Alton Towers scrapped its free fastpass system many years ago in favour of a paid system, which initially was priced at around £5 per person for a number of major rides. Prices at present cost around £10 for 2 or 3 attractions, with single ride fastrack also available priced around [...]
As we announced previously the planning documents for the 2012 attraction at Alton Towers were released on the Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Planning website last week. These plans detailed much of the outside of the new attraction but revealed very few details of the interior of the building and where [...]
Last week, we reported that Alton Towers had submitted a planning application for the "construction of new indoor ride at Alton Towers Resort and associated hard/soft landscaping works". Today, the Staffordshire Moorlands planning website has released the associated documents, all of which describe the development as "ATR 2012 New Attraction" [...]
At midnight on the 29th of August the results for the all time greatest ride competition were posted on the Alton Towers website. After almost two months of voting Nemesis was crowned king of the coasters. There will now be a ceremony at the resort tomorrow to crown Nemesis. Nemesis [...]
As with previous years, Alton Towers are now offering guests the chance to book their tickets for the Boiler House and Carnival Of Screams mazes in advance online. The combined maze ticket is available for £12 (making it currently the same price as last year's offerings). Upon booking the ticket, [...]
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council have this week received a planning application from Alton Towers Resort Operations for a new ride, which is presumably designed to be the main new attraction for the 2012 theme park season. The application, which does not have planning documents attached yet, is for the 'construction [...]
Alton Towers has announced that it is to be declared a Kingdom for a day to celebrate the crowning of their newly elected King of the coasters on August Bank Holiday Monday. Over 300,000 rollercoaster fans have voted so far for the Resort’s top five ‘All Time Greats’ - Nemesis, [...]
Earlier today, an eagle-eyed team member spotted the addition of a new poster to the Sales & Information booth in Mutiny Bay. In the style of newspaper extracts, articles humourously describe Captain Black's takeover of Merrie England. However, one particular article amongst these has sparked considerable interest in the rumour [...]
The Coca-Cola Olympic Torch Tour will be stopping off at Alton Towers from Tuesday 23rd to Monday 29th August. Travelling all around the country, the tour gives guests the opportunity to pose with the torch for the 2012 Olympics, as well as providing free cans of Coca-Cola from a distinctive red bus. [...]
Alton Towers have released their Scarefest press release detailing the 2011 line-up UPDATE 18/08/2011: Zombie Scarezone Confirmed Attractions for 2011 are similar to the 2010 line-up which include: - Terror of the Towers: What lies within (Free attraction) - Carnival of Screams (Paid Attraction) - The Boiler House (Paid Attraction) [...]
Update: 06/08/11 - The Skyride has now re-opened. Earlier today, the Skyride begun testing after its many weeks of closure. The Skyride, the theme park's major transportation system, closed back in June due to the cable needing to be replaced. Replacing the cable of the Skyride is a complicated prodcedure [...]
The poorly received Fanta sponsorship on Oblivion has now been partially removed, with little branding remaining. At the start of the 2011 season it was revealed that Oblivion, the world's first vertical drop rollercoaster, would be sponsored by the soft drink company Fanta. Previously, the ride was subtly sponsored by [...]
