Secret Weapon

"Secret Weapon" is a codename that has been given to four Alton Towers rollercoasters and two planned rollercoasters since 1991. Between Secret Weapon 3 (1994) and Secret Weapon 5 (2002), Secret Weapon rides were installed every four years, with family and flat rides in the intervening years. In 2006, no Secret Weapon was built after rollercoasters were built in the previous two years, Rita and Spinball Whizzer, neither of which were designated with the Secret Weapon code name. The new rollercoaster for 2010 to replace the Corkscrew was confirmed as Secret Weapon 6, resuming the four year pattern with a gap in 2006. It then became THIRTEEN, stylised as TH13TEEN at the time. However SW7, the Smiler, opened in 2013, which doesn't follow the pattern. With lots of minor malfunctions in 2013, the Smiler had a smooth sailing 2014 until the crash in 2015, which severely injured four people. The Smiler has reopened for the 2016 season with new safety precautions in order and plans for SW8 have now been released.


 * Secret Weapon 1: 1991 - Arrow Pipeline Rollercoaster (Never Built)
 * Secret Weapon 2: 1992 - Arrow Pipeline Rollercoaster (Never Built)
 * Secret Weapon 3: 1994 - Nemesis in Forbidden Valley
 * Secret Weapon 4: 1998 - Oblivion in X-Sector
 * Secret Weapon 5: 2002 - Air in Forbidden Valley
 * Secret Weapon 6: 2010 - TH13TEEN in Dark Forest
 * Secret Weapon 7: 2013 - The Smiler in X-Sector
 * Secret Weapon 8: 2018 - Wicker Man