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Apr 26, 2024 · Location: X-Sector. Height: 30 metres. Top speed: 85 km per hour. G-Force: +4.5G. Ride length: 1,170m. Can you ride? You need to be at least 1.4 metres tall to ride The Smiler. For detailed accessibility information please click here. Opens in a new window.
The Smiler is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It opened in 2013 as the first Infinity Coaster model from Gerstlauer and was built in the X-Sector area of the park. The Smiler features 14 inversions, which is a world record for most inversions on a roller coaster. [3]
- 98.4 ft (30.0 m)
- 31 May 2013
- 140 cm (4 ft 7 in)
- 52.8 mph (85.0 km/h)
Jun 28, 2021 · The specialties of three vastly different roller coaster manufacturers are compared throughout this series, including their history, highlights and pitfalls. In this installment, we discuss The Smiler, an infamous 14-looping coaster at Alton Towers, is explored to exemplify Gerstlauer’s engineering.
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Attraction History. Fact File. Galleries. The Smiler. Has the world got you down? Are you looking to turn that frown upside down? Well, why not try The Smiler, a coaster developed by the Ministry of Joy, a secretive organisation now believed to be behind the various experiments in X-Sector.
