Hi djrappa, if I may, I’ll explain exactly what I meant by my ‘stupid’ comment. The Smiler incident resulted in two young ladies having limbs amputated. I was at Alton Towers at the end of last September. The park was relatively quiet (school day) but the Smiler was a walk on. When I got on and off, there was nobody in the queue. After 2 years, people don’t have confidence in it. Now my understanding is that Alton Towers attendances haven’t recovered to pre incident levels.
So when I say the the Wicker Man is safer option, a flat family roller coaster with awesome theming is probably going to bring the punters back as opposed to another WTF 14 loop eurofighter. Personally, I like wooden coasters and if AdventureWorld in Perth installed one, I’d be on it every weekend. Onwards & Upwards!