it wasn't really the ride itself but the stupid people overriding the safety warning without consulting the rest of the team. The break down in communication. The actual ride was programmed to automatically stop and it did, but the fact that an employee ignored that and manually altered it is terrifying. If I was that person I wouldn't be able to sleep at night lol

@lunadrinksvodka

4 жыл бұрын

It's pretty fucking obvious that there was another cart there (facepalms)

@DarthSion89

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah people keep shitting on this amazing ride because of bad training

@Ace-du7vw

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%. The ride itself is perfectly safe, it was human error that hurt so many people. It's so tragic but most rollercoaster-related injuries and fatalities are the result of human error. The ride computers, sensors, safety mechanisms, all worked as they should. Carelessness of the team not communicating one another and not properly inspecting the track is what caused so many people to get hurt. It's a shame the blame befalls the ride itself and not the people who should have been properly trained.

@2dradon2

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! The operators/engineers failed them. Not the rollar coaster manufacturer.

@TheIslingtonAngel

4 жыл бұрын

I said that it was human error before it even got announced! The two carts shouldny have been on the same half of the track in the first place..

God, I remember when the ads would play on tv. Then they suddenly just stopped, obviously I didn't care at the time but now I think I know why...

@shona5512

5 жыл бұрын

baby-got-back they suddenly stopped because the name was out there and they didn't need to advertise it anymore.

@Daniel-es4is

5 жыл бұрын

I was only 9 back then so that was as scary as hell

@urielc918

5 жыл бұрын

@@Daniel-es4is yeah, I don't believe you're 15.

@AkuIa

5 жыл бұрын

@@urielc918 why?, if he was 9 in 2015 he would be 13

@Daniel-es4is

5 жыл бұрын

@@urielc918I know its my name that deceives you, its just that my brother created this account and made the name this.

Whoever did the marketing thing for this must have been a genius. They should have done horror movies instead.

@babygirlincorporated

Жыл бұрын

They really missed their calling

@TheWarpmind

Жыл бұрын

Lionsgate did the video and such

@michaelrussell3890

Жыл бұрын

You could say that about a few of ATs rides. Th13teen is another good example

@MaxxVelo

Жыл бұрын

the Smiler's lore gave analog horror vibes long before ideas like the Backrooms took off.

@azure965

Жыл бұрын

Litterly, I mean ig we have smile now but lmao this is incredibly unsettling,

Trouble history or not, this thing's design is absolutely stunning. The whole story line it has, and the the aesthetics are just amazing. From a purely cosmetic design standpoint, it's one of the best and coolest looking rides I've ever seen.

@altontowerspowers7612

2 жыл бұрын

And the music is amzing

@QueenRobyn

2 жыл бұрын

Just went on it today for this first, my god its an amazing ride, safety has obviously improved since then and it shows. Amazing ride would recommend!

@DrinkingMud

2 жыл бұрын

@@QueenRobyn Also went on it today for the first time, its awesome!

@lily-rosex7189

2 жыл бұрын

@@QueenRobyn I went on it yesterday it’s ace

@QueenRobyn

2 жыл бұрын

@@lily-rosex7189 glad you enjoyed it, probably one of the best rides in the UK.

Spray painting sheep has got to be the most British advertising thing I’ve ever seen.

@Foxy02016

4 жыл бұрын

Konner Dent it’s super Irish tho, have you seen Ireland?

@fidoandthecakes4468

4 жыл бұрын

They spray painted SHEEP for this?!🤣

@mothersuperior2673

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr I heard about it for the first time and lost my crap laughing

@fazbearentertainment287

4 жыл бұрын

Water Sheep?

@bobthebear1246

4 жыл бұрын

Animal cruelty.

I’m a ride operator and I cannot believe this was human error, you should never ever override stoppages without looking into them, business often think too much about what customers will think if they take too long to fix a ride, but I’d rather wait than be put in danger like that.

@2joe37z5

4 жыл бұрын

Mia Vlogs it’s been proven that an operator wasn’t listening and left the carriage on the track

@MrShawrey

4 жыл бұрын

They put a protocol in place now where only someone high up in the company can override it now or those with extra extra training , so if it stops when none of them people are there you are stuck for a while 😂

@JulesOfIslington

4 жыл бұрын

It’s been adjudicated that the accident was the result of serious failings of the company to assess risk in relation to resetting of the ride, implement sufficient protocols to reduce the risk, and adequately train and supervise staff in relation to “stop zone” faults . See the following from the judge’s sentencing remarks in R (HSE) v Merlin Attractions Operations Limited: “Human error was not the cause, as was suggested by the defendant in an early press release. The defendant now accepts the prosecution case that the underlying fault was the absence of a structured and considered system, not that of individual engineers doing their best within a flawed system.” In fairness to the company, the judge later noted, in respect of action taken since the accident, "It is accepted that the defendant has taken full and extensive steps to remedy the problem."

@WolfePaws

4 жыл бұрын

@@2joe37z5 I'm a person who works in a threatening environment where thousands of lives depend on my constant attention. If an incident occurs do you think my multinational company will accept responsibility or will they do everything they can possibly do to blame me?

@RiceWitch-dingus-400

4 жыл бұрын

@@2joe37z5 thats what he said

The creepy idea of the rollercoaster makes the accident even more spine chilling.

@roblox.playerx

9 ай бұрын

yeah, the theme tune when waiting in the queue does that too..

I’m actually super glad this ride wasn’t demolished, since I went on it back in 2019, but then again, the phrase ‘You Belong to The Smiler’ got a whole other meaning after the accident, didn’t it?

@cadendicky1855

9 ай бұрын

Might've cut a little too deep there mate

@awesomesauce8664

9 ай бұрын

@@cadendicky1855 It’s been 8 years bro i’m sure it’s okay to say that now 💀

@roblox.playerx

9 ай бұрын

i don’t get it..

@awesomesauce8664

9 ай бұрын

@@roblox.playerx you speak for the trees?

@roblox.playerx

9 ай бұрын

@@awesomesauce8664 yes and i don't get the joke

The marketing campaign was absolutely terrifying. We got ads for the ride ALL THE TIME in Ireland. I was really young when the campaign started, and it still gives me chills.

@Drood.

5 жыл бұрын

Loads of people are saying this, do you guys really find those ads scary? I can't even remember seeing any on TV around the time the Smiler was being built, only reason i knew about it was a mate of mine was really into rollercoasters and was following the smiler.

@aaminah6926

5 жыл бұрын

@@Drood. oh definitely. i was a huge scaredy cat as a kid and this along with the saw the ride ads scared the absolute living daylights out of me

@aimeeleanoski7266

5 жыл бұрын

Drood I was 7 at the time of seeing them. The music and logo put together were so creepy that I’d cry whenever I heard it. Yeah I was a scared kid

@fatdude2763

5 жыл бұрын

Same, especially as an Irish guy too. The ads were really unnerving but I never ran outside. Christ, everything about this was just setting itself up, huh?

@jack-zo8ig

5 жыл бұрын

I always ran out of the room when the ads started playing

Hi alton towers employee here. There are now only 3 carts operational at one time, even at peak 2 are out whilst one loads, then one cart comes in and unloads whilst the now loaded fist cart is set off, rinse and repeat. There is also alt more communication between staff with multiple people giving thumbs up before a new cart is sent out

@etheralonyx4471

4 жыл бұрын

Is the only 3 carts thing due to 2 being in the crash and is it highly likely the crash was due to not enough communication

@thatguyinyourshed900

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I went on smiler recently and fucken loved it. I’m so sad that this happened because this ride is incredible

@boo3334

4 жыл бұрын

@@etheralonyx4471 yeah it was literally because some dumbass overrode the safety warning

@boo3334

4 жыл бұрын

@@thatguyinyourshed900 agreed my favorite ride on park

@gracefrost2549

4 жыл бұрын

i went on tuesday and i HAD to go on the smiler, but it closed and i got freaked out for no reason . i didn’t wanna go on it even tho i’d been hyping it up all day and i’d done every big coaster except my favourite (and nemesis ofc) my friend persuaded me to go on and it was totally worth it, I LOVE IT!!! so anyone who’s scared, don’t be because it is sooooo good

It is depressing that Alton Towers now has a bad reputation and people don't want to go in fear of injury

@adamriggs2698

3 жыл бұрын

They deserve it. There’s no excuse to not make sure that everyone involved knew about that fifth car.

