Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Come for a pov video of the ride The Smiler Alton Towers. I use my gopro 12 black to record this ride. This video was taken in the 2026 season. I have put the links for Alton Towers website, merlin's website as they run all the big theme parks in England ( thrope park, LEGOLAND and Chessington World Of Adventures) and gopro website below. I also will put the address down below of Chessington world of adventures.
Plans were submitted for SW7 in late December 2011.[3] Documents were later revealed showing that it was a custom Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster. Planning permission was granted on 15 March 2012, despite opposition from both Alton and Farley Parish councils.
The structure that previously housed the Black Hole was dismantled in April.[4] Ride hardware started arriving in September and vertical construction began on 7 December.[5]
Merlin Entertainments filed a trademark for the name "The Smiler" in November 2012. In January 2013, an advertising and social media campaign was launched that saw the smiling face logo projected on to various buildings and photographs circulated of the logo spray-painted on the side of sheep. On 20 January, posters appeared in London with "The Smiler", and this name was confirmed via a newspaper article the following day.[6]
The ride was originally scheduled to open for the start of the season on 16 March 2013, however due to the ride falling behind schedule the opening was pushed back to May.
The ride's track was completed in April 2013 and a new opening date of 23 May was announced.[7] However, the day before the planned opening, Alton Towers announced that due to "unforeseen teething problems", the opening had been pushed back again. The Smiler finally opened to the public on 31 May 2013.[5]
Ride experience
The Smiler starts with a small drop out of the station into the first inversion, an enclosed heartline roll. The first chain lift hill follows before heading into a small declined turnaround into a corkscrew, before a drop, followed by the only double dive loop in the world. Riders then reach an airtime hill with trim brakes before entering a double inversion similar to a batwing, except that there is a small banked turn between the two inversions. This is followed by another corkscrew. This then leads into a declined magnetic brake run that leads into the vertical lift hill. The ride continues at the top with a small declined turnaround, this time to the left, but this, same as last time, leads into a corkscrew, followed by a drop. Then riders enter a sea serpent followed by another airtime hill and subsequently a cobra roll. The cobra roll and the batwing combined are dubbed the "Staffordshire Knot".[6] Riders then traverse a double corkscrew before reaching the final brake run.
gopro website:
gopro.com
Alton Towers :
altontowers.com
Merlin's website
merlinannualpass.co.uk
Alton Towers address :
Alton Towers
Farley Ln
Alton
ST10 4DB
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Come for a pov video of the ride The Smiler Alton Towers. I use my gopro 12 black to record this ride. This video was taken in the 2026 season. I have put the links for Alton Towers website, merlin's website as they run all the big theme parks in England ( thrope park, LEGOLAND and Chessington World Of Adventures) and gopro website below. I also will put the address down below of Chessington world of adventures.
Plans were submitted for SW7 in late December 2011.[3] Documents were later revealed showing that it was a custom Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster. Planning permission was granted on 15 March 2012, despite opposition from both Alton and Farley Parish councils.
The structure that previously housed the Black Hole was dismantled in April.[4] Ride hardware started arriving in September and vertical construction began on 7 December.[5]
Merlin Entertainments filed a trademark for the name "The Smiler" in November 2012. In January 2013, an advertising and social media campaign was launched that saw the smiling face logo projected on to various buildings and photographs circulated of the logo spray-painted on the side of sheep. On 20 January, posters appeared in London with "The Smiler", and this name was confirmed via a newspaper article the following day.[6]
The ride was originally scheduled to open for the start of the season on 16 March 2013, however due to the ride falling behind schedule the opening was pushed back to May.
The ride's track was completed in April 2013 and a new opening date of 23 May was announced.[7] However, the day before the planned opening, Alton Towers announced that due to "unforeseen teething problems", the opening had been pushed back again. The Smiler finally opened to the public on 31 May 2013.[5]
Ride experience
The Smiler starts with a small drop out of the station into the first inversion, an enclosed heartline roll. The first chain lift hill follows before heading into a small declined turnaround into a corkscrew, before a drop, followed by the only double dive loop in the world. Riders then reach an airtime hill with trim brakes before entering a double inversion similar to a batwing, except that there is a small banked turn between the two inversions. This is followed by another corkscrew. This then leads into a declined magnetic brake run that leads into the vertical lift hill. The ride continues at the top with a small declined turnaround, this time to the left, but this, same as last time, leads into a corkscrew, followed by a drop. Then riders enter a sea serpent followed by another airtime hill and subsequently a cobra roll. The cobra roll and the batwing combined are dubbed the "Staffordshire Knot".[6] Riders then traverse a double corkscrew before reaching the final brake run.
gopro website:
gopro.com
Alton Towers :
altontowers.com
Merlin's website
merlinannualpass.co.uk
Alton Towers address :
Alton Towers
Farley Ln
Alton
ST10 4DB
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