Alton Towers Theme Park's decision to cut opening hours by up to 1 hour on selected dates throughout the season has today made somewhat of a U-turn. Although some 4:00pm theme park close times still exist in September and October, all of the earlier closes planned until then have been [...]
Alton Towers Resort fans today breathed a sigh of relief as Staffordshire Moorlands Council granted planning permission for the world-first rollercoaster opening in 2013 on the site of the Blackhole Tent in X-Sector, despite strong opposition from Alton and Farley Parish Councils. Construction can now begin for SW7, with the [...]
The 2012 season sees the opening of two brand new attractions at the Alton Towers Resort, Ice Age 4D and the highly anticipated Nemesis Sub-Terra, which are both set to open in a little over 2 weeks time. However, the 2012 season also see's reduced opening hours for the theme [...]
One month after it was originally planned the Secret Weapon 7 planning application will finally be going in front of the Staffordshire Moorlands Council Planning Committee. Next Thursday (15/03/12) the commitee will meet and discuss the planning application. The meeting agenda recommends that the planning application should be approved, but [...]
Both Submission and Enterprise, which were set to be closed during the 2012 season due to Secret Weapon 7 construction will now open, according to a Alton Towers statement which was sent to TowersTimes. The statement reads: We are delighted to confirm that both Submission and Enterprise in X-Sector will [...]
TowersTimes braved a cold Alton Towers yesterday to check out what has been happening around the park over the closed season. With issues revolving around ride closures due to the extreme temperatures Alton Towers offered 4 fastrack tickets to annual pass holders and free entry to normal ticket holders (to [...]
The new plans, which are available on the Staffordshire Moorlands Council Planning Portal, give us new insight of what the Secret Weapon 7 theme will be. The new documents show the previously unreleased large theming object that will be in the middle of the ride area. The planning documents describe [...]
As temperatures have dropped below freezing in recent days, Alton Towers have announced the following on their website: Regrettably owing to the extremely low temperatures experienced recently the following rides may be unavailable tomorrow (Saturday 11th): • Air • Nemesis • Oblivion • Runaway Mine Train • Sonic Spinball • [...]
At the end of last season, job advertisements revealed that KFC would be leaving the Alton Towers Resort and would be replaced by an internal Merlin food outlet. It has now been revealed that KFC's replacement will be opening this Saturday during the February Half Term event. The Fried Chicken [...]
In response to a Facebook post on their fanpage, Alton Towers have just confirmed that X Sector flat rides Submission and Enterprise will not operate during the 2012 season. According to the post, the closure will allow ground works to commence away from the public in preparation for the proposed [...]
Several rumours have been circulating in recent weeks that Alton Towers have taken the decision to close the Enterprise and Submission rides located in the 'X Sector' area of the park for the duration of the 2012 season. These rumours, in addition to the absence of both rides on the [...]
The two key promotional images for the new 2012 attractions at the Alton Towers Resort were posted last night on Facebook by Alton Towers Trips, a commercial partner of Alton Towers who provide coach trips from Scotland. Along with the images, some text was also revealed, discussing some of the details [...]
