The summer holidays are upon the park once again and so join TowersTimes for a leisurely look at what we have to look forward to over the coming months. Transport news first, with the sixth new monorail making its debut on track last weekend. Following on from the Celebration Train [...]
A new rollercoaster opened at Alton Towers recently, as Alton Bear got its very own version of the "big four". The bottom end of Towers Trading is now home to a wooden re-creation of Air, Nemesis, Oblivion and Rita complete with lighting and ride audio. Alton Bear, who has become [...]
Alton Towers and Merlin Entertainments have taken the unprecedented step of admitting that the gate tariff for Alton Towers is very expensive - by telling guests just that as they pay. Signs have been installed over every pay kiosk which inform visitors of the higher VAT rates charged to leisure [...]
Haunted Attractions have revealed information from Alton Towers Resort regarding the Scarefest event which will run from 17th October – 2nd November 2008, with the park and majority of rides available right up until 9:00pm! Child-friendly attractions will be focussed on the Cred Street area of the theme park. Trick [...]
The refurbishment of the park's monorail system took another step forward this weekend with the introduction of the second of its newly themed trains. Following on from the successful introduction of the Splash Landings train earlier in the month, this weekend saw the new Mutiny Bay train also introduced onto [...]
The Skyride, the park's major people mover, has reopened after being hit by a fire last October during the park's Scarefest event. The fire broke out in the Forbidden Valley station of the Skyride system after a halogen light fell over in the roof space of the station. Thankfully the [...]
After the success of the 2007 enthusiast Customer Council, Alton Towers have announced their application process for the new Family Feedback Forum. Solely aimed at families who feel they can provide valuable input to the Alton Towers Resort, the park hope to use this information gained to make the park [...]
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 [...]
