Oblivion front seat on-ride HD POV Alton Towers
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- čas přidán 10. 10. 2013
- Here's an update to the Oblivion video I posted a few years ago since the front seat view has changed quite a bit with the addition of The Smiler.
Watch in high definition.
![The Smiler [4K] 2019 Front Seat POV - Alton Towers Resort](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NRvWERvwyIM/mqdefault.jpg)
“ You must be smoking crack if you think imma ride dat”
😭TikTok
@@Kyle-rr8jy yup 🤣
LMFAOOOOOOOOO
lmao 🤣🤣😭💀
HEYYYYYYY
the wait in rides is more terrifying than the actual drops
Hahahahah people should like your comment and just kick the other comments have a good day
facts
🤣😂😂
nah the drop is so much worse than I was expecting you literally can't breathe on first ride
I agree
When I was younger my brother told me that when you go down the hole the people have to live there forever lol and I believed him
Raven Claw Queen my dad told me that??
There's a land of the moles down that hole. I met one and said hello.
😂😂
@simon0 I f*cked one of them
Haha
I love how simplistic the design style of this ride is; It's a short steep ride designed for an intense burst of adrenaline, and a perfect compliment to the ridiculously elaborate new neighbor
Videos on CZcams make the drop seem smaller than it actually is but it is massive when standing beside it
I know right, my friend forced me to go on it with her... SCARIEST THING EVER... And it was only a month after the smiler incident, and so I cried whilst on it. But afterwards you feel so achieved!
+sassiestpineapple I went on it and it was dark. I begged my friend to go again but we were on a school trip and we had to go back to our teacher :(
+Shadow the female cannibal really? I hated it so much!
sassiestpineapple
It's true! I'm hoping to go on the Nemesis and Air next time!
Shadow the female cannibal I want ot go on air too! but nemesis is way too big for me
I want people to know that this coaster was the first of its kind.
Dire Rei no my dad had one in the back garden in 1987. I've seen photos of it sp don't lie
It's not a true dive coaster though because the angle is only 87 degrees not 90.
@@MattyInnit That doesn't make it "not a true dive coaster". It is the first dive coaster model from B&M.
MysticTraveller1 u do know most dive coasters aren’t 90 degrees right? They do it to keep the wheels constantly pushing against the metal
GamerBros most dive coasters are actually 90 degrees now, they use spring loaded wheels
I just love the impact sound Oblivion makes when it enters the black hole
This is the fastest ride at Alton towers at 68mph and the tallest with the drop being 55metres tall. It is the 3rd fastest rollercoaster in the uk and was the first ever dive coaster to be made in the world. Sure she may be short but give oblivion the credit she deserves- an awesome ride!
What’s 1st and second
If it were fully above ground then it would be the third tallest coaster in the UK (180ft) behind Stealth (205ft) and Big One (213ft)
thats not bad at all
@@Logann_xo Pepsi max at BPB and Stealth at thorpe park
Ah my lovely country of great Britian, using gravity to scare the shit out of people.
Near N ah yes *sips my tea* haha what great civilians we are.
Best comment i have seen in a while 😂 but yeah this is true. *sips tea*
VeganMilk *tips hat* ah yes the great bloody britain m’lad
*sips Tizer* yep.
VeganMilk *adds two sugars to tea* might aswell die on this ride while drinking my favourite drink ;)
Sat at the front, ive never screamed so loud in my life haha
I sat on the front. It was awesome! I was 8 too. Roller coasters are the best!
Niamh Jones I've got a tall family, I'm 16 now and 6 foot
Everyone over exaggerates it, it's really not that bad, like at all.
Akeruz lol i sat at the front and couldnt make ANY face expressions xD
haha i went a couple of years ago and i sat at the front, for a second i was like " those are nice clouds, look at the pretty scenery.. wait why have stop-AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" my eyes closed for the rest of thr ride lol
When your standing next to the hole you can feel the massive and loud vibration underneath you
Ooh matron!