@Mimo-dg2oz

3 жыл бұрын

@@adamriggs2698 Wait Five? Wasnt there three cars?

@somerandomturtle81

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mimo-dg2oz I believe there was 5 but not 100% sure

@virtue7574

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mimo-dg2oz there’s only three now but during the crash they had five cars (they added an extra cart without notifying the engineer)

@Em-ft3mt

2 жыл бұрын

@@c0m4g1bb it’s been like 4 years since the incident they’ve made it their priority to make all rides safe. Never has one incident occurred since. I went two years ago and when I was 13 and it was fine

How come we're not talking about the fact that it took TWENTY MINUTES for anybody to even call emergency services?! That is insane!

@AirtimeStudios

Жыл бұрын

It is insane J P. As a matter of fact They were more worried about getting people out of x-sector than actually helping the trapped passengers

@courtesy1o

Жыл бұрын

I feel like it has something to do with the bystander effect

@Th3Sm1ler

Жыл бұрын

Either people were recovering from what happened or recording it

@elidihritchie7990

Жыл бұрын

Wow that long?

@jessicaclakley3691

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!! I was so astounded I had to back up the video to double check that I’d heard correctly

All these people claiming they were at Alton towers during the accident but I actually died during the accident so get lost liars

@dankless1265

5 жыл бұрын

xd Wxlll You brightened the mood. Thank you.

@Ashlee-zm6dq

5 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏

@smilerpunk922

5 жыл бұрын

rip lol

@jackkaczmarski

5 жыл бұрын

COMMENT OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE

@ellie6202

5 жыл бұрын

😂

Alton Towers: Why can't you just be normal!? Smiler: *screaming*

@gerragotheallidile

4 жыл бұрын

Smiler: **confused* *yelling**

@unknowncreature-0069

4 жыл бұрын

@@StitchdTeeth it's the emo crackhead uncle, there, something for everyone

@YogoBites

4 жыл бұрын

No it should be Alton Towers: Why can’t you just be normal!? Smiler: *Insane laughter*

@justarandompeep412

2 жыл бұрын

Gawd, now I’m thinking of a custom backstory.

@tr-kt4lq

2 жыл бұрын

The other rides: Just watching...

"When people visit theme parks they should be able to enjoy themselves safely." Action Park: Are you sure about that?

@anakinskyguy1933

2 жыл бұрын

lmao but that park was run by teenagers

@NextDavidAttenborough

Жыл бұрын

disney parks: safely? what's safely? all we know is death and danger :) but we're still the happiest place on earth!

@gerragotheallidile

Жыл бұрын

@@NextDavidAttenborough Now shit, Sherlock. Fuckin' Mousewitz

@Claramata

Жыл бұрын

Yo as someone from NJ I was coming to the comment section to see if someone had said that

Marketing meeting for this ride: "Alright so what do you got?" "I'm thinking high-concept horror. Mind control, medical experiments, lots of uncanny valley stuff too." "Yeah, that's perfect! That's exactly what's gonna draw to people to our tiny train going nowhere specifically designed to make your lizard-brain think you're about to die. It needs a little extra something though." "How about we spray-paint some sheep?" "Johnson, you've done it again!" *everyone passes out face-first into their 3-foot-high mountains of coke*

@gabzwithazed

3 жыл бұрын

That one person who’s still up: “Hey! What if we add some stock videos of eyes and add swirls to it? A great way to scare the kids! Oh, and let’s add the logo everywhere! I’m taking buildings, trains, even Big Ben!”

@Pushing_Daisies

3 жыл бұрын

*screenshots comment for the future*

@ayesh4h

2 жыл бұрын

bri ish logic innit

@Austin-jd4os

Жыл бұрын

And let's have a 4 part found footage mini series as well.

@Jo-rz6bs

Ай бұрын

Fucking works innit

Such amazing (and disturbing) marketing and theming for a coaster and such a tragic and awful story. You covered this very well as always. Fascinating and sad.

@boobookittylozz

5 жыл бұрын

Weird adverts are Alton Towers niche for sure.

@peter-johnradcliffe1872

5 жыл бұрын

Benjamin The bad bitch I thought the only thing removed is the half way corrected just before the second lift hill. The other theming is still there

@unwelldanny7108

5 жыл бұрын

Honestly reminds me of something The Joker would do, but just remove the smile part and you've got something Grid would do to Cyborg. Making him obey and join him, perhaps?

@tritanicwolf518

5 жыл бұрын

Super Enthused agreed

@austinreed5805

5 жыл бұрын

The disaster happened on my birthday, June 2! 😱

Having low key dangerous rollercoasters is part of British culture

@jacobisaacs600

5 жыл бұрын

*high key

@selfraisingsugar898

5 жыл бұрын

Especially shitty fair ground rides haha

@tylermellors4506

5 жыл бұрын

•Mothman• you know what? That's true

@dr.ligmahnutts2993

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah everyone knew the rides were kinda fucked, the amount times I got stuck upside down or half way through a ride man 😂

@libertyadams5961

5 жыл бұрын

@@dr.ligmahnutts2993 at least ur alive 😂 that would be a big red flag, if that happened to me, I'd count my blessings and never go againnnnnn

Can I just say the Smiler advertising material is creepy

@lauravturner

4 жыл бұрын

That is literally the whole point. Alton Towers loves to associate Rollercoasters with fear and thrill, so they theme all their biggest rides around horror settings and advertise them as creepily as possible. Oblivion, Smiler, Th1rt3en, Nemesis, etc. One of my favourite Alton Horror rides is Hex and that isn't even a rollercoaster. Very strange ride experience though.

@ArcherWillows

3 жыл бұрын

@@lauravturner well i mean hex isn't _really_ a horror ride, just based on a darker theme, but i see where you're coming from

@mudkipqueen920

3 жыл бұрын

It scared the everloving bujeezus out of me when I first saw it years ago. Now I'm fascinated by the horror aspects of the ride

@amymae799

3 жыл бұрын

@@lauravturner literally I love alton towers since its quite a dark theme park xD

@YTRhxno

3 жыл бұрын

Cool tho

It is sad that this amazing ride is just now known for that horrible accident. Smiler is a favourite of mine and deserves more recognition

@roblox.playerx

9 ай бұрын

when i went to alton towers with family i had just heard about the accident (this was years after, bear in mind) and my family wanted to go on it badly. i didn’t want to, i was scared. i felt relief every time we went up to it and they said the line was too long so we couldn’t go on it. in the end, we never went on it. next time we went to alton towers, we went straight to the ride. i was screaming in my head and literally praying that nothing would happen. we got onto the ride, it was good. even to this day i’m still sketchy about that ride. it’s so sad that accident happened.

@Junkpot411

8 ай бұрын

I love that ride it’s an experience you can only imagine

@user-wx6ms9rv2m

5 ай бұрын

@@roblox.playerxIf anything, the smiler is the safest coaster at alton *because* of the accident, as despite the ride itself functioned perfectly and the crash being due to gross error from the ride ops, they still had to add a bunch more safety features to satisfy the public

I find it annoying that the ride mechanics get blamed instead even though it was staff mistakes

@mattrowlands5751

4 жыл бұрын

By the sounds of it, it was maintenance that overrode the safety after thinking they counted all the cars back in the station. I doubt the operator is even able to override any safety features themselves. Im guessing maintenance were just about to leave after the test runs when the operator called them back over to say they had an error and maintenance didnt even check and just reset the ride.

@gamingdragon9876

4 жыл бұрын

Lolaczyk the ride stoped on it’s own the staff started it up it’s not the rides fault

@Neo-qs2zc

4 жыл бұрын

It was not staff mistakes or human error: In April, Merlin Attractions Operations Ltd admitted breaching the Health and Safety Act. The theme park originally said the accident was caused by "human error." But prosecutors argued the fault was with the employer not individuals. Sentencing, Judge Michael Chambers QC described the crash on the £18m attraction as a "catastrophic failure" and said human error was not the cause as was suggested at first. "This was a needless and avoidable accident in which those who were injured were lucky not to be killed," he said. Bernard Thorogood, prosecuting, said workers had not been been given a system to follow which would safely deal with the issue. Simon Antrobus, defending Merlin, said a press release in November blaming "human error" was wrong and had been corrected.

