The Smiler
Alton Towers · United Kingdom · opened 2013
45/ 100 thrill#16 of 101
Thrill score 45 out of 100: Speed 14, Height 6, Length 7, Inversions 18.
The world-record holder for inversions: fourteen disorienting flips wrapped around a marketing 'mind-control' theme.
The Smiler is a steel roller coaster at Alton Towers in the United Kingdom, built by Gerstlauer and opened in 2013. It reaches 85 km/h, stands 30 m tall and has 14 inversions. On Achtbaan, the independent roller-coaster ranking site, it scores 45 out of 100 for thrill, ranking #16 of 101.
The numbers
- Top speed
- 85 km/h
- Height
- 30 m
- Length
- 1,170 m
- Inversions
- 14
- Opened
- 2013
- Manufacturer
- Gerstlauer
- Type
- Steel
- Park
- Alton Towers
- Country
- United Kingdom