The Alton Towers Resort has sent out a press release detailing the 2013 February Half Term event. The full release is included below: Escape to the Alton Towers Resort this February Half Term 2013 and meet the Moshi Monsters, along with an amazing selection of rides and attractions that will [...]
The Alton Towers Hotel is set to undergo a multi-million pound large scale refurbishment over the next few years. This news comes shortly after The Alton Towers Resort announced plans to build a large scale log cabin resort in one of the nearby car parks. Out of the two existing hotels, The Alton Towers [...]
The Halloween Show, a new trade event for the scare attraction industry will hold its first convention at the Alton Towers Resort on April 11th this year it has been confirmed earlier today. This special event is aimed at those who are professionally involved in the scare attractions industry and [...]
Now the dust has settled on the exciting announcement of the name of SW7, The Smiler, TowersTimes rounds up the last few days of news. The Name: As you may have noticed TowersTimes has for a while now been bringing aerial updates of The Smiler construction to keep everyone updated on progress, However [...]
Sad news in the Enthusiast Community today coming from Season Pass Podcast as John Wardley the Veteran Ride designer behind such attractions as Nemesis, Bubbleworks and most recently The Smiler, has confirmed his retirement. Wardley previously took the role of Ride Consultant but continued to work on Track Layout and [...]
Today Alton Towers Resort has confirmed that The Smiler, the Resort's brand new attraction, will open in May. The news of the delayed May opening comes after the official name: The Smiler was revealed early this morning. In a statement released by the Resort they say: “We wanted to create [...]
That's right, coming in 2013 from the Alton Towers Resort - World's First; The Smiler! This morning the Resort updated the website for The Smiler with a new promotional image and WE LOVE IT! Check out the website for yourself at altontowers.com/thesmiler. Also this morning, a leaked brand new website for The Smiler was discovered and quickly [...]
Alton Towers Resort have officially confirmed the name of the new for 2013 rollercoaster as The Smiler National press, along with fansites such as TowersTimes have been authorised to reveal the name of this attraction today. The first major news article that has gone online is centered around the earlier reported#CreepySheep promotion [...]
A member of our fantastic community has brought forward some interesting research tonight. Lewis97 has a great story regarding Inoculation Theory and a certain 'Dr Kelman' "Inoculation theory states that to prevent persuasion it is necessary to strengthen pre-existing attitudes, beliefs, or opinions. First, the receiver must be warned of [...]
Alton Towers have just Tweeted another teaser picture today, hinting at the the name of SW7 being 'The Inoculator'. Inoculator - 1. To introduce a serum, vaccine, or antigenic substance into (the body of a person or animal), especially to produce or boost immunity to a specific disease. 2. To communicate a [...]
You don't have to be the most observant of people to notice that the country is starting to catch onto the #GetCorrected craze. As reported earlier in the week, papers have been reporting mysterious smiley faces being 'tattooed' onto sheep. But we all know who is responsible for this! As we [...]
This morning you may have woken up to find news stories online about sheep with smiley faces on them! Well you guessed it, Alton Towers are up to their marketing tricks again, with large amounts of reports of these sheep being 'tattooed' with a 'Smiley Face' - the public have [...]
