot mess feel. Then you spend the next 3 minutes being rattled around in the craziest way possible, and the entire experience is mind-blowingly addictive. Sure, it's not all that comfortable if you're on an outer seat, the first corkscrew drop has developed a pothole to rival any on the M6, and the cobra roll into the penultimate inversion is more infamous for it's error than Matt Hancock. But every now and then you get a front row ride in a middle seat and are reminded that it's a phenomenal coaster with some genuine world class moments, most notably the awesome sea serpent roll into the superb ejector airtime hill. I love the smiler, despite it's flaws, it's a brilliant, crazy experience and Alton Towers wouldn't be the same without it

  • Raymond C.

    Situación Vibración Torta Incomodidad

    I guess this rollercoaster is as good as it gets with older Vekoma coasters. The restraints are terrible and the ride's discomfort is only outmatched by Express Platform 13's, it rattles and actually none of the inversions are that great. As on many Vekomas including the newer ones (e. g. Abyssus at Energylandia) the ride once again features much too quickly driven through loopings. Nevertheless the ride looks great near the lake and it probably serves as a cult classic for older generations.

  • AlexDreams

    Primera caída Fun Incomodidad Lap Bar

    Un bon petit coaster pour les débutants mais avec un débit vraiment mauvais et des opérateurs qui prennent vraiment 5 minutes pour lancer le train. Le train n’est pas confortable.

  • AlexDreams

    Fun Capacidad

    Un chouet petit coaster familial avec de bons virages et de bonnes petites accélérations. Les petits points négatifs sont de petites vibrations et le débit avec les trains qui n’embarquent que 8 passagers.

  • TwanTastic

    Incomodidad Sin interés

    There is some theming, but nothing special. Ride is just boring and pointless.

  • Chernocityleak dotexe

    Airtimes Primera caída Comodidad

    Vraiment un très bon mèga coaster. 🔥 Les airtimes sont trop bien ! La first drop est une pépite ! 😍

  • Shroom

    ¡Buena sorpresa! Situación Launch Vibración

    The launch is pretty crazy. Those curves have some intense positives and the inline twist has some great hangtime. And also the location is pretty great. The main con about this ride, is the unbearable rattle. It would be so much better if it wouldn´t be so rattly. But due to its killer launch and intensity, this ride packs a punch in every way.

  • Shroom

    Inversiones Situación Intensidad

    Very underrated ride. It looks amazing with Shambhala in the backround, and because of that, Dragon Khan gets a bit overshadowed. It´s very intense and the inversions are very fun. There is a noticeable rattle throughout the whole coaster, but it didn´t bother me a lot

  • Shroom

    Airtimes Primera caída Layout

    This ride is absolutely awesome and the turnaround after the first camelback is crazy. There are some good floater airtime moments, and the first drop is pretty good too. So this ride is easily a 5/5 star coaster, but I have to admit, I somewhat expected it to be better

  • TwanTastic

    Airtimes Velocidad Duración

    What a beast is this GCI! In the morning it's a fun ride, but throughout the day it develops into a really intense ride with lots of snappy transitions and quick floater airtime moments, especially in the back. It's not the longest woodie out there, but it still has a good duration and its capacity isn't really an issue in this park Theming is almost non existant but there are quite some spots where you can get a good picture of the ride cycling through it's layout. Also, no seatbelts so relatively fast dispatches are quite common!