Alton Towers Discussion Thread

[DJeXeL]

^That's funny.

[RCT3Bross]

^^ So that's what Merlin did with the washing machine rumors.

The small connection pins underneath the airtime hills where for the walkways, so not for supports. Alton Towers guid facebook.

[Dobba]

@altontowers

We've had an exciting delivery to the Resort today, can you guess what?

 

[JayTricky]

Trains.

[jammy2by4]

The day they get unwrapped will be better than Christmas!!

[RCT3Bross]

I wanna know what is underneath the wrappings. I'm now very curious about what the restrains are like, if they're OTSR or Lab bars.

[TyRush]

Oh yea! I bet they look sweet

[Dobba]

[RCT3Bross]

Alright OTSR kinda a let down but not a big one. Love the teasers.

[JRHcoasterki]

^How in any way does that picture confirm OTSR's? I'm not challenging you, just asking.

[RCT3Bross]

^ If you look good you really see the OTSR. The Yellow things in the top of the picture not the one with holes. Also if you look closely the Smiler logo is on the nose of the train. If you played the game you see a exact copy of them right here. I really like the trains.

[TyRush]

Because of the leg "cut outs" i would say they are more of a lap bar. But you just cant really tell

[RCT3Bross]

^ You know every Gerslauer OTSR has that. Besides you see one restrain completely in length and it has no beam coming down from it.

[JRHcoasterki]

^ I feel violated by all your

[TyRush]

True, it could be a new type they invented!? Haha we can argue all day but we just have to wait till the while thing is shown

[Rollercoasters4Life]

Gerstlauer have done two different lapbars so far - the first was Dare Devil Dive:

 

 

As you can see, there are only two seats per row. The seats on The Smiler are not that spread out and look like Saw's in relation to gap between seats. To me it rules out the bar coming down the side. The bottom section of The Smilers restraints look nothing like DDD's also.

 

 

 

The next type of Gerstlauer lapbar is the one on Iron Shark:

 

 

Yet again, they look nothing a like.

 

So to sum up, unless they are new lapbar type restraints then this will have OTSR.

[Wes]

^ Good post...I think you're spot on.

[RCT3Bross]

^ I feel violated by all your

What I only used 2 in the last four posts.

 

Here are the retains from Fluch von Novgorod:

Picture source RCDB. (If it still not works I try it again.)

As you can see there exactly alike to the metal plate even. I really believe we are looking at the same restrains here.

Edited March 28, 2013 by RCT3Bross

[COASTER FREAK 11]

^No go... Try uploading the picture to TPR so we can all see it.

Edited March 28, 2013 by COASTER FREAK 11

[ernierocker]

^^You are banned from using emoticons for one month, sheesh.

[RCT3Bross]

^ Believe me I rather have those comments about it then I use to have on other forums.

Fix the last post and replaced it with a Picture from RCDB (since I never seen it fail) but toke one from Fluch von Novgorod, which has also the same restrains.

 

The park released more pictures of the train showing it has OTSR:

http://www.the-smiler.com/latest-news/the-smiler-ride-cars-arrive/

Love the hypnotizing screens on the back of the seats.

[BudtheWeiser]

[UrbanLegend]

Welp there goes the restraint debate.

Also that's a cool design on the backs of the cars. Hooray for optical illusions!

[Voxelmatic]

It has over the shoulder restraints?

[Lareson]

Wow! These trains are kind of cool! That optical illusion on the back of the seats, might be a bad idea. There are a few people who can be motion sickness to those kinds of things and throw that onto a coaster that has 14 inversions, let's just say those trains will be cleaned kind of often! Still though, the yellow accents are nice! Even the bogeys are yellow!

 

Too bad it has OTSRs, but they look to be another new style, with a different padding in the head/neck area. Must be doing some marketing thing with the trains against a green screen. I don't see that these days with the actual trains before they're on the ride!