May 28, 201312 yr comment_159539 Once it is up? If they do that is an odd way round to do it and will make a mess of all that is around it.
May 28, 201312 yr comment_159549 Quote 'I'm hugely disappointed I never got to go on it. It's called The Smiler and I was sitting there thinking what is there to smile about."Global Superstar - Tinchy Stryder The global superstar bit had me in stitches!
May 28, 201312 yr comment_159565 I remember that, what made me laugh then was on most of the comments sections on the online newspapers, people were like WHO?? Oh god that cracked me up!
May 28, 201312 yr comment_159628 In regards to the rusty mesh, I believe I saw an image of it being welded on before, therefore you cant paint it before welding (well the contact patch anyway). I'm sure it will be painted at some point (hopefully).
May 29, 201312 yr comment_159646 I speculate a mid day Friday opening either this week or next Friday
May 29, 201312 yr comment_159649 Should we start a competition? The person who chooses the closest time to The Smiler's actual opening gets to be Marc for the day.
May 29, 201312 yr comment_159655 I'm saying it will open Monday 17th June purely because I'm going on the 16th and that would be just my luck. If it is closed when I go though yes I'll be a bit disappointed but it's not like there isn't enough to keep you occupied all day. Last year I went and struggled to fit everything I wanted to do in and still haven't done the brand new version of Sub Terra so my day will be great either way. It will be nice to have The Smiler open but if not my dad says we can go back again during Scarefest. So in a way I don't want it to be open just so I get to go to Scarefest
May 29, 201312 yr comment_159656 I guess the hype for The Smiler is reaching the 'overload' point at this rate. Still waiting to get corrected...I wonder why...
May 29, 201312 yr comment_159657 I guess they will quietly open it the moment it is ready with no advertised date or fanfare. No idea when that'll be though, hopefully in time for fright nights when I'm going!
May 29, 201312 yr comment_159659 Hopefully in time for fright nights when I'm going! You mean 'Scarefest'? :/
May 29, 201312 yr comment_159660 You mean 'Scarefest'? :/ Yeah, that's the one! (In my defense I'm old and all the tussauds halloween events were called fright nights at one time and the name has stuck with me, it is a mistake I make often.)
May 29, 201312 yr comment_159663 Should we start a competition? The person who chooses the closest time to The Smiler's actual opening gets to be Marc for the day. A competition no-one would actually enter then?
May 29, 201312 yr comment_159679 They are certainly doing a lot of tampering round with the ride ATM. I have no idea when this ride will be open but surely it'll be open by September .
May 29, 201312 yr comment_159695 Bif rand9m, but I thought Id show you guys. My friend is doing a hairdressing course at college and I offered for her to practice on. This is the masterpiece she came up with :-)
May 30, 201312 yr comment_159711 So it's supposedly opening tomorrow with Staff at the entrance telling guests it will open tomorrow... Also the ride has appeared on the LED board but showing as closed. I'm still waiting for official confirmation before I decide to visit again.
May 30, 201312 yr comment_159712 Well, behind closed doors they better be confident it will open tomorrow, considering the minisite still states 'Join Us May 2013', otherwise they've led themselves to a massive muck up...
May 30, 201312 yr comment_159716 Batten down the hatches guys, the next 24 hours could either see happy towers enthusiasts or the evil, angry side. I'm ready
May 30, 201312 yr comment_159717 My dad's just asked someone at entrance to Smiler and they said "not open today but can't say about tomorrow". Apparently they're taking the protective plastic off the ride cars and tidying up bits so could well be open either tomorrow or the weekend.
May 30, 201312 yr comment_159721 All very exciting! I am a bit dubious about it though... They can't be 100% sure about it, otherwise wouldn't they have announced it on Twitter etc?
May 30, 201312 yr comment_159725 Most people are saying that it's because they want it to be a "soft opening"... We'll just have to wait and see
May 30, 201312 yr comment_159733 TT posted on Facebook that towers are to be featured on watchdog later tonight! Any publicity is good publicity, right?
May 30, 201312 yr comment_159736 Towers times says that they will announce the opening date, although I'm not 100% sure There we go back to normal. Edited May 30, 201312 yr by EC!
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