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 [...]
It seems like we will be seeing some Winter Weekends at the park this closed season after all. It had been thought that the Winter Weekend scheme, which saw areas of the park open to hotel guests on selected weekends during the closed season had been scrapped altogether in favour [...]
After the recent announcement that the Halloween event would return to the park after several years absence, more information has now come to light about the event, thanks to Haunted Attractions UK. The event is to run from 13th October to 4th November and is promising to be a scarefest for [...]
More information has come to light concerning the new attractions for 2007, including their new logos. Haunted Hollow - Dare you take the short-cut through the haunted wood?? Fearless families visiting Alton Towers will be able to brave a visit to the Haunted Hollow, IF they dare to take the [...]
After the recent appearance of the Towers on Most Haunted it seems that ghost hunting in the park is very much in vogue. Even the District Council is now getting in on the act, hosting their very own ghost hunt in order to raise funds for a range of civic [...]
FEBRUARY 4TH 2007 : ADRENALIN WEEK RETURNS! Another Alton Towers favourite will be returning to the park in 2007. The ever popular Adrenalin Week, is back for the new season with a twist. The event will be running from Monday March 19th to Friday March 23rd, featuring a Triple Ride Promise. The [...]
Proving itself a worthy foe for even the most modern of rollercoasters, Nemesis looks to be moving up in the world according to the Mitch Hawker Steel Roller Coaster Poll, the results of which came out recently. Nemesis has moved up one place from last year and is now, according to [...]
As the Towers get busy preparing for the new season and their February half term 'Towers Treats and Trails' event, TowersTimes thought we would have a look at what we can look forward to in 2007 from the UK's number one theme park... New Attractions As well as the Adventure [...]
During the February half term, Alton Towers will be hosting a brand new event aimed at the youngsters who will be off school. Towers, Treats and Trails will be a fun event for all the family, with a wide range of attractions open, including Old MacDonald's Farm, the Ruins and [...]
(Our apologies - Much of our news was lost back in 2006 due to server issues! Here is a summary of what happened throughout the peak of 2006) JUNE 30TH 2006 : CHANGE OF RUNNING TIMES FOR CORKSCREW AND OTHER RIDES Corkscrew, Hex, Ug Swinger and Submission's operating hours will [...]
In a continuation of weird and wonderful events of 2006, the park will became home to Staffordshire's first ever beach! The event was themed around the image of a typical 20th century British beach holiday, complete with stripy deck chairs and of course buckets and spades. Children were able to [...]