Yes stood and watched it today, wouldn't want to ride it though lol
This was my first ever ride, and I can still remember waiting at the top of the drop and my friend going "oh shit" just before we went down. The queue was honestly the most scary part of it because it has loads of old TVs telling you all the thing that could go wrong or that are bad on oblivion.
I had an awesome experience on tho
@@anjotheweezky215 sameeee
Had a similar experience with Baron 1898, my first (and only) dive coaster. This dive coaster has a misty pit and you can hear ghosts singing, which makes you more anxious. The queue was long so I had more than 60 minutes to watch the trains on the coaster go round and round. Inside there are pre shows on which basically tell you; you’re doomed. Ended up loving the ride after being really scared at first.
That noise going up
@@iliketowatchvideos47 😟
the like the second you hang over the edge looked so fast but when i was on it it felt like 10 minutes
WHEN I WENT ON IT , IT FELT LIKE 10 YEARS 😰😰😰
For some reason I held my breath waiting for the drop so I couldn't bloody breathe until I got off 😂😂
Yup your right
+Yeh m8 Same Here
same
These words many people don't look at: "World's First Vertical Drop Roller Coaster."
Callum Fletcher-Barry Agreed.
It's not.
+stalfos slayer how often do you come back to this video to comment?
+Crin9 people keep replying to my comment so I keep coming back to check on it.
It's the worlds first dive coaster but it is not the first vertical drop. Hell, it's only an 80 degree drop.
Why does video always make it seem the drop is tiny, it’s so massive irl
It’s only a 30 metre drop from top to bottom
@@bread7713 it’s 55 metres
dest anooo oh sorry I meant from the top of the ride to the entrance of the hole, thanks for telling me :)
Oh awww I felt brave enough to go on now u making me nervous 😭😭😭😭
Summer Ryan yeah it’s ok man but these rides are tested every single day to make sure that everything’s safe and running properly. Plus it’s good fun too :)
when the ride stopped, i started laughing but the laughter quickly turned into tears...i was shook to the core
I’m sorry what 😂
Yes it's short, yes it's very old, yes it's not as good compared to today (Although still a brilliant ride imo ) But what we need to remember is this was the worlds first dive coaster. It was new territory and cutting edge back in 1998. Thanks to Bolliger & Mabillard's success with building Oblivion at Alton Towers, we now have all of the fantastic dive coasters we have today :)
Yes that's a very good point :)
Couldn't agree more. Hate these comments saying that "x" ride is a better dive coaster. Of cause it is.
Felicity Egan that's so cool!! Didn't know that till I saw the comments...
We need to remember that B&M had only existed for a handful of years as well
Vintage Tat very old? I guess wooden coasters or corkscrews aren't actual roller coasters then lol.
1:11 that was a beautiful cloud
😂😂😂
It looks like a dog running with the its tounge out in slow motion 😂
+Aimee Doyle omg it actually does
It looked...amazing
If you go on the ride, that air is actually cold.
"You must be smokin crack if you think I'm gonna go onnat"
time stamp??
@@hm.5674 it’s a tiktok
@I T S Z I P L I N E T I M E it’s a TikTok meme
Cool ride! I say that as a lifelong Six Flags Magic Mountain (Valencia, CA-USA) Extreme Coaster junkie. You guys are lucky to have a unique ride that paved the way. Thank you G.B.
Maybe they were lucky in 1998. They're not lucky now lol
ngl I thought I was going to die on this ride. It literally took my breath away and then I panicked hahahah
Laura Hirst literally when it dropped into the black whole I felt like I was getting suffocated
Only been on it once for that reason 😂 who wants to go on a ride that's feels like its suffocating you
@@robgrainger8106 I get that to like you can’t breathe at all I usually close my eyes and I can breathe fine I don’t understand why but it helps not seeing the drop or the ride 😂😂 for me anyway
@@chloebaker4056 no you need to open your eyes otherwise whats the point of going on the ride
Oblivion is like the first ever phone and then came the iPhone or Samsung. I mean oblivion is the mother and basis of vertical drops. It might not be as big but it's the first that's what makes it special.
B plus it has possibly the best theming on any normal dive coaster
@@zClonky what about baron1898?