@quirmi_6770

4 жыл бұрын

Actually it was the 25% the maintenance’s fault 25% the operators fault and 50% Alton Towers fault, alton Towers failed to take down the ride from Highwinds, The operators failed to weigh down the empty carts causing on the valley and also failed to communicate to maintenance that there is a fifth car added to the ride, because of a busy day, And maintenance failed to locate all five of the cars before overriding the block system. And most media sites also hightens roller coaster crashes because they don’t come up that often because roller coasters are made to be safe I want to safest things you can do and enjoy,

@Rowan-kh8qw

4 жыл бұрын

This happens with a lot of rides unfortunately, human mistakes get blamed on the rides themselves so often it's a little sad

What an INSANE AD CAMPAIGN. If a North American park ever did this, the news would be all over it, and the park would close that day just because of over population!

@hypnopyr9084

4 жыл бұрын

TwinTime Productions Easily the best marketing and theming for a ride. If u have others pls tell me

How many loops do you want? The smiler: yes

I was lucky enough to only have a 30 minute wait for The Smiler. If I had to wait any longer I would have gone insane from the theme song

@Helllloooooo927

Жыл бұрын

I had to wait two hours listening to that theme tune almost drove me mad

@Crimsrn

Жыл бұрын

@@Helllloooooo927 try 3 and a half

@Helllloooooo927

Жыл бұрын

@@Crimsrn oh my god I don’t know how you did that!

@omarhassam7574

10 ай бұрын

it said 30 mins when i went but it was only like 20

@ghdwk5596

7 ай бұрын

The soundtrack with the laughing melody?

That. Is. The Scariest ad campaign I have ever seen. Except for the sheep *I LOVED THE SHEEP*

@unwelldanny7108

4 жыл бұрын

It was like a Tim & Eric sketch.

The advertising for smiler was BRILLIANT. the hype outlived anything I’ve experienced before in regards to coaster promo. I rode before the crash and vowed never to go on it again as it’s the only coaster that’s ever made me feel genuinely unwell for the rest of the day and I was so upset as I was giddy af to ride a coaster with 14 loops!

@numfar1

4 жыл бұрын

true

@julienmauguin3214

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree, as i am french, heard advertising about it in france, was pretty hyped too actually

@Neoyoshgamer

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, I was a kid at the time but it's the one advert for a theme park I can remember! So freaky without being too much.

The people who got injured on the ride probably don’t want to go on it again because 1. The got injured 2. They don’t want to listen to that damn laughter

@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990

4 жыл бұрын

3. They had a forced poop themselves in fear. (I know that the sentence nearly doesn't make sense, OKAY?

@LegalizeTheNuclearBomb

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure a victim actually went back on it again after they'd recovered

@flamingosarecool2960

3 жыл бұрын

That’s the theme tho-

@generalgeneral616

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not going on Smiler, it isn't safe

@ToraVanguard2004

3 жыл бұрын

@@generalgeneral616 The Smiler is extremely safe. It has run hundreds of thousands of times since its opening in 2013, and it has only crashed once. Even that was due to human error. Alton Towers will never let anything like that happen again.

It's just crazy how these things are incredibly rare due to the number of safety systems in place but when they do occur it's usually down to human error. If the operator was told there was a fifth car on the track, none of this would have happened. The ride didn't malfunction, the people operating it did.

@roblox.playerx

9 ай бұрын

yeah that’s what i think. also, the fact that this ride literally had pieces of metal flying off of it when it just came out, and kept getting delayed also seems messed up.

Man, that was some utterly terrifying commercials, especially for a coaster. They seem straight out of Halloween Horror Nights. Such a shame that a tragedy like that could happen when it could have easily been avoided. If I wasn't already scared of roller coasters, this would definitely cause that.

@duckydae

5 жыл бұрын

I mean, Alton Towers would give PlayStation a run for their money with the amount of creepy ad campaigns.

@unwelldanny7108

5 жыл бұрын

@@duckydae IDK, I think the PlayStation ad with the alien girl (Mental Wealth) was actually kinda cute.

@adamxnia

5 жыл бұрын

I was only 6 when i saw it... it absoloutely terried me. I went to Alton towers last year and i still think of that TV ad

@GabagoolForeverAndAlways

5 жыл бұрын

All of Alton Towers main rides maybe except for Air are themed around disturbing themes and aim to be scary in lore and thrills

@Hydratiun

5 жыл бұрын

It annoys me that the accident was completely human error and should have easily been avoided. Reckless employees ruined the company’s reputation of what was a very safe ride

Seems like everyone in the comments was in Alton Towers on the day of the accident.....

@Itslibster

5 жыл бұрын

Funky, it was a very busy day, as it usually is in Alton towers. The last time I went there was before the accident and there was just heaves and heaves of people. It was a Tuesday (the day of the accident), just at the beginning of the summer holidays. Thank god lots of schools finish in England around June 15th- but schools in Scotland finish much earlier (I think). This meant families were there too, with their kids. There was bound to be thousands of people in the park, plus the area where oblivion and the smiler are situated is close to food stalls and is a good area to access other rides and facilities (if I remember rightly, it’s close to one of the cable car drop off points?). The parks max capacity is between 28000-30000. It’s easy to underestimate how big it is.

@meep722

5 жыл бұрын

I actually died on the smiler during the accident

@MrCreepyMonkey

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah i actually am the smiler

@zaraecp1700

5 жыл бұрын

I get what you mean but the park is fucking huge so I wouldn’t be surprised lmao

@fhearrbod858

5 жыл бұрын

Yes it’s true I was there, I was the punctured lung

The smiler music sounds like something that joker would listen to

@DannytheTourist

4 жыл бұрын

Or Harley Quinn (or Gaggy.)

@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990

4 жыл бұрын

Finally, someone else gets the reference I heard.

I really want to emphasise the safety of the Smiler, especially after the accident. Even prior to the accident the ride was working as intended. At peak traffic a 5th carriage was added to the coaster to run at maximum capacity. This carriage had to be tested and sent around the track empty as per procedure. This carriage was not weighted and was sent onto the track in high winds, winds that were reported to be high enough that the ride shouldn't have been operating anyway. This is the park operators fault first and foremost: They knew the risk, prioritised money and didn't inform ride operators to run the new cars weighted within their procedure. The high winds caused the empty car to valley after the first drop, it didn't have momentum to clear the course. The sensors at the second chain lift had not counted the correct amount of wheels that were programmed to be on the track and stopped the next car on the first lift as it should have. Maintenence believed that only 4 cars were in operation, and were not informed of the fifth car being tested. This led them to give the all clear. They did not do a visual appraisal of the track, they didn't think to look. They sent off the next car by overriding the safety system when 4 cars were accounted for and that led to a full carriage colliding with the stranded, empty, fifth car. This is now not possible with new regulations, but the fault of the park is that they shouldn't have been able to override the safety mechanism without a sign off from a higher-up, which is now required. The Smiler has always been perfectly safe, and is incredibly safe today. The greed of park managers, the lack of information passed between workers and one terrible, lazy lapse in judgement is what caused this crash, not a ride failure. The ride highlighted the issue and humans ignored it.

@Hibernathan05

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the best way I’ve heard it put. The ride did not malfunction at all, and it was just human error. I understand people being apprehensive about going on the ride but with new checks and even more regular safety testing (I went about a month ago and every 2-3 hours they send round a few empty cars) it is safe now, but reputation is big and I don’t think it will ever get to the level it was in 2014

@user-mq7dn8sr5z

2 жыл бұрын

It is safe but you can’t call it perfectly safe can you.

@elliew7117

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-mq7dn8sr5z oh no, I wouldn't call anything perfectly safe really. But in comparison to a lot of day-to-day activities most people carry out, the Smiler would be safer than Alton Towers car park

@IcyBluAngel

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you, but it does seem like it had a ton of issues before that tho... parts falling off, cracks in the most important parts of the foundations... seems like it wasn't well constructed and they didn't make it safe until after the accident imo.

@scottpannell2286

Жыл бұрын

@@IcyBluAngel what do you know?

