Corkscrew, a rollercoaster that is known to every adult or child who has ever visited Alton Towers, has closed for the final time after a day of celebration was held in the ride's honour. Russell Barnes, divisional director for the Alton Towers Resort, had the pleasure of sending off the [...]
The theme park will open its gates from 10:00am on Sunday, 9th November with an impressive number of rides available including Nemesis, Air, Duel, Runaway Mine Train, Spinball Whizzer, Oblivion, Rita and, of course, Corkscrew. Alton Towers have revealed that all riders of the classic double corkscrew rollercoaster will receive [...]
After a bumper open season, the full theme park has now closed its doors until 2009. With a newly themed attraction, more successful Scarefest event and increasing guest numbers, the park can now focus on the numerous new additions that will arrive at the resort next year. Scarefest came to [...]
Scarefest at the Alton Towers Resort has now begun! The latest event at the resort is set to be one of the biggest ever with a great set of new attractions. Details of the event are as follows; On The Theme Park Terror Of The Towers The Towers' ruins play [...]
As news and rumours appear to be flowing faster than ever around the Alton Towers resort, be it concerning new rollercoasters, departing old rides, re-themes or aquariums - one thing that is set in stone is Scarefest - the parks biggest hallowe'en event ever which begins on Friday, 17th October. [...]
TowersTimes has more details about the coming years across the Alton Towers Resort. As already reported here on TowersTimes, a Sea Life is coming to Mutiny Bay, and some further details have emerged. The Sea Life is to be located in the old 3D Cinema building, behind the Mutiny Bay [...]
After last year's hair-raising experiment on Oblivion, Thrill Lab is set to return to the park later in the season and require guinea pigs on which to do their tests. This year's Thrill Lab will be taking place on October 13th-16th and three of the park's most exhilarating rides will [...]
TowersTimes can confirm that Alton Towers’ oldest rollercoaster resident is set to thrill its final guests at the end of the 2008 season. Built during the winter of 1979-80, the Corkscrew has been thrilling tens of millions of guests ever since. But now, amid modern rollercoaster technology, Corkscrew is soon [...]
As we head into the final month of the 2008 season, we at Towers Times felt like bringing you the latest rumours on what’s coming up – and what could be coming up - at the Alton Towers Resort. All of the information here has been collated from a variety [...]
In just one month's time the park is due to open its 2008 Scarefest event and already preparations are charging ahead at a pace. As previously reported the corn for the Field of a Thousand Screams is now growing nicely ready for the maze's second season, this year being joined [...]
Over the past few days it seems the Black Hole has been vacating its tent in the X Sector. Since its closure in 2005 the coaster has sat in pieces in its former home, but has now begun to make an exit, prompting speculation about possible redevelopment of the tent [...]
Just days after TowersTimes reported that Alton Towers we being taken to court over noise issues, it has come to light that Mr & Mrs Roper have withdrwan the posecution. The court case was due to begin at the North Staffordshire Magistrates' Court on Monday. The solicitor for Mr & [...]
