The Smiler - Alton Towers (Gerstlauer Eurofighter)

[Thekingin64]

Definitely.

At the moment they are keeping you well away from the construction site or any good photo ops. You aren't allowed near x-sector and the towers themselves are shut so you can't get that view from the roof. This meant that about half the park was closed off for some reason today as Dark Forest and the gardens were also closed off. The skyride was also shut.

[Simba]

The Smiler looking very immense at Alton Towers Resort, with it's top half of the layout.


These images were taken by our very own Global Moderator Thekingin64, and soon more of the photos he took will be uploaded onto our forums' facebook .

[Thekingin64]

You can tell that the second photo has been zoomed quite a bit! To be fair, those photos were taken from the other side of the lake. This map shows how far away we were for these photos. The red circle is the cordoned off area.

[Dalek Sec]

A new no limits pov has been created with the most likely amended layout that the game has confirmed in the trailer.

So looks like 15 inversions if I have counted correctly outside, plus we know their is one inside after the first drop post leaving the station in the building, meaning Simba's guess of 16 inversions could actually be the case.

[Simba]

If that is the real layout that is going to be absolutely amazing, I have counted 13 outside plus the 1 we already know about so that is 14 inversions.
But we still don't know what that secret part inside the building will be, so we could still be looking at my maximum guess of 16 inversions.

[Thekingin64]

I don't really care if it takes the inversion record or not but this does look amazing.

[Simba]

Well either way it has defiantly got the record, and but by how much is the better question.

[Kumali]

Nice photos, King! It must have been great to see this ride in person! Still plenty left to be built by May though.

[Thekingin64]

Thanks, They were actually taken by my dad though. It was great to be able to see this ride through my own eyes. It looks even more imposing than I thought it would.

[Kumali]

This must be one big ride then!