That Smiler shop clip gives me Black Mirror vibes

@brennanvilcheck9469

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking more of "We Happy Few"

@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990

4 жыл бұрын

It can fit to both... Black mirror= social We happy few= joy

@DannytheTourist

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking more of Tim and Eric/Adult Swim

@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990

4 жыл бұрын

RESIST CORRECTION. NO SMILE LASTS FOREVER

@lauravturner

4 жыл бұрын

That's kind of the point. I love it.

Imagine being on a ride with such trippy and creepy theming, sights and sounds that makes you feel so out of your element and then getting in a crash and losing your leg...damn. For some reason, the theming makes that incident even more unsettling somehow? I went on the ride for the first time maybe a year after the incident and, while it was objectively a great coaster, I just felt so terrible for those people the whole time and that coupled with the theming made me feel so uneasy. Also that jump scare in the ad with the tapes REALLY got me. Geez. Great video, well made, informative and mot overly sensationalised. The old footage of X Sector with The Black Hole was a great nostalgia trip too.

@woodsy4458

5 жыл бұрын

Trust me being on the ride is real spooky and the huge line doesn't help as the more you consider why you are on the ride you just got more freaked out

@JewelWildmoon

5 жыл бұрын

Is it still open or was it closed down again? People were telling me it's back down but now I'm hearing it's still up

@samrobson2504

5 жыл бұрын

@@JewelWildmoon r

@strawberrycheesecake7193

5 жыл бұрын

SoSoshiHyo it’s horrible on there, it’s not even fun it’s just being thrashed around

@banditthepirateking6591

5 жыл бұрын

The exit is filled with trippy imagery the noise in the queue is hypnotic the ride itself is weirdly thrilling

FOR EVERYONE: I went on the smiler yesterday, and it’s 100% safe! They made it so much safer after the accident, so have no fears about going on it :)

@Fluffy_Coasters

Жыл бұрын

I dont think they necessarily made it safer. The ride itself didnt do anything wrong, it stopped the train on the lift hill because it detected there was still a train ahead of it. I think they just train their employees better, and to always look into the situation if a warning comes up, instead of just saying "oh im sure its fine"

@natbelongstosmiler6684

Жыл бұрын

Im going on it soon so excited

@inthegrass11

Жыл бұрын

@@natbelongstosmiler6684 username checks out - how was it?

@themyofmy

Жыл бұрын

​@@natbelongstosmiler6684n... nat? how was the ride?

@Bribrilolz1

Жыл бұрын

@@natbelongstosmiler6684 you alive?

Every time I watch this video I end up crying. The Smiler is my favorite roller coaster in the world and also one of the first major coasters I ever went on, It's such a shame that a ride like the Smiler is now known for a devastating accident that could have been completely avoided if Alton did the responsible thing and kept the ride closed on such a windy day, hell, even if the ride stayed open that day, when the ride's block safety system was triggered it should've been a huge red flag that something was wrong...as an enthusiast and a rising ride operator I don't think anyone should ever override stoppages. I feel terrible for the 16 people that were injured on the Smiler that day and I really hope every single one of them are doing better now. Once again, such a shame that the Smiler is now known for this tragic accident instead of it's 14 brilliant inversions and incredible theming/storyline...

I remember seeing a “I survived the smiler shirt” I can’t seem to find it online but I swear I saw it

@visionist7

5 жыл бұрын

They sell those for lots of rides. Bet they're worth something now

@translucenc3lol482

4 жыл бұрын

They probably took it off the market after the crash :/

@visionist7

4 жыл бұрын

It's a very GP shirt so no loss really

@bikerfam4429

4 жыл бұрын

I got a trophy saying that

@darthvader2635

4 жыл бұрын

@@translucenc3lol482 no one died tho

Wasn’t really Alton towers fault it was the employees who overwrited the safety system , there was clearly something wrong with the ride wouldn’t have stopped for no reason

@aimeeleanoski7266

5 жыл бұрын

The engineers were unaware of a 5th car, so it wasn’t their fault. The employees who launched the fifth car are to blame for not telling the engineers (who were called to fix the problem)

@AtomixKingg

5 жыл бұрын

And on top of that, the error coming back was that the track ahead was occupied, as far as the engineers were aware, all of the cars were in the station, bar the one on the chain lift.

@TT_PLEB

5 жыл бұрын

@@AtomixKingg in that situation any engineer worth a damn would have gone. Hmm, wonder why this is reported and actually check instead of assuming. Especially when they aren't the only worker and can't ever be 100% sure about what other people have or haven't done beforehand

@AtomixKingg

5 жыл бұрын

@@TT_PLEB If there was communication between the employees, the engineers wouldn't have overwritten it. The ride says 4 cars, not 5, they see 4 cars, ride is fine. Any engineer with common sense would know a ride with 4 cars, with 4 cars visible, is working fine. It's the employees who sent the car out without telling the engineers who are to blame, the engineers did their job fine, no cutting corners.

@TT_PLEB

5 жыл бұрын

@@AtomixKingg no. An engineer with common sense would double check and double check again. You never EVER take things at face value when the ramifications are as high as they are

Sad that they removed the whole correction / marmalisation theme, like stated in the video it's not like they set out to injure anyone and the ride + theme is superb. Not been AT in ages but it still remains one of my favourite rides in the UK.

omg the advert at the beginning brought me back to being a kid and covering my eyes when it came on the telly, that thing was scary

@gabzwithazed

3 жыл бұрын

Same! It gave me nightmares!

@justarandompeep412

2 жыл бұрын

I swear, the one at the end gave me chills.

Omg I remember getting adverts for this on my cereal boxes years ago

@caith2639

5 жыл бұрын

Same I hated it though ☹️

@bowchithesecond2864

5 жыл бұрын

Crunchy nuts

@malfattio2894

5 жыл бұрын

Krave

@charliegreen1697

5 жыл бұрын

That’s shit scared me

@Virolaxion

5 жыл бұрын

Fucking hell it was 4 years ago!? Feels like the other day... Then again The Lego Movie came out half a decade ago and I can't wrap my head around that

Went on the Smiler myself last year, and I must say the most fun roller coaster I had been on. The immersion, background story and design of the coaster is excellent. I went on the ride even after the tragic events on it; but it’s all down to miscommunication and human error. They obviously don’t design the rides to fail, it’s just in the nature and stigma of theme parks.

@callum7416

5 жыл бұрын

Casswury you can’t see around the whole thing when you’re there tbf

@daisygardiner

5 жыл бұрын

thank you im not the only one, people make it sounds like i’m insane when i say i still go on the ride

@chloemay3747

5 жыл бұрын

Casswury it's hard to see the track

@chiren_exe541

4 жыл бұрын

Went on it a few weekends ago and it's my favourite ride at the park! It's the best at the front and for the fun of it one ride me, my sister , her friend and my dad played bogies. Heck first time on I out my hands up and my dad told me to put them down "incase they hit simething" XD

@IndyCoasterCreator

4 жыл бұрын

The crash 2 years later happened because of a retarted worker. If thats what your talking about. If it's not what your talking about I probably sound like an idiot

It’s extremely common to see that in modern roller coasters, when an accident occurs it’s rarely (if ever) the fault of the ride. These metal behemoths are designed down to the *millimeter* with safety always first.

@Fluffy_Coasters

Жыл бұрын

yea, i honestly cant think of any machine that is as large but also as safe as rollercoasters

Imagine being one of the people who was blamed for the accident. I don't know how I could deal with myself after the mistake I made.

This just reminds me of this weird kid called James at school. Every non-uniform day he would come dressed in his smiler merch and even last year he did not disappoint. I probably won’t see him anymore since I’ve left now, but I hope he continues to live his smiler dreams

@ExpeditionThemePark

5 жыл бұрын

Oh James! I hope he still does also

@ReidGarwin

5 жыл бұрын

That's dedication!

That marketing is messed up. I LOVE IT.

@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990

4 жыл бұрын

SAME HERE. VERY MESSED UP. FAVOURITE PART OF ADVERTISING?

@lauravturner

4 жыл бұрын

I remember it being bloody everywhere. Alton Towers may be the best at advertising in the entire Theme Park Franchise business world.

