With Christmas just around the corner, Alton Towers Resort have been offering a selection of festive short breaks to enable guests to enjoy a magical Santa’s Sleepover at the Resort. Featuring a complete range of Christmas experiences, from festive activities, a selection of rides in the Theme Park, the Resort’s [...]
FTSE Russell, the global stock market index provider, has today confirmed that Merlin Entertainments will drop from the top tier FTSE 100 index to the FTSE 250 as part of the quarterly review of the FTSE UK Index Series. Merlin Entertainments' relegation from the UK’s leading share index follows a [...]
Merlin Annual Pass have today confirmed the full changes to their Annual Pass packages for new Standard and Premium Passes for 2017/18. One of the largest changes being made is the introduction of additional restrictions to the validity of the Standard Annual Pass. Passes purchased from 28th November onwards will [...]
With Alton Towers Resort closing the theme park gates for the final time on the main 2017 season, the annual Ultimate Fireworks Spectacular offered an opportunity to take a last detailed look at construction of the Resort’s upcoming wooden rollercoaster. TowersTimes take a look at the latest progress. [...]
Alton Towers Resort brought the 2017 season to a close this weekend with their annual Ultimate Fireworks Spectacular. With the park at virtually full capacity across the weekend, the final weekend of the 2017 season promised to be one of the best of the year. This year’s display [...]
Scarefest has returned to Alton Towers Resort, promising a range of Halloween fun and thrills from spooky family fun, to thrilling scare mazes. With a brand new fourth scare maze joining the line-up, alongside the return of some award winning attractions, and Scarefest classics, TowersTimes has been given unrivalled access to [...]
With summer drawing to a close and the busy Halloween season fast approaching, Secret Weapon 8 is continuing to take shape, with construction progressing at a steady pace. TowersTimes take a look at the latest progress on the Resort’s wooden roller coaster. Perhaps the most prominent addition to [...]
With summer nearing its end and the Scarfest Hearse appearing at the bottom of Towers Street, it can only mean one thing – the Halloween season is nearly upon us. With Alton Towers Resort recently unveiling the line-up for 2017’s event, promising it to be its biggest yet, we take [...]
Alton Towers Resort have today submitted plans to refresh the Courtyard area of Mutiny Bay which, if given the go ahead, will see a new food and beverage offering in the area to compliment the opening of SW8 which is due to open next season. In the plans submitted to [...]
With the summer season at its peak, work shows no sign of slowing down on Secret Weapon 8. We take a look at the latest developments on the site of Alton Towers Resort’s new wooden rollercoaster. Having completed the majority of the structural work on the station and maintenance building, [...]
This weekend, Alton Towers Resort unveiled the CBeebies Land Hotel, the Resort’s newest accommodation offering which has been fully designed around little guests. TowersTimes were given the opportunity to take a look around the new hotel. As guests approach the hotel, one of the first things they notice is the [...]
With the recent spell of good weather continuing, work on Secret Weapon 8 has been carrying on at a rapid pace with more and more wood being added by the day. We take a look at the latest progress. Construction of the roller coaster’s lift hill has now reached a [...]
