Passengers stuck after Alton Towers ride breaks down months after reopening

[Tufty 🌹]

[QUOTE]The Smiler rollercoaster at Alton Towers has broken down, trapping passengers in the air just months after it [URL="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/alton-towers-to-reopen-smiler-rollercoaster-after-crash-but-victims-accuse-it-of-putting-profits-a6940571.html"]reopened following a crash[/URL].

Footage showed more than a dozen riders stuck on the ride, with their carriages stationary on the track.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/smiler-rollercoaster-passengers-stuck-after-alton-towers-ride-breaks-down-months-after-reopening-a7219911.html[/url]

[BarnacleDrive]

Also BBC - [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-37243884[/url]

Man.. me and some friends went to Alton a few weeks ago because it was discounted and really empty after all the shit that happened. We figured right after a break-down is the safest time to go to a park but it was still really creepy being there and seeing people with Smiler hoodies. (which cost an exorbitant £55 if I remember correctly)

I personally didn't go on the ride, so I waited while my friends went on and just eerily stood watching it for a good half an hour, standing next to a girl in a wheelchair who was also just watching :L
The hee-hee ha-ha mind-control SMILE music from the ride really doesn't help the atmosphere either. Alton need to get their shit together.

[FalloutAddict]

We go there yearly, it's a shame Alton Towers is having so many problems with that shitty rollercoaster, I remember seeing it the year it was near the end of it's construction and I kept saying that thing looks like it's going to have problems.

Alton Towers is a genuinely nice place to visit with a lot to do, but I'm still a bit bitter that they closed down the Log Flume, that was my favorite ride.

[Lewdis]

Its not even that good, seems more trouble than its worth and the line itself is fucking awful with the creepy music and laughter n shit, a little ott for a mediocre ride

[viper__]

For fuck's sake I have been multiple times since Smiler and still have been unable to sue.

[Instant Mix]

Shit journalism.

All that happened was that a safety mechanism engaged. Totally un-newsworthy as this happens multiple times every day at every theme park in the world; just because the smiler had an accident last year they can still make money off it.

Nothing is wrong with the ride.