March 15th saw thousands of guests set sail to Alton Towers as they opened the whole park for the 2008 season, along with it brand new pirate area, Mutiny Bay. Mutiny Bay brings 2 brand new family attractions to Alton Towers, the most notable being Battle Galleons, a true pirate [...]
Nemesis has bagged 6th best steel coaster in the world according to the Mitch Hawker steel coaster poll which is completed by coaster enthusiasts across the world. In the previois poll in 2006, Nemesis was voted the worlds third best steel coaster, beaten only by Expedition GeForce, Holiday Park, Germany, [...]
With the 2008 season just over one week away, Towers Times has learnt that Alton Towers is to adopt designated smoking areas around the 500 acre site. It is currently unkown where these smoking areas are going to be, or in what quantity. The park is now following the trend [...]
After being deemed a success, the Halloween event, Scarefest, is to make a welcome return for the 2008 season. The confimed dates by the park are from Friday October 17th, to Sunday November 2nd. A slightly shorter event length when compared to the 2007 event, but this is due to [...]
March 15th brings the first day of the 2008 open season, and will also see the unveiling and opening of their brand new Pirate themed land, Mutiny Bay. March 15th will also see the attempt at setting a new World Record for the largest gathering of Pirates, and they need [...]
Britain's no.1 Theme Park Alton Towers is once again thrown back into silence after thousands of gusts attended their successful February Half Term Hullabaloo event which saw some of the parks premier attractions open for the school holidays. Today sees the end of the event, and the start of the [...]
Reports are coming in this evening that Nemesis has had some technical issues today that mean the ride may be out of action for some of the half term event. In scenes reminiscent of the final Adrenalin Week of 2005, the coaster appears to have had some trouble with its [...]
This morning the Runaway Mine Train operated for the first time since it crash in July last year. Since then the ride has undergone much refurbishment before finally being ready to reopen to the public today. Currently the ride is running a shortened train of only the first 8 carriages, [...]
Last week we reported that the Haunted Hollow hadn't yet opened for business, well one week on The Dung Heap seems to have joined it. The new playground was due to open today, but the park have now pushed the opening back to the 30th. That means that neither new [...]
Reverse Easter Egg Hunt at Chocolate Towers! It’s no yolk! Alton Towers has scrambled traditional Easter fun with a crackingly crazy twist which sees Eggbert, the big friendly giant egg hunting the kids and giving them chocolate treats. It’s all part of the Chocolate Towers event in association with Cadbury, [...]
Despite being due to open on opening day, the Haunted Hollow has not yet officially opened to the public. It seems that the hold up is due to some of the interactive effects not yet being interactive. Hopefully the attraction will be open soon, in the mean time it has [...]
The Blackstone Group have agreed to buy the Tussauds Group, owner of London's Madame Tussauds waxworks museum and Alton Towers Resort, for 1 billion pounds ($1.9 billion) to create the world's second-biggest operator of tourist attractions after the Walt Disney Company. Blackstone's Merlin Entertainments Group will acquire Tussauds from Dubai [...]