@yoursleepparalysisdemon8171

3 жыл бұрын

Thx

@DAVAC21

3 жыл бұрын

There is to much lore to the smiler

@subforich

3 жыл бұрын

@@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990 gotta be Big Ben smiler projector

The two in the front who lost a leg and a few fingers respectively were on their first date too. yeeesh. The silver lining is that apparently it made them closer and I believe they are still together. I saw them talk about all this on the news when the ride re-opened. The clips are on youtube

@rec8127

2 жыл бұрын

I think that they got married recently! I'm not entirely sure though, you might wanna fact-check.

I remember watching the news and reading about this when it happened. We had just been at Alton Towers two weeks before, and me and mum had actual been on The Smiler. It was absolutely horrifying to hear about this and what had happened, and then to learn that the ride had actually done what it was supposed to and stopped, but it was the human error that caused such injury. Me and my mum both went on this ride weeks after it had reopened, and have been on it multiple times since, and it's fine. But just to think that the actions of stupid people and human error could cause such a problem probably brought in a lot more caution around the ride itself, and to be honest, I wasn't surprised that when me and my mum went back to the ride the first time, there was hardly anyone queuing up for it.

@mylesfrost335

2 жыл бұрын

We were on it a week before and i went with my stepdad he got of shaken and said theres something creepy about it, i asked whether it was the theming and he said no, theres something seriously not quite right about it but couldnt put his finger on it I know it wasnt a mechanical failure but still creepy because that could have been me I went Alton that year specifically for smiler

@geekmoto1363

Жыл бұрын

the only phrase that comes to mind when i think about this whole mess, is trust but verify, the computer did what it was supposed to as programmed, but the person who authorized the override should have had the staff look out at the track to see if any trains were out there.

We went to alton towers the day after the ride reopened after the crash and there was literally nobody was queueing for it- we could go on it an unlimited amount of times it was great

@aqueleindie

4 жыл бұрын

stonks

@apeachonahill8059

4 жыл бұрын

weird flex but okay

@user-lo7jv3xm4s

4 жыл бұрын

Woow I would not have done that cause It’s not the right fault it’s the people and if people are dumb and they put an extra car while I’m on I’d rather jump off then get in a crash

@derliteraturkurs497

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-lo7jv3xm4sThe ride is extremely safe now. Also... how do you want to know there's a car on the track xD... When you're driving you can't jump out.

@user-lo7jv3xm4s

4 жыл бұрын

@@derliteraturkurs497 wut i meant was if they let me jump off then i would xD

I went to alton towers for the first time. This was before the accident and i went on smiler. When lining up, i heard a couple talking about how the ride is sick. I heard them say something about someone dying but just joked it off as if it would never happen. The next day the crash happened.

@PhantomCatcus

5 жыл бұрын

Dapper Kat dang, they jinxed it

@pipperoonie

5 жыл бұрын

Oof

@beathewanderer7418

5 жыл бұрын

I think it was two days before the incident I went. Absolutely loved the ride and it's pretty scary what happened. Not sure if it's coming back but hopefully it will due to the mistake being on the part of human error, not the ride.

@apalo70

5 жыл бұрын

Catcus_X x truuuuu

@blazeclarke

5 жыл бұрын

I remember riding front row about a week before the incident. It's a fantastic ride

That’s an amazing concept for a ride, and I wish more rides did interesting things like this. It’s a shame that this ride is known for that

I swear the smiler is the best rollercoaster ever. Great theme. Great backstory. Great EVERYTHING!!

It's amazing how 9/10 accidents are due to ignorance and negligence, not mechanical faults. An old friend's mother was killed on a ride several years ago. The family settled for around $2 million if I remember correctly. I never asked about it, only know from a third party.

@tgm9991

5 жыл бұрын

Same with almost every incident on anything ether, Humans are just stupid flesh bags that often don't pay as much attention as they should, the machines and computers designed, made and tested for many many hours by many different stupid flesh bags which also don't have the distractions of real life often actually know better. That's why automation exists in the first place. But of course we still need stupid flesh bags to monitor them in case they go wrong so human error still gets people injured or killed.

@Hetsu..

5 жыл бұрын

@@tgm9991 We know that you stupid flesh bag.

@tgm9991

5 жыл бұрын

@@Hetsu.. obviously not as the op said how it's amazing that most incidents are human error.

@Hetsu..

5 жыл бұрын

@@tgm9991 The video literally said he checked -_-

@leroy5202

5 жыл бұрын

I just feel terrible for the people that overided the safety system. I bet they felt so bad. They didn't know any better which just sucks.

I've heard all about the infamous Smiler incidents even though i'm not from the UK. KZread helps me learn about that stuff. Edit: WOW. That's the craziest ad campaign i've ever seen in my LIFE. I wonder who here saw the Smiler logo projections in person as they were walking through the streets of the UK. It looked like the whole country was CURSED.

@louckykoneko

5 жыл бұрын

I had never heard of The Smiler before so when I saw the logos in the video the first things I thought of were Cheshire Cat from Disney's Alice in Wonderland and the Radio Demon from Hazbin Hotel

@lunahetfield

5 жыл бұрын

Superstar Candy those images terrified me yet im not from the UK im from the USA, not knowing that Britain did that, but image walking among the streets then all of a sudden, u see a giant smiling face on a building then soon ALL of Britain. Yeah that would be terrifying 0_0

@karahughes3842

5 жыл бұрын

They put them all around the park and it was flipping creepy

@jadethecakemspx4584

5 жыл бұрын

Superstar Candy ye when i was 9 i cried in the line and refused to go on it, the only roller coaster that i have ever refused to go on ever

@travelswithfleur

5 жыл бұрын

Superstar Candy the smiler stickers were all over in my town they were tiny but they were EVERYWHERE and everyone noticed them it was so creepy because this was before we even knew about the smiler

Please don’t let the accident prevent you riding this honestly amazing coaster not only was it all human error but the smiler is now one of if not the safest rollercoaster in the world.

I remember going on a weekday not long after they reopened the smiler. Best day I've had in a theme park in my life. It was like we'd hired it out for the day.

Wth was that ad its a horror movie, you covered this fascinating yet traumatising ride well.

@zexionienzo597

5 жыл бұрын

Baylea Dutton-Green yep same. That’s one of the reasons I love the ride so much.

@zexionienzo597

5 жыл бұрын

Cherie Anne Hendrie yep same, i was generally more scared of the ad than the ride. Definitely helps make the ride cooler tho.

@thesmilerreadbio6444

5 жыл бұрын

Who doesn't like an animatronic to sit beside them saying " Join Us.."?

@thesmilerreadbio6444

5 жыл бұрын

@Baylea Dutton-Green you should take a trip to the ministry of joy

@zexionienzo597

5 жыл бұрын

The Smiler {read Bio} yeah exactly 😂. Nice yt account btw.

I will always adore the lore and theming that went into this ride, and some of the artists it inspired, such as the incredibly talented and creative Beautyofthebass. I hate that one incident had to permanently ruin the coasters image and I truly feel bad for both the victims of the crash and the people who loved and still love the ride. It's a nasty stain on an otherwise incredible feat of engineering and ride-based storytelling.

@sunnyfatigue

5 жыл бұрын

The accident was tragic but its mostly the fucking media to blame for milking and exaggerating the situation for money

@alexisgail9750

4 жыл бұрын

I love beautyofthebass. It’s crazy knowing the history of the ride.

@keepsmilinglittlemax1244

4 жыл бұрын

TheDogFather Supreme EXACTLY

@treetheenderhyena1880

4 жыл бұрын

Beautyofthebass is amazing

@mand0123

4 жыл бұрын

@@treetheenderhyena1880 a furry?

I was at Alton Towers last week, when I was in the queue for the smiler, waiting to board, I noticed that there was more than the normal amount of staff compared to other coasters. Even had announcement saying that it raining, if you do wish ride let a member of staff know before boarding. When boarding the ride, I had two members of staff check the safety brace. When it’s normal one person, on most rides. You can understand why considering the history of the ride. It’s still an awesome whirlwind of ride.

@ryboi1122

Жыл бұрын

great grammar

3:21 Any ride that drops you from a tower and pulls you backwards into pitch blackness bloody well counts as a thrill ride to ME! Looking at you, Expedition Everest!

