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Even though it was pretty much empty on MondayNecronomiconUK wrote:The joys of half termpjb012 wrote: AT could do with opening The Smiler right now to tackle some of those other queue times. I noticed that Sonic Spinball was 2hrs earlier on.
Having not seen the coaster in person yet all i can say at that pic is WOW.Phild94 wrote:.... I think this pic is for all those people thinking the Marmaliser was small and tacky......Mabalzich wrote: Source: @jadeconomist
Nice shot:
No you can't. It was in the original plans that you could walk underneath it in the 'plaza' but the plans were dropped.Deadjack5 wrote: Can I ask, I haven't been to see this beast. Can people who don't want to ride it go into the pit and sit and watch from underneath the ride? It looks like the queue takes up the whole of the viewing area from below.
I suppose if you were desperate you could queue up and then just walk straight through and not ride it, that way you would get the full queue experience and see the station building but not have to ride itDeadjack5 wrote: Can I ask, I haven't been to see this beast. Can people who don't want to ride it go into the pit and sit and watch from underneath the ride? It looks like the queue takes up the whole of the viewing area from below.
That's a bit of a shamejbuckton18 wrote:No you can't. It was in the original plans that you could walk underneath it in the 'plaza' but the plans were dropped.Deadjack5 wrote: Can I ask, I haven't been to see this beast. Can people who don't want to ride it go into the pit and sit and watch from underneath the ride? It looks like the queue takes up the whole of the viewing area from below.
Yeh would be .. However , they could always sit in Fried Chicken and watch from there ! Looks brilliant from there !Deadjack5 wrote:That's a bit of a shamejbuckton18 wrote:No you can't. It was in the original plans that you could walk underneath it in the 'plaza' but the plans were dropped.Deadjack5 wrote: Can I ask, I haven't been to see this beast. Can people who don't want to ride it go into the pit and sit and watch from underneath the ride? It looks like the queue takes up the whole of the viewing area from below.
It's disappointing for family members who don't want to ride but would like to sit underneath and watch the ride above them. Would be fun
My GF doesn't like rollercoasters but she will normally queue with us and pass through the station instead of waiting outside the ride area.Ready_23 wrote: I suppose if you were desperate you could queue up and then just walk straight through and not ride it, that way you would get the full queue experience and see the station building but not have to ride it
Exactly what my GF does now. Although I feel a bit silly going on my own on the ridesNecronomiconUK wrote:My GF doesn't like rollercoasters but she will normally queue with us and pass through the station instead of waiting outside the ride area.Ready_23 wrote: I suppose if you were desperate you could queue up and then just walk straight through and not ride it, that way you would get the full queue experience and see the station building but not have to ride it
#Evostance wrote:Exactly what my GF does now. Although I feel a bit silly going on my own on the ridesNecronomiconUK wrote:My GF doesn't like rollercoasters but she will normally queue with us and pass through the station instead of waiting outside the ride area.Ready_23 wrote: I suppose if you were desperate you could queue up and then just walk straight through and not ride it, that way you would get the full queue experience and see the station building but not have to ride it
Would it be possible to ask down at GS if its 100% going to open tomorrow?jbuckton18 wrote: Well JW and his family have walked away from the site now . They didnt ride the Smiler but looks like they had a mini tour thing. His kid has bought a smiler shirt from the shop ( well probably for free lol) But yeh so looks like everything is now ready for opening tomorrow. Not many builders left on site now. Just a few sweeping the floors and a few standing around looking at different stuff on the ride. The giggler and the hypnotizer are both testing as well.
I have asked the park staff at the smiler and they all said that they have been told that it is open tomorrow. I spoke to GS and they said check the website at firsy but then said it is apparently opening tomorrow. I then asked one of the builders walking past and then he said that the ride should be open tomorrow if they get the work finished today but it looks to me that all work is complete now.Chaz wrote:Would it be possible to ask down at GS if its 100% going to open tomorrow?jbuckton18 wrote: Well JW and his family have walked away from the site now . They didnt ride the Smiler but looks like they had a mini tour thing. His kid has bought a smiler shirt from the shop ( well probably for free lol) But yeh so looks like everything is now ready for opening tomorrow. Not many builders left on site now. Just a few sweeping the floors and a few standing around looking at different stuff on the ride. The giggler and the hypnotizer are both testing as well.
Have you not heard..... last minute decisions is Merlin's new tag linery1996 wrote: If the ride is opening tomorrow, shouldn't the announcement have already been made?
Not necessarily. Ok so imagine this, If AT were now to announce it would open tomorrow, imagine the endless queues that the ride would get tomorrow. I know they want people to ride it but imagine if it did break down ? All these people that have come to ride it would be left disappointed. Personally , i think they will open it tomorrow quietly and not officially announce it just yet. They will take the 'The smiler is closed' notification off their website and then thats it until maybe next week when they can officially announce it as 'now open'. It would be far too busy tomorrow if they announced it now. Queues 3 hours + ? And then they will be queuing around xsector and that isnt the biggest of areas !! and the rest of the rides will be virtually empty! It looks like its open tomorrow but i dont expect an official announcement just yet.ry1996 wrote: If the ride is opening tomorrow, shouldn't the announcement have already been made?
If it is to open tomorrow I imagine they won't say it is open till the day it actually opens. Why? To make the first day as quiet as possible and then they know for sure there is nothing stopping them such as late hitches. Kind of like how American theme parks do soft openings.ry1996 wrote: If the ride is opening tomorrow, shouldn't the announcement have already been made?
