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There's some rumors going round some other website forums that the vertical lift could stop and freefall backwards before climbing it again, similar to the freefall chain lift in expedition everest and big grizzly mountain railroad. Do you think this could possibly happen and be the long awaited secret element?

Urgh...

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I'm going on the 10th June so it should be open, although I wouldn't be surprised if its not. Will just make another visit in that case. looks pretty worth it to me!

I love the whole theme/story they have gone with and loved The Sanctuary, so on the journey up there I'm going to be dying of excitement haha!

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Morning all,


Was at Alton Towers yesterday and its the first time I have seen The Smiler up close, it is HUGE! Cannot wait for this to be opened! Here are some pictures from yesterday.


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Whilst eating lunch in Fried Chicken Company (which we also won for free due to the red button challange!) we saw Barney from Blue Peter who was on site!


The rest of the photos are on my Facebook

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I went on Tuesday & Wednesday and I was completely awestruck by the sheer enormity of The Smiler! Unfortunately, the banners were still up, and so never quite got a full view. However, I was suckered into buying the Smiler hoodie, like the guy in the picture above!
The amount of advertisement and curiosity that this ride is generating is really good, and I saw a few people have quite in depth chats with staff members about when it would open etc etc...I for one was called a geek by one of the Smiler staff, just because I was wearing my hoody hahaha!

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Hi all, Some pics from today.

Arrived on park to find them adding a piece to the main lift hill. Look they're adding a support

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Yay look it fits

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And this is what it looks like from the other side

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The station is looking more themed and look, the pipes all fit.

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Usual overview shot.

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Top of the vertical lift

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Ohh look, they're also adding the inverted drop.

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Hammer that bolt in, Hammer it.

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Drill that connector Drill it.

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Paint that track, paint it

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Yes work was going at a full pace so we went and had a look to see what we can see inside the station., this is through the entrance hole for the trains.

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Inside the shop

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What about the games unit, I hear you ask.

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Marmaliser leg footer and template. Its all technical stuff.

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Back at the top of the site we were drawn by the sound of a ratchet... They had added the linking bit between the bottom of the inverted drop and the top... one min.. .. That's not right. aren't these meant to MEET?

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They were using that ratchet to pull the 2 pieces of track together but that's quite a large discrepancy . So they started using these things at the bases of the supports. I think they are mini rams.

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and more ratchets on other supports

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We stood there for about 40 minutes watching them try in vein to get the track to meet and this is how it was when we left.

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Well I think tomorrow is going be a stressful day for the construction team.

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