Resort News

30th Dec 2016

2016 Year in Review

By |2024-04-01T19:05:54+01:0030th December 2016|Galactica, Resort News|

2016 marked a new start for Alton Towers Resort following a difficult 2015. With the promise of a transformation for Air, an exciting new food and beverage offering, a programme of refreshes across the Resort in the form of Towers Loving Care, plus the unveiling of plans for Secret Weapon [...]

12th Dec 2016

CBeebies Land Hotel Construction Update – December 2016

By |2024-05-03T20:59:29+01:0012th December 2016|CBeebies Land, Resort News|

Whilst work is underway over on the site of SW8, back at the Resort Hotels construction is rapidly progressing on Alton Towers Resort’s new accommodation offering for 2017 – the CBeebies Land Hotel. The exterior skeleton of the hotel is now complete meaning the full scale of the development can [...]

30th Nov 2016

Additional SW8 Details Confirmed

By |2024-04-01T19:04:11+01:0030th November 2016|Resort News, Wicker Man|

Further details have today come to light surrounding Secret Weapon 8, Alton Towers Resort’s wooden rollercoaster development set to open in 2018. In plans submitted to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council as part of the requirements of the planning permission granted earlier this year, details surrounding the manufacturer, timescale, and cost [...]

16th Nov 2016

Full Details Confirmed for CBeebies Land Hotel

By |2024-05-03T20:59:29+01:0016th November 2016|CBeebies Land, Resort News|

Full details about Alton Towers Resort’s newest accommodation offering, the CBeebies Land Hotel, have today been revealed as booking opened for Merlin Annual Passholders. Set to open on July 8th 2017, the CBeebies Land Hotel will feature a range of themed bedrooms alongside a full programme of entertainment – including [...]

12th Nov 2016

Up to 70 Further Jobs to be Cut at Alton Towers Resort

By |2024-04-01T19:04:14+01:0012th November 2016|Resort News|

Alton Towers Resort have announced that up to a further 70 salaried jobs could be cut across the Resort’s theme park and hotel operations as the Resort looks to continue to cut costs following the events of June 2015. Although business has started to recover, visitor numbers at the Resort [...]

10th Oct 2016

Scarefest Returns for Another Spooktacular Year

By |2024-04-01T19:04:15+01:0010th October 2016|Events, Resort News|

Scarefest returned to Alton Towers Resort this weekend promising a whole range of Halloween entertainment from family frights to extreme scares. With a brand new scare maze, new family maze, and a new scare zone joining this year’s line-up alongside the return of some Scarefest classics TowersTimes takes a look [...]

3rd Oct 2016

CBeebies Land Hotel Construction Update – 3rd October 2016

By |2024-05-03T20:59:30+01:003rd October 2016|CBeebies Land, Resort News|

Whilst the theme park prepares for Scarefest 2016 work has been rapidly progressing on the construction site for the CBeebies Land Hotel which is set to open in 2017. We take a look at all the latest work on the site. Vertical construction has now commenced with steel girders being [...]

27th Sep 2016

Merlin Attractions Operations fined £5 Million for The Smiler Incident

By |2024-04-01T19:04:20+01:0027th September 2016|Resort News, The Smiler|

The operating company of Alton Towers Resort, Merlin Attractions Operations Limited, have today been given a £5 million fine in relation to the incident on The Smiler which occurred on 2nd June 2016. Following a two day hearing at Stafford Crown Court, Judge Michael Chambers QC described how there was [...]

26th Sep 2016

Sentencing Hearing Commences for The Smiler Incident

By |2024-04-01T19:04:21+01:0026th September 2016|Resort News, The Smiler|

Merlin Attractions Operations Limited, the company which operate Alton Towers Resort, have today been in court as the two day sentencing hearing for the incident on The Smiler, which occurred on 2nd June 2015, commenced at Stafford Crown Court. During the first day of the hearing Bernard Thorogood, prosecuting barrister [...]

14th Aug 2016

CBeebies Land Hotel Construction Update – August 2016

By |2024-05-03T20:59:30+01:0014th August 2016|CBeebies Land, Resort News|

Following the official announcement of the CBeebies Land Hotel at the end of July, construction has started to pick up pace on Alton Towers Resort’s third hotel which is set to open in summer 2017. Tarmac has been laid for what will eventually become the car park for the new [...]

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