@clovercrimson5989

Жыл бұрын

Thirteen is no where near the same level as Expedition Everest though. Thirteen is not a thrill ride imo.

The ad marketing makes it even more scarier now that something sinister did happen on the coaster. it's cursed or something.

@libertyadams5961

5 жыл бұрын

Trust. Looks like some cult shit. Way too dodgy

@libertyadams5961

5 жыл бұрын

They literally created an urban ledgend that came true

@lanathehipster2643

5 жыл бұрын

Yes definitely...

@galaxybee724

5 жыл бұрын

It’s the best ride at Alton! Trust me, now it’s the safest ride

Hooooly shit. That last bit hit me like a ton of bricks. I had no idea that had even happened (granted I’m in the US so explains why) but that’s just tragic........you would have thought someone in the control booth would have access to those camera feeds of the track at all times and notice the empty train on the tracks going back and forth. Damn.

@randomfools808

5 жыл бұрын

Dude, it was all over the news here when it happened. Immediate live footage.

@MattMcIrvin

5 жыл бұрын

It was a classic case of little corners being cut, deviance normalized, until one day under pressure to get the ride going there was a confluence of several conditions, each of which in isolation would have been harmless, that led to disaster. It reminds me very much of things like the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, the Apollo 13 explosion, the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl accidents.

@kayiscurrentlytired6943

5 жыл бұрын

*tons of bricks hits this anon*

@oPraxy

5 жыл бұрын

blueydsniper happened many times in the US too

@blazeclarke

5 жыл бұрын

There's a video from a witness next to the ride filmed from just after the crash. Audio is included. It's awful I think the worst part is that nobody called 999 for 20 minutes

From what I’ve heard, the laughing part of The Smiler theme was playing when the two carts collided.

This ride in a nutshell (using a quote from an American theme park ride): "He's using it on the people of Metropolis... driving them crazy with laughter."

13:30 Nothing good can happen after "they overrode the safety warning"

@VictorJeraldo

5 жыл бұрын

Not when it’s talked about. Far too many systems will generate false positives to the point that people think it’s fine to ignore them.

@jkershaw1675

4 жыл бұрын

Still had they A communicated and B actually opened their eyes and checked the track it more than likely would not have happened.

@Foxy02016

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Robertson that’s true... whether it’s IRL or in movies and such... always look into it

I’d never seen the CCTV footage of the accident before. Your video was balanced and non sensationalist. The tragedy is that the ride knew there was an issue and tried to prevent it, but those fallible humans simply made a horrible error of judgement.

@ThemeParkChomp

5 жыл бұрын

No, it was because the operator and technical staff were completely ill-trained on the procedure of how to operate and reset the ride. Merlin are poor, beaurocratic and unclear about safety procedure and they cut the CCTV of the zone where it stalled to save budget during planning

@DjFischerAirwolf

5 жыл бұрын

I also think there was a serious design issue with the gerstlauer trains. (now I admit I've only rode coasters in the US) Every coaster I've been on, even the floorless coasters (I've not been on a gerstlauer ride here) has bumper and crumple zones that, to my understanding would, in the event of a collision, prevent direct contact with a ride vehicle as was seen with the smiler incident. I may be completely wrong but I think if the trains were designed different, the accident may not have been as harmful, but instead would have been similar to a vehicle rollover where the cabin didn't collapse (such as my rollover recently) where I only had bruising and a minor concussion from the sudden forces on my body. But no major contact with the compartment itself. It's the fact that the vehicle collapsed in the collision that caused the most damage to my understanding.

@Jinxness

5 жыл бұрын

If you look at the train after the accident only the first car shows damage and I suspect that at that speed the flat frame of the carts saved their lives by keeping them out from under the first train and limiting the flying debris. The front rails caved and the floor buckled but there was no sharp metal intrusion it's amazing no one was killed.

@DjFischerAirwolf

5 жыл бұрын

@@Jinxness I definitely agree, it could have been way worse than it was! But I think (and this is from my amateur understanding of the forces at play) the floor and rail could have been reinforced in a way to prevent the collapse we see? And subsequently prevent major loss of limb as happened?

@Jinxness

5 жыл бұрын

@@DjFischerAirwolf quite probably but you would be trading out functionality and possibly increasing other more common risks. I spent the last little bit reading the accident report and expert testimony and it comes down to the ride doing exactly what it was supposed and the people running it overriding several safety features to cause this accident. The trains weren't designed to survive 50mph crashes with each other as automobiles are because there should have been no situation where they were moving at speed on the same block.

I think health and safety has been significantly improved. I was in line for smiler for almost an hour yesterday when an announcement came out that due to the rain the ride might have to close. There was the usual grumbling from guests but there are good reasons these rules are in place. Fortunately the rain stopped almost immediately, we got on and it was the best ride I’ve ever been on!

10:55 THE CART REALLY SAID I BELIEVE I CAN FLY LMAO IDK WHY THAT WAS FUNNY TO ME

@baybayoof8442

2 жыл бұрын

BABAHSHDHD NOOOOO

Wow. There were so many checks in place that it took a whole list of things going wrong in very specific ways to cause this accident. 1) Extreme wind causing downtime 2) Adding a 5th car during downtime 3) Engineers not being told about the 5th car 4) 5th car stalling out 5) Manual override of the system warning about the stalled out car. The odds of this happening were made so slim.

@DjFischerAirwolf

5 жыл бұрын

That last one is why humans are normally the weakest link. The ride knew something was wrong and tried to prevent it. But human shortcomings ignored the saftey system. I'm not familiar with the layout of the smiler area as I'm US based but I'd imagine going up to a point and visually confirming (with your own eyes if possible) that the track clear in that situation may have helped.

@archermav

5 жыл бұрын

@@DjFischerAirwolf Yeah literally the entire ride is visible if you just walk out of the gift shop which is attached to the station

@DjFischerAirwolf

5 жыл бұрын

@@archermav yeah... Definitely a manual walk out and visual inspection in that case seems like a reasonable expectation to me...

@stevebrown1974

5 жыл бұрын

@@DjFischerAirwolf I believe now as part of the revised safety procedures there are a few buttons around the track that have to be manually pressed in order for the ride to be restarted. By doing this, staff have to have seen the track and therefore by pressing the button they are confirming the track is clear.

@DjFischerAirwolf

5 жыл бұрын

@@stevebrown1974 great info! Thanks!

"It took 20 minutes to call 999 and 5 hours to get them to the hospital" Welcome to Britain!

@SilverSonicMK.4

4 жыл бұрын

So wait, by “took 20 minutes to call 999”, does that mean they waited to call after 20 minutes or they were trying to call them for twenty minutes? I actually don’t understand

@lizzieconn8974

4 жыл бұрын

Silver Sonic Mk.4 as in they didn’t dial it until 20 minutes after

@darxyt6135

3 жыл бұрын

I read someone bled out while still on the ride

@lissie8602

3 жыл бұрын

@@darxyt6135 she did and she lost her leg they said she was lucky with the amount of blood she loss she could have died

@pureawkwardness415

3 жыл бұрын

Well, we've already had 168 shootings in 2020 here alone. Welcome to America!

Nobody: Alton towers: heY LEtS PAINt SHEeP TO AdVErTiSE oUr RoLler cOSteR

I have possibly watched this video over 20-30 times in my life I love just putting your videos on in the back while just working on stuff it's actually amazing love the content man

@sunriseirl

Күн бұрын

same

Every time I saw the advert, I’d change the channel until it was over 😂

@tp-isitplausible9160

4 жыл бұрын

Skinny Legend, I used to jump behind the damn sofa like my life depended on it 😂

@HorrorPrincess

4 жыл бұрын

I would too, I bet I'm gonna have nightmares

@poyo5787

4 жыл бұрын

I had a ton of nightmares for years on end, I WAS FIVE OR FOUR WHEN I SAW THE ADVERT

@gracegachagirl5217

4 жыл бұрын

Poyo SAMEEEEEE

@alexwatp1704

4 жыл бұрын

I ran like bloody sonic out the room it was traumatising even worse than bloody 13!

I don’t understand how people blame the rollercoaster, sure, when it was opened there were bound to be issues but the 2015 incident was due to the engineers and employees fault at failing to inform others and failure to fully check the ride so if anything I wouldn’t trust the employees working there. I’m not saying they’re bad they’re just a bunch of numpties.