Alton Towers Fanboy i agree, baron 1898 has way better theming, I actually live like 20 minutes away from the Efteling (the park with Baron 1898)
Sheikra
@@karl8805
Better dive coaster, yes.
Better theming, no.
moment of silence for the people who hasn’t found this from Tik Tok
Moment of silence for you and the 20 that did
literally here straight from tiktok😂
you must be smoking crack if u think i’m riding that
@@Feurthan haha yes, i also came here cus i went on sunday
@@Feurthan ahaha, it’s really fun. hopefully you’ll be able to go someday! ( you may pass out like i did ) but it’s very very fun! :)
Whole thing takes less than 20 seconds but it's the best roller coaster I've ever been on
Me before the drop: *crying my eyes out and trying to not hypervenolate*
Me after the drop: THAT WAS SO COOL
That was me on Rita for the first time lol
Relatable
bruh the was me on the golliath at six flags over georgia
This was me literally yesterday
At least you got to experience the ride and not have the fear of climbing over it thinking the ride would start with you stand on the ride not your seat while you were trying to get out because you might of had a panic attack like me lol
Went on this ride yesterday, I saw Ollies phone in the well
rip
At least we know where it is.
Hahaha
ikr
So that's where it is
Don't forget that this was the first of its kind, while short, it's all about that drop. And that drop is so much more impressive in person than it looks here. This is one of those rides that you climb off with tears streaming from your eyes and a huge grin on your face. Then you run around to the 15 mile long queue walk (usually empty-ish now) and jump straight back on.
Love the sheer drop at the beginning, beautiful!!!! 💙
The trees really do help to realize how high you are lol
On this ride... "Hey There's Enterpr(DROPS)IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISE
Ditto
yeah haha xD
"How it going Smi*drops*lllleeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrr..."
Went on this yesterday actually for like the 9999th time, its not actually bad cus the drops like 2 seconds and you can pose for the camera if you know where it is still funny tho.
Yup
Best ride ever. I felt my feet rise in the air and my heart drop watching this 😂
random human It's the 3rd scariest ride in the world
When they hold you, I couldn't even catch my breath and by the time I actually looked down within 2 milliseconds I was falling to my death.
I'M GOING TO BE SICK. GOING ON THIS IN THE SUMMER, OMG WATCHING IT MAKES ME SCREAM
It's definitely my favourite ride there. I'm a scaredycat but I love it!
Emily Brown same meh. It's awesome right
Omg I went on yesterday and its like my favourite ride there
Don't go on then
Out of the many MANY times I have been to Alton Towers (Like every year) This was the only ride I had not been on until I went with friends and we made a deal. They come on Rita I will go on Oblivion... So they did so I went on it... When it was coming into the end bit and it was stopped I asked my self why I was so scared to go onto it before.
That one guy who says"OH MY GOD" will definitely be me if I ever decide to go on this ride.
that bit when you hang over is like two seconds but it feels like a century
That “oh shit moment” when u reach the drop hold is the best feeling ever
you know its a great ride when everyone screams
lucky 13 everyone screams on an slc
ChilledIce r/wooooosh
ChilledIce you don’t get the joke.
ChilledIce it was a joke about the comment... do I need to explain it to you.
For anybody who has a stomach for these kind of roller coasters I would REALLY ! reccommend either nemisis or maybe .. The teacups ;)
NEVER! my mother took me on the half apples, passed out from fear
Ride the smiler. Join us on the smiler and smile
oh god not the teacups!
the teacups are the worst! so scary :(
1:40 YO ITS THE SMILER
Been on the great ride many times. Still bloody gets me in the queue and going up the lift hill. All time great, simply love this thing.
My favourite ride at AT. I can feel that drop just watching this.
Are people so dumb not to realise this was a prototype (which are usually quite costly as they tend to be word first so include all sorts of new equipment, mechanisms and software).
Thanks to this coaster it helped B&M design more extreme versions of their vertical drop coaster. This is very common in the industry, a few examples include Raptor - Gardaland, Vid Sivinet - Bon Bon Land, Revolution - Six Flags Magic Mountain.
