The Smiler [4K] Front Seat POV - Alton Towers Resort

Smile. Always. We bring you an exclusive front seat POV of The Smiler, the world's only fourteen looping roller coaster.

Filmed with permission from Alton Towers Resort in a controlled environment.

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[AttractionSource]

Thanks for watching! What's your favourite inversion on The Smiler? There's 14 to choose from!

[SRRecords]

Kind of ironic and counter intuitive, but that first barrel roll in the dark at like 5 seconds after the ride starts is really comforting and gives you confidence that everything is going to be ok. It's hard to see it on camera, but when you're on this ride and you feel it, it's strangely comforting. At least it was for me, anyway. It's like after the roll you register what just happened and it was fine so you're like "ok, i just went upside down, in the dark, and everything is fine! Bring it on!"

[goatedkingsavage]

This is probably the only roller coaster i’m scared of, not because of the ride but because of the theming. Just listening to that creepy voice laughing in your face while upside down and staring into a weird face gives me the chills

[Inkedalic]

I love how any rollercoaster just looks relaxing and smooth on pov videos and irl it is the opposite

Edit: for context I wrote this a year ago when I had a deathly fear of rollercoasters (love them now) and my friends forced me to go on it

[NozeKnows]

I dont get scared of rollercoasters much anymore, but this rides theme and music gets my heart pumping.

[ururz]

Went on this today and overcame my fear of rollercoasters! It is not even close to how smooth it is in the video but it is a great ride and really throws you through a loop.

[AndyKirtland]

By far my favourite rollercoaster at Alton Towers, it is one that you can go on endless times and never get bored of because it actually has life just like the original nemesis.

[alanboiii]

I've never noticed this before, even when I've been on the ride, but at 01:34 the track ahead of you kinda looks like a smiley face, 🙂 (if you pause it at the right time)

[iMizzy]

I love how the end of the ride is so smooth but in real life it’s so head banging

[dirtsoils]

It’s my favourite coaster I’ve ever been on. Went on it in June for the first time, didn’t expect the corkscrew at the start

[ChilliusVGM]

Every time I rewatch this I get goosebumps at this ride's dispatch sequence, it's so well thought out I love it.

[laceylovessart]

To anyone nervous about going on this ride, don’t be it’s so fun! the drops aren’t as steep as those on oblivion (or 13 in my opinion) and it’s not as fast as Rita. To prepare myself for this ride I just went on 13, Rita and galactica and loved all 3 so I went on smiler and to no surprise it’s my new favourite ride!

[bigpenny]

Honestly it was never the large amount of inversions or the speed or anything like that that made me always freaked out to ride smiler it’s that vertical lift hill at 2:04 and I swear seeing the car in front of me crest over and start descending was one of the greatest feelings of comfort I think I’ve ever gotten

[bubblypotah]

I love that when your upside down you can see all the miserable people queuing below you 😂

[danielfilmer]

Rode this for the first time yesterday, twice in the day and once in the dark. It’s an amazing ride but even better at night.

[Goonersterling]

Went on this yesterday and have to say it most definitely lives up to the hype! The ride was shut for two hours on the final day of the season yesterday and we waited and waited for it to reopen before we left! Even better in the dark too!

[selfraisingsugar]

We went to Alton towers a few days after the summer holidays in early September. It was so quiet we were one of the only ones on the ride, there was no line to wait in or anything. It was amazing, I don’t think I’ll ever experience a theme park so quiet again!

[seanseresinhe]

I went on the Smiler about a month ago. I still think Nemesis is better but this is easily my second favourite coaster I've ever been on. It still gives me chills just thinking about it!

[Hydralisk]

I went to alton towers today and went on the smiler first becuase i was so hyped. Trust me, this ride is honesltey so fun, the airtime is insane and you feel so weightless when you're on it. The vertical lifthill feels like you're about to fall off and the speed of the ride is faster than you'd think, especially at the start with the first inversion in the dark. All round an awesome ride 11/10 ❤❤

[bombrhhh]

It’s been exactly 1 year and 1 day since I’ve been on this ride! Absolutely great!