@TheQuashingoftheTub

4 жыл бұрын

Agrees. The coaster even did as it was supposed to, stopping the cart because it detected the track was occupied. The Smiler was not at fault here. The empty cart was even on the security feed, it was just a bad, _bad_ case of miscommunication and not paying attention.

@boo3334

3 жыл бұрын

most of the staff are pretty young, myself included when i was there last summer, ( i was on photos myself so idk too much) most of them exausted from working it around their learning, be it school college or uni as well as shifts being pretty long, up to 14 hours if you were unfortunate enough to work during scarefest for example, although the average shift was about 8

@ahuman9864

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Just a bunch of youngins in trainers getting paid in piss.

@654jimbob654

3 жыл бұрын

The coaster functioned as intended and was manually overridden due to a breakdown in communication and (allegedly) pressure on the ride operators to minimise downtime. This is not to mention that the wind speed exceeded the maximum limit recommended by the manufacturer. As is always the case, there were multiple points where the disaster could and should have been averted. Much like with plane crashes, this is reassuring in a way because it demonstrates just how many unlikely occurrences need to occur simultaneously for something bad to happen.

@Jeeves_0

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. If you refuse to go one the smiler because of the accident then you should be afraid to go on any ride. The accident was due to human error and every ride is potentially susceptible to human error.

The theming on this thing is freakin' out of this world good

U.S.A: you can be like the hulk in a ride woah it’s soooOoOo cool U.K:

@lancerspades1603

3 жыл бұрын

HA HA HA

Great video, and great explanation of the accident. It just shows how safe coasters are though, it took a perfect storm of miscommunication and overriding safety systems for that to happen.

@christatum5715

5 жыл бұрын

Airtime Thrills safest ride in the world now

@TomTom-vi6vp

5 жыл бұрын

Airtime Thrills Miscommunication? Not really - the coaster stopped the carriage and indicated a carriage was in the section in front. The ride operator or engineer did not bother to check the section the computer reported. They lazily looked around and counted carriages and then turned the system off and then on to clear the warning and now people have lost their legs. They didn’t even check the CCTV cams. The ride operator/engineer should have been prosecuted and imprisoned to save others. It’s a compact coaster it wouldn’t have taken long to check. Sheer laziness and incompetence. This video and it’s content however was brilliant and the coaster is still the best one in the park.

@TomTom-vi6vp

5 жыл бұрын

FRHEAKY Think you’ve missed the point. The computer said go and check the track, something’s on it. They didn’t but came up with some easier alternate way of determining whether something was on the track. There could have been a tree on the track or anything. You don’t do that when it comes to safety. It would be like a high speed train driver ignoring a red signal because he’s counted all the other trains going past him and so believes there’s nothing on the tracks ahead.

@thefreewilly181

5 жыл бұрын

@@TomTom-vi6vp While I don't disagree with the fact that the mechanic should at very least looked, according to the video, the fault on the ride's computer said specifically that a train failed to complete the circuit. The mechanic wasn't informed there was a fifth train and had a visual of four trains, so he made the assumption that the ride system had a false alarm. So I think it's reasonable to say the mechanic isn't entirely at fault, and that the entire situation could have been prevented with better communication.

@PJCE15

5 жыл бұрын

Tom Chamberlain you just don’t get it. smh. and you went straight to being rude and condescending. but Jeff i agree with you! you know there is four cars and you checked for four. someone didn’t let you know they added a fifth so why would you ever check for one? literally doesn’t make sense to check for shit that isn’t there.

They sure don't make theme park commercials like they used to

I watched Tommy’s blog and now EVERYTHING about the smiler shows up in my recommended

@Marie-vv5bq

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@mariv6357

2 жыл бұрын

same

@dbfamily9272

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

@Random_topic.s

2 жыл бұрын

Yep same

@dizzy_fizzy_122

2 жыл бұрын

Vlog

Smiler is such a good roller-coaster. I went on it about a year ago. It's hard to to describe how good it is. It was a quiet day at alton towers and I went on it about 10 times. No queues in the park.

Despite all the incidents it’s one hell of a coaster if you can get past the fear of it

@owenevans8541

5 жыл бұрын

I went on it at night front row on the right... was absolutely mental!

@slamdaddy69420

5 жыл бұрын

I went on the day it reopened after the accident lmao

Anyone getting ‘We Happy Few’ vibes from the story of the Smiler? And I remember seeing these ads on the TV as a child... They were bloody terrifying

I am currently a engineering major and a dream job of mine is to design rides. One thing you can see in many major amusement park rides and even stuff like elevators are over designed with safety precautions, and that is a good thing. Like looking here they use a system where as a break fin passes through each block on the ride it can know which car is on the track and where (each probably having a specific code identifier for each car to help speed up identifying specific cars and their issues) the rides computer is programed to only let one car in each break section with a certain gap of empty sections (usually one full block, one empty block ect) in this case they were operating with 5 total cars, I am not sure how many blocks or break sections their are on the ride, but putting those 5 cars at once should be fine as long as it was in the original design, and that is the max ( can’t really see it being more than that) when the 5th car didn’t make the section, the ride op gave it a manual override ( the ride sensors are very hyperactive and the slightest issue Will throw it off, in this case he/she probably thought that the sensor did not read it correctly, which can happen but you should check it 3 times to make sure before you give it the ok. It was not a mechanical issue, it was a human issue. The company whether intentionally or unintentionally put pressure to make sure one of their popular rides will run faster.

I remember watching the ride getting build when I was a small kid. I was around 8 years old and was so excited to see it open.

I always hated the look of the smiler, and honestly I wasn’t at all surprised to hear it had crashed.

@cait812

5 жыл бұрын

But the ride itself was safe, the problem was the extra cart on the tracks (so engineers/employees behind that)

@maxsea9155

5 жыл бұрын

Nirim Does Stuff same!

@chloemay3747

5 жыл бұрын

Nirim Does Stuff It wasn't therides fault, it was the engineers. The smilar is such a good ride.

Problem is the UK media who won't stop treating every regular stop on a ride as a major incident and love to take every chance to reference this incident which is a shame as it's an amazing coaster. Referencing the incident is like driving past a car crash on the motorway and never driving again 🙄

@alicemaple4141

5 жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one. Yes it was a tragic accident, and yes it was one that could have been avoided but as you say - car crashes are exactly the same. Every time a ride is stopped due to someone acting in an unsafe manner/feeling poorly and requiring help or just general maintenance somebody in the park sells the story to the paper and the witch hunt begins again. Rides have always broken down, just as any other technology does. What we have is not perfect but when it does work it is amazing. Luckily Towers have eventually recovered and take every single shot fired at them in their stride with quick responses from maintenance teams. It's just a sad affair to watch :/

@rebeccamcgillivray8875

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, they bring it up time and time again. It's made it so you can speak to the every day person about Alton Towers and all they know about it is that there was an accident on The Smiler. It's exactly like driving past a car crash and never driving again :') the chances of it happening are beyond small.

@randomfools808

5 жыл бұрын

@@alicemaple4141 The problem isn't just the accident though. It's the incidents before it. You don't hear about a piece of track coming loose from other big coasters the week of opening. At least not that I know of.

@SuperTomsee

5 жыл бұрын

@@randomfools808 but it was from the theming and didn't compromise safety. If it did the ride would of been more than a few weeks late opening. It's irritating how the smiler keeps being brought up when Tsunami's accident at M&D's was so much worse

@twistedcheese1

5 жыл бұрын

If oblivion or the big one stop on the lift hill or something it's like there's been a huge incident

I remember my friend forcing me on the smiler. I was terrified because I hated dolls and the laughing and music FREAKED me out! It was honestly the funnest experience of my life and we looped back to the line and went again 😂👌👌👌

Who's here in 2020 with this stupid coronavirus that's killing the world?

@editsssbyme8361

4 жыл бұрын

I was supposed to go today

@lauravturner

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. RIP.

