Ride designer John Wardley has revealed further information about The Smiler in a radio interview on Bolton FM Talking on Bolton FM earlier today the ride designer dropped several hints as to what we can expect when The Smiler opens in may. These include the following: If you think Nemesis [...]
The Alton Towers Resort are set to open a brand new set of 14 new Moon Voyager themed rooms in the Alton Towers Hotel, as TowersTimes exclusively reported earlier this year. Today the resort has sent us these high quality concepts of what we can expect the rooms to look like. [...]
TowersTimes in conjunction with The Alton Towers Resort are pleased to reveal this exclusive first look at some of the merchandise for this years new rollercoaster, The Smiler. The Smiler's shop will be a unique undertaking for the resort and a first for Merlin Entertainments. The concept calls for this store to [...]
The Alton Towers Resort has sent out a press release detailing the 2013 February Half Term event. The full release is included below: Escape to the Alton Towers Resort this February Half Term 2013 and meet the Moshi Monsters, along with an amazing selection of rides and attractions that will [...]
The Alton Towers Hotel is set to undergo a multi-million pound large scale refurbishment over the next few years. This news comes shortly after The Alton Towers Resort announced plans to build a large scale log cabin resort in one of the nearby car parks. Out of the two existing hotels, The Alton Towers [...]
The Halloween Show, a new trade event for the scare attraction industry will hold its first convention at the Alton Towers Resort on April 11th this year it has been confirmed earlier today. This special event is aimed at those who are professionally involved in the scare attractions industry and [...]
Now the dust has settled on the exciting announcement of the name of SW7, The Smiler, TowersTimes rounds up the last few days of news. The Name: As you may have noticed TowersTimes has for a while now been bringing aerial updates of The Smiler construction to keep everyone updated on progress, However [...]
Sad news in the Enthusiast Community today coming from Season Pass Podcast as John Wardley the Veteran Ride designer behind such attractions as Nemesis, Bubbleworks and most recently The Smiler, has confirmed his retirement. Wardley previously took the role of Ride Consultant but continued to work on Track Layout and [...]
Today Alton Towers Resort has confirmed that The Smiler, the Resort's brand new attraction, will open in May. The news of the delayed May opening comes after the official name: The Smiler was revealed early this morning. In a statement released by the Resort they say: “We wanted to create [...]
That's right, coming in 2013 from the Alton Towers Resort - World's First; The Smiler! This morning the Resort updated the website for The Smiler with a new promotional image and WE LOVE IT! Check out the website for yourself at altontowers.com/thesmiler. Also this morning, a leaked brand new website for The Smiler was discovered and quickly [...]
Alton Towers Resort have officially confirmed the name of the new for 2013 rollercoaster as The Smiler National press, along with fansites such as TowersTimes have been authorised to reveal the name of this attraction today. The first major news article that has gone online is centered around the earlier reported#CreepySheep promotion [...]
A member of our fantastic community has brought forward some interesting research tonight. Lewis97 has a great story regarding Inoculation Theory and a certain 'Dr Kelman' "Inoculation theory states that to prevent persuasion it is necessary to strengthen pre-existing attitudes, beliefs, or opinions. First, the receiver must be warned of [...]
