Merlin Entertainments have today issued a trading statement warning that the performance of its Theme Park Division will be lower than expected following the serious accident on The Smiler on 2nd June.As a result of a number of factors following the incident, including the five day closure of the park, [...]
Alton Towers Resort has been under intense scrutiny over the past few weeks, with a wide range of media outlets reporting on various ‘further incidents’ which have occurred since the events of Tuesday 2nd June. With such a diverse range of coverage it can sometimes be difficult to determine exactly [...]
Alton Towers Resort was victorious at last night’s ScareCON SCAR awards, picking up the award for ‘Best Overnight Scare Experience’ for The Ultimate Sleepover, beating competition from Thorpe Park and Tulley’s Farm. The Resort had received nominations in three categories: • Best Overnight Scare Experience – The Ultimate Sleepover [...]
Alton Towers Resort has today re-opened its theme park, six days after the ‘dreadful incident’ which occurred on The Smiler last Tuesday. A number of changes have taken place around the park, with the most obvious being the closure of X-Sector to allow for the investigations to continue, [...]
Alton Towers Resort and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are continuing their investigations into the incident which occurred on The Smiler last Tuesday (2nd June). The park has remained closed since the incident, which involved a train carrying sixteen people colliding with a stalled empty train on the batwing [...]
Four people in their twenties have been seriously injured following an incident involving two ride trains on The Smiler shortly after 2pm this afternoon (Tuesday 2nd June 2015). Occurring on the batwing element of the ride, the incident involved two trains colliding, with one train carrying 16 guests [...]
Four teenagers are thought to be seriously injured following an incident on The Smiler shortly after 2pm this afternoon. It is thought that two trains collided on the track with one train being full and the other empty. Merlin Entertainments, owner and operator of Alton Towers Resort has [...]
As the opening date for Alton Towers Resort’s newest addition draws ever closer, construction has been steadily progressing on the site of the Enchanted Forest Tree Top quest, ready for the attraction to open on Friday 22nd May. The majority of the obstacles on both the high ropes and low [...]
Details have emerged today of a proposed new ride for the Forbidden Valley area of Alton Towers Resort, offering the first clues to the much anticipated Secret Weapon 8 – currently expected to open in 2017. The details have been revealed through a ‘Formal Screening Option’, a document [...]
Full details of the proposed extension to the Air Shop at Alton Towers Resort have been published on the Staffordshire Moorlands Council Planning Portal, revealing a new restaurant and the re-location of the retail area to a new part of the building. The proposal indicates an extension to [...]
Alton Towers Resort opened their new accommodation – The Enchanted Village – this weekend, offering guests the opportunity to enjoy the Woodland Lodges and Luxury Treehouse for the first time. TowersTimes spent the night in the new village to discover all that the resort’s latest accommodation had to offer.Situated to [...]
Alton Towers Resort has received three nominations for the ScareCON Scar awards, the annual awards which recognise and champion all aspects of the scare industry – from Halloween events, to year round scare attractions.In the nominations for the 8th annual awards, the resort picked up nominations in the following categories: [...]