@isla78

3 жыл бұрын

🙋

@isla78

3 жыл бұрын

Aww I feel bad

@zcanime5997

3 жыл бұрын

editsss by me YES YES AND YES! I WILL STOP THE CORONAVIRUS WASHING HANDS AND SANITIZER AND 1.5 SD!

i live in the uk but have only been to alton towers once. it’s a stunning theme park - the scenery of the towers and the water courses really makes it in my opinion! i used to be terrified of rollercoasters, but as i’ve grown up have grown to enjoy a lot of them (living and working in one mere minutes from my home has helped a bit XD). anyway, when i went to alton towers with my dad and younger sister, this crash was in the back of my mind the whole time. my sister was desperate to go on the smiler, but i certainly wasn’t keen, and my dad couldn’t due to health conditions. due to her being a bit younger, my dad and i weren’t happy with her going on her own. i had obviously heard about the crash - it was heavily reported across the country - but after watching this, the whole stigma surrounding the coaster seems ever more disturbing and creepy...

@ExpeditionThemePark

5 жыл бұрын

I would say it’s perfectly safe though and recommend you at least go on once

@khordisa

6 ай бұрын

crazy to think i'm back here 4 years later (i guess themeparks still hold a special place in my heart!). i still haven't ridden the smiler but NEXT TIME I WILL (i've only been to alton towers once since the last comment, it's unfortunately not too close). rewatching this video i feel want resonates with me now the most is that the crash is sadly what this ride (and perhaps alton towers in general?) is known for... we all understand that the crash was human error and a genuine yet unfortunate mistake that they would never let happen again, but this video highlights how the horror themes of the ride do draw more attention to the crash and make it seem almost more frightening. i hope people can recognise the amazing creativity of the medium of horror (which i have and never thought i would!) past the crash and realise the two aren't correlated. alton towers does that and all its themeing and rides so well (i mean, LOOK AT WICKERMAN) and deserve to be recognised for that, not the crash. i personally can't wait to finally give this one a try!

4:54 Imagine this music, looping constantly, for 2 hours. Welcome to the Smiler queue line

@acid.8069

4 жыл бұрын

How about 4? That's what it was for me 😂

@Sazza

3 жыл бұрын

I went on a not so busy day and walked right through the queue 😂

@Randomperson-zt3il

3 жыл бұрын

I like that song lol. So it was good

@sadiehearn595

2 жыл бұрын

i was in the line yesterday 😅absolute hell listening to it for 2 hours

@TheRealKensterBoosteryt

9 ай бұрын

How bout 5 minutes? I had fast track!

Imagine waiting 3 hours in a line just to get your leg amputated and another 5 hour wait

@themeparkuniverse295

3 жыл бұрын

No no no! Just please be quiet...

@satanspit4101

2 жыл бұрын

@@themeparkuniverse295 lost their legs.

@GeneralLeiaOrgana

2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap I’m surprised no one died from the five hour wait

@ColdsteelLegg

2 жыл бұрын

The leg was removed at hospital lol do some research first buddy and the que that day was 90mins they tried to save her leg and it started going bad and decided it’s best to remove it. Look it up meh

This is such an epic ride. I came off the ride giggling like a school kid. The twists and turns are just brilliant. Absolutely love it. I understand the reluctance from some people given what happened but that's how it is. Safety rules and regulations have always been written in blood.

Black Hole: shut down for safety regulations Smiler: literally amputated people

@CrazyKevin22

4 жыл бұрын

Gigidag77 because it’s a human error

@RattPoison80

4 жыл бұрын

Nice suit

@crzyshrf9836

4 жыл бұрын

Others have killed people and are completely safe, what's your quarrel with this one? The Black Hole was closed due to it not meeting safety regulations and the cost to improve the safety being too high

@lloydzeroa.k.aforger6990

4 жыл бұрын

@@crzyshrf9836 it happened anyways. The inevitable happened.

@leedickson2701

4 жыл бұрын

Your profile picture: furry Shut your mouth

One reason the crash actually happened was because there was not CCTV that showed in the area of the track where the empty cart had stopped so they assumed it was clear so sent a cart with people in it.

@McInHeather

5 жыл бұрын

@@jeeedel2491 exactly, the media say things that aren't true for scare tactics but it was a very unfortunate incident :/

@alexandramcginnis8872

5 жыл бұрын

They should of actually went out to the track to investigate and watch the tv. They could check the tv and then go to the blind spot that the tv didn’t show. And BOOM! They would of just prevented this accident

@DaarthPingas

5 жыл бұрын

If they had footage of the accident, they should have had access to see it in real time. Also, They shouldn't have been able to switch to 5 trains without *extreme* discretion and communication given the wind and occupancy circumstances. 5 minutes of "wait, let's triple check everything before letting people on" could've saved the three days of down time, let alone months of surgery and amputations and hospital visits.

Rode it a couple years ago after the accident. It is an amazing ride, and I wish the people who's lives were changed all the best.

i don't enjoy rollercoasters but i DO enjoy things having lore that usually do not have lore so this is right up my alley

I am an ex theme park engineer and rode the smiler for the first time last year. Even with understanding all the safety precautions, the theme and the history still made me feel a bit on edge before leaving the station.

@DjFischerAirwolf

5 жыл бұрын

You may be able to address this thought I had then! Please let me know your thoughts if you have the time! I think there was a serious design issue with the gerstlauer trains. (now I admit I've only rode coasters in the US) Every coaster I've been on, even the floorless coasters (I've not been on a gerstlauer ride here) has bumper and crumple zones that, to my understanding would, in the event of a collision, prevent direct contact with a ride vehicle as was seen with the smiler incident. I may be completely wrong but I think if the trains were designed different, the accident may not have been as harmful, but instead would have been similar to a vehicle rollover where the cabin didn't collapse (such as my rollover recently) where I only had bruising and a minor concussion from the sudden forces on my body. But no major contact with the compartment itself. It's the fact that the vehicle collapsed in the collision that caused the most damage to my understanding.

@norwichreptileshed

5 жыл бұрын

@@DjFischerAirwolf That was exactly my first thought too! There are buffers on the rear and plates at the front but I suppose no coaster car is designed to collide at that speed. The buffers are more to stop damage during moving them at slow speeds in the station or maintenance areas. In actual fact it was front plate of the moving car hitting the buffer of the stationary that caused the front to crumple.

@mattyeland88

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe but rollercoasters aren't designed to crash they are designed to run in block sections so that two trains can never occupy the same section of track. The designers of the ride would never have envisioned this ever being able to happen. Pretty much every coaster doesn't have bumpers or crumple zone, they may look that they do but will be offer no protection in a crash. Coster trains are designed to be a light as possible to maximise capacity. @@DjFischerAirwolf

@alexandramcginnis8872

5 жыл бұрын

+Matt What if we do both? We make the train light, and have a bumper zone?

@DjFischerAirwolf

5 жыл бұрын

@@mattyeland88 I think op may be right in that they are designed to have some protection but not as those speeds. But with new technology IDK why you couldn't design for higher speed collision protection?

20 minutes for the first 999/911 call that seems like a long time.

@ChrisRussellOfficial

5 жыл бұрын

No matter what time you call the UK emergency services they never turn up lol sad to see this happen but got a big pay out :o

@visionist7

5 жыл бұрын

I passed out in a UK supermarket once. I was out for 40 minutes and when I awoke the ambulance still took a while to arrive

@Thomas-gj9ho

4 жыл бұрын

Yea but alton towers is in the middle of nowhere

@erectustesticulus3191

4 жыл бұрын

UK services are shit they take hours to arrive

@YokiDokiPanic

4 жыл бұрын

The irony of these kinds of situations is that people assume emergency services were already called by hundreds of other people, so it took a while to realize no call had been made yet. I heard stories of that happening constantly from my dad who was a fire fighter. So whenever you see an emergency happen, don't assume anyone else already called, because literally everyone else around you might be thinking the same thing.

I got stuck on oblivion yesterday because someone in the cart infronts phone fell onto the track and my cart run over it, we were waiting at the end for 45 minutes, then we had to walk off of the ride, the oblivion employees were really nice, they gave us free tickets to come back to the park and bottles of water, by the time we all came off of oblivion, the park was closings, so they let us ride on smiler

Alton definitely never fails to make such horror filled adds, I'm not from the UK (I'm from Canada), but one of my friends are from the UK and sent me the Smiler add, very creep and uneasy.