And please rest easy tonight to know that at this time Alton Towers made their money back on Oblivion, there marketing campaign was huge!
jack taylor some one with decency
Raptor isn't a vertical drop coaster (though it is my favourite B&M).. Do you mean Oblivion The Black Hole at Gardaland?
@@V-13579 hes talking about prototypes not just dive coasters...
can i just mention that when you’re falling that it’s like a solid 5-8 seconds and it feels like an eternity
1:19 The actual "Alton Towers" shown in the near distance makes this ride such a classic. Such beautiful scenery before the ride petrifies you with gravity defiance! If I do go to Alton Towers again someday, this will be *one* of the first rides I will do. When we went in 1999 (just a year after it opened and thus far our only visit), me and my sister were too young to ride it, and so us and our parents just spent long hours watching others ride it (and *wishing* we weren't them!).
Have u been since u made this comment
I went in 2022
First rollercoaster I ever went on😂
It's my first time going on one next month what's it like?
+Mya Kearney Are you going on Oblivion or just any rollercoaster?? I haven't been on Oblivion, but I can assure you rollercoasters are safe and fun, so enjoy the ride!!!
+Mya Kearney I been on it probably 5 times. it's amazing. when it stops at the top you get such a rush. love this ride.
I actually went to Alton Towers yesterday my first ride there was the smiler 2nd was the oblivion So I basically done the big 6
What a great first experience! (You poor soul, what age were you?)
This was the best rollercoaster ever! I went on it yesterday
Thanks for this video!
This was my first ever rollercoaster,I loved it!!
The first ever rollercoaster I went on :') I remember when I was about 10, I got dragged on to this kicking and screaming by my Dad. Can't thank him enough because now I have 0 fear in rollercoasters now :D
I like that feeling when it's a steep drop and you come out your seat a bit at the beginning and you can feel the g-force omg
I thought u said g note jfc I'm emo
+AmazingEiraIsNotOnFire _ G NOTE HAIIIIIIIIIII
U know it’s scary when ur stomach drops even tho ur not on the ride 😳🤚
It isn’t it’s so simple and a quick small drop u will love it if u ever went
You know what drops faster than this...
My grades
1:10 puppy
saw a puppy shaped cloud (1 minute 10 seconds)
+Lucy and Holly Pimlott eating ice cream
Ohhh
Poo
gamer guy dan very nice dan
I’ve been front row on this...amazing 😀
Already hyped for the end of year school trip here 😂
I seriously don't remember the wait at the top being so short. I remember waiting up there for so long and being actually vertical for way longer than it seems in the video. One of my favourite rollercoasters I've ever been on
1:44 When I was on it, Damn that noise sounds like some massive cars crashing together
Or a loud explosion
It's not a long ride but it certainly packs a punch!
♥️ went on this ride when it first opened 1998! It went so fast I couldn’t hear my own scream 😱 got of and went straight back in the que to go again! Still is such a thrill to watch this & I feel the need to go back! I know my way around Alton Towers without the map 🗺
I was in the queue for this ride and I have to admit, I chickened out. Going back this year and I will definitely be on that coaster
It feels like 5 secs long u should go on
I sat in the seat and had a panic attack, just couldn't do it
so we all here from that "You must be smoking crack if you think imma ride dat” guy on tiktok
This was my first ever roller coaster and it was amazing yet terrifying :D
Oh I would so go on this! This looks so much FUN!!
Going Alton towers tomorrow so excited!!!!
I saw a video about this on Instagram...and now here it is...on my recommendation
Here from TikTok 😭😭
I’m underwhelmed. Ride is 2 seconds
the view on top of it is amazing
who else is here after seeing that tiktok of it
Hello Miu, inventor and best girl :D
@@chelseaparr2811 hello! :)
Who remembers Corkscrew?
yes!! back then it was scary. now it's a pussy ride in comparison. like nemesis. I thought that was scary at first. now it's nothing. lol.
iv only been to alton towers one time and that was like 2 weeks ago so i never got to go on it nor ripsaw
corkscrew was replaced by smiler i think
+yakuza4 nope, Corky got replaced by Th13teen! It was Black Hole that got replaced by The Smiler
The smiler replaced corkcrews purpose, and thirteen replaced black holes purpose.
