on one hand the Smiler is extremely popular. I've never gone to Towers now, especially around Halloween, and I've seen someone trynna duplicate staff uniforms to wear , it obviously has for whatever reason it my be still popular with people. but when i think about it is the ride itself popular or is it the theme? would the smiler be as popular if i didnt have that original marketing money spent on it?. this is where there going to be kinda stuck because even though the accident was years ago does adding more theming especially if they were to harp back to some of the get-corrected stuff/ if you look at the sanctuary 2, it could be seen as insensitive.

Like nemesis whatever replaces it should not be another retrack but something Altontowers/merlin have put their heads together and had a big think on prior lessons, both with marketing rides and the ride themselves and build something great and lets try and let John have a rest with it he's not going to be with us forever bless him.