• Dennis van Rijswijk

    Airtimes Intensité Vibrations Inconfort Layout

    I like the ride, but the ride really tries to bump you into your own seat as often as possible. It could be way smoother and less bumpy, like Troy, but it's quite rough, layout wise.

  • Dennis van Rijswijk

    Airtimes Intensité Inconfort Layout

    I like the ride, but the ride really tries to bump you into your own seat as often as possible. It could be way smoother and less bumpy, like Troy, but it's quite rough, layout wise.

  • Dennis van Rijswijk

    First Drop Théma Intensité Trop court

    It being too short is really it's only downside. The drop feels intense, you feel like you're floating and a big stomache drop feeling, that I personally rarely get in coasters anymore. I'm sure other B&M dive coasters are better, but the theming is just next level on Baron!

  • Raymond C.

    Vitesse Fun Ejectors Vibrations

    What a weird rollercoaster. It is unlike every other one I have ever ridden. It is almost too intense to be enjoyable. After you get used to the track (which took me about three rides) it can be a load of fun. However the quality of every ride can differ a lot. For example the rides where you don't experience airtime from the side are much better than the ones where you do. But generally every ride has its enjoyable moments. Sadly the train already consistently rattles during the ride which is questionable for a two year old rollercoaster. The lap bar is very tight on this ride, so make sure you find a comfortable spot to make this ride enjoyable and not painful. I wouldn't call it a masterpiece due to the rattling combined with the fact that the quality of each ride will always differ. But overall it is a very special rollercoaster every enthusiast should experience.

  • Raymond C.

    First Drop Bonne suprise ! Fluidité

    Very enjoyable coaster. It is very smooth and relatively fast. The seats are very comfortable and the entire ride has many interesting elements.

  • Sam P.

    Airtimes Inversions Vitesse Vibrations Inconfort

    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.

    Situation Vibrations Baffes Inconfort

    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.

  • TwanTastic

    Inconfort Sans intérêt

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

  • Shroom

    Bonne suprise ! Situation Launch Vibrations

    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

    Inversions Situation Intensité

    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