Alton Towers Resort has, in a surprise move, withdrawn the popular Waterpark Annual Pass from sale with immediate effect. Costing £75 per person (or £60pp if bought as a family), the pass allowed 12 months unlimited entry to the Waterpark along with a range of other perks including 20% off [...]
The Alton Towers Resort has today started accepting the very first bookings for the new accommodation for 2015, The Enchanted Village and confirmed an opening date of April 18th 2015. Visitors to the Resort’s website now have the option to book a stay in a fairytale lodge from £157.50 based [...]
This Halloween, Alton Towers Resort is ready to introduce an all new overnight scare experience ‘The Ultimate Sleepover’ for Scarefest 2014. Set within the historic haunted Towers ruins, guests will stay overnight in dormitory style accommodation specially set up for the experience, with the scares lasting until 3am. The facilities [...]
Alton Towers Resort has today announced changes to the Early Ride Time, which allows qualifying guests access to designated attractions an hour early, for a limited period, between 25th July to 1st August.Starting Friday, the Early Ride Time offering will switch from the current line-up of attractions across the park [...]
With the long awaited unveiling of the all new Merlin VIP Annual Pass last week, TowersTimes takes an exclusive first look at the VIP packs which will be issued to all pass-holders. The pack contains a range of extras, exclusive to holders of the VIP pass. Pass-holders will receive [...]
Alton Towers Resort has today been nominated for five SCAR awards, the annual recognition awards which recognise and honour all aspects of the scare industry. The resort has picked up nominations in five categories including: • Best Halloween Event – Scarefest • Best Halloween Scare Attraction – The Sanctuary • [...]
After a longer than anticipated wait, the Merlin Annual Pass Team has today unveiled further details of the brand new VIP Pass. Launching on the 18th June costing £500, and limited to just 1000 passes, the VIP pass is the final part of the new Annual Pass structure, which was [...]
Alton Towers Resort is to begin a ‘Timed Ticketing trial’ in CBeebies Land from this Monday (9th June). Initially being offered as a free system on the In The Night Garden Magical Boat Ride, the new queue management system will offer guests the opportunity to book a timed slot for [...]
After eight months of construction work and much anticipation, CBeebies Land opened to the public for the first time this weekend. Introducing a range of new attractions to the resort, CBeebies Land uses a host of popular characters from children’s television and brings them to life, helping little learners explore [...]
Following on from the approval of the plans for the new Enchanted Village, Staffordshire Moorlands Council has today also granted the required permission for the proposed extension to the Alton Towers Spa. The proposals, first submitted in March shortly after the plans for the new accommodation, indicate a number of [...]
Following hot on the heels from our construction update last Sunday (4/5/2014), TowersTimes can bring you further pictures of the latest progress from CBeebies Land over the bank holiday weekend. The yellow blobs, previously seen on the back of the truck, have now been installed at the entrance to the [...]
With less than three weeks to go, and the Alton Towers Resort stepping up their marketing campaign, construction on CBeebies Land is now entering the final stages ready for the all new family area to open on May 24th. Postman Pat’s Parcel Post is now up and running with individually [...]