this is a classic, and tbh it still beats the newer ‘improved’ dive coasters. for the first of it’s kind, it’s brilliant. The simpleness of it is great for the ones unsure about it, and too many extras would just make the ride too much, and it wouldn’t be as frightening and exciting. It has just the right height, drop and speed. It’s definitely one of the best at Alton, and my all time favourite. The theming is great, and the anticipation makes it ten times better. You feel amazing once you’ve done it
Newerdives are better it’s not even good
@@zacharygiles2984 bad take
@@harryfoley2294 cope
Iv been on this ride like 6 times and it's thee best ever. The drop is huge and feels like forever when going into the ground. Can't wait to go back again
Looks like so much fun!
All haters remember that this is a worlds first. The worlds first vertical drop roller coaster. Of course other rides are going to supercede it later on in time. But then they are just copycats with no imagination.
I would say Oblivion, although not the best in the park, is good at least once, because you get that initial scare factor of a massive fall. Then there was also that woman who got her seatbelt unplugged during the drop and she got more than she bargained for, the video is on CZcams somewhere!
Sheikra felt lame after the first drop. The second drop especially was super lame.
A dive coaster shouldn't need more than the dive itself.
87 degrees isn’t vertical
Nah
Copy cats? You do realise b&m in ented this ride? Not alton towers 😂
I went on this and istg I looked constipated on the picture 😂😂
I just came from alton towers and this was my first ride. Very fun.
This is one of my fave rides at Alton towers ❤️
"You must be smoking Crack if you think I'm going to ride that"
Ur here from Tiktok 🤣🤣
I'm going to Alton towers for my bday AHHH!!
I wanna go on this ride even more now!
The drops is insane! It seems short but that they maybe all your heart can take is that drop 😮
Does anyone remember when Oblivion was featured on the back of Weetabix boxes? I remember I kept looking it while eating my cereal 😂
Went on this ride in 2002. I still remember the acceleration on that drop. Unfortunately, I only went on once because it was out of order for the rest of the day, but I'm glad I experienced it.
View from the top is stunning.
I like that they did a POV and an offride
I went to Alton towers yesterday with my mum and a few friends, I was very skeptical about smiler especially because of its dark backstories. Other than that I had a wonderful time and tried to have as much fun as I possibly could even though I didn’t get to go on exactly all the rides.
I can’t believe I went on.. That. 😳😳
My face when it dropped was Priceless 😂😂
I’m going tomorrow so excited!!
Always the first ride I go to whenever I go. Sitting in the front is the best.
tbh it's actually more scarier than u think
IT'S A BABY SHEIKRA!!!!
This is way older than SheiKra...
rct3sweed That's what I just said...
rct3sweed I know. It just looks like a mini sheikra. I know exactly why though.
Sheikra is better
***** really? so ur saying the prototype is always better? must I remind you of The Bat, Windjammer Surf Racers, Son of Beast, and Screamroller?
Alton Towers pioneers everything. From one of the first inverts, the first dive coaster and the first flying coaster. Now they have the coaster with the most inversions. Britain is lucky to have such a great park
Just been on this today, worth the wait lol
2:40 was my favorite part
who else is here from the tik tok?😁
Ahhh i can't wait to ride this!!!!
Little throw in of my two cents; idk if theres many people in this comment thread saying it but ive seen others say its not worth getting excited over. Which to me is heartbreaking there are people who cant appreciate all this ride is. From the day thus ride was put into development everyone involved made sure its an unforgettable experience. The worlds first ever vertical drop coaster BUT it also came with such a cool theme. An AMAZING marketing campaign which if you dont know that history just look into the history of Alton Towers Secret Weapons. Idk the way this park picks its developers for the rides and goes that even further step to make sure theyre custom in ride and theme? Its awesome! Sorry for the rant just cant wait to visit Alton and jump on thus baby and so many others!
This ride looks so fun
0:39 R.I.P
I’ve been on this it’s amazing
That little pause at the top is the best
Went on this last week bloody love it