With February Half Terms' brief part opening of the Theme Park over, and many enthusiast getting their Alton Towers fix after a turmoil of a closed season, the countdown now begins (with 24 days to go!) to the grand opening of the full theme park and rides on Saturday 26th [...]
Alton Towers Theme Park opens! Alton Towers Resort have re-opened the theme park for their 11-day February event. Today, Friday 18th February, sees free entry for all guests at the park - so long as they 'check in' using a Facebook application on a mobile device. Free hotel stays are [...]
Guest Services tweets into 2011! As Alton Towers continue their move into the future, with official accounts now on several major sites including Facebook and Youtube, Guest Services have even got in on the act with an official account on Twitter. Guest Services, often the first port of call in the [...]
AltonTowers.com has this morning released details about an upcoming concert to be held at the Resort on 19th June 2011. The event, to be called 'Alton Towers Live' sees top artists JLS, McFly, The Saturdays and Eliza Doolittle all playing in one concert at the Resort on the Sunday evening, with the [...]
It has been revealed on www.altontowerstrips.com, a commercial partner of Alton Towers, that Alton Towers will be adding a new addition to the Sea Life attraction in Mutiny Bay, Sharkbait Reef. Skeleton Bay will feature 12 giant Japanese Spider Crabs. In 2010, Sharkbait Reef was home to a small Japanese Spider [...]
Several curious TowersTimes members received a short lived suprise when browsing on the Alton Towers website this morning after it appeared that a new website look had been launched by the resort web design partners, headland. However with the news of the Facebook Places tie in (see todays earlier article) [...]
Facebook Deals is a service which will allow companies to offer discounts to customers who "check in" using the Facebook application on their mobile phones. Alton Towers was among the companies announced at a press launch today, and to kick the service off have announced a number of special offers. [...]
After the Shrek 4D project was cancelled before Christmas, it was understood that Alton Towers were busy putting together a new attraction proposal for the 2011 season. However, TowersTimes has received information that this has come to nothing and that there will be no new attraction for the new season. [...]
Alton Towers Resort have now released the key promotional image for the 2011 season. This years visual has a number of slight changes compared with previous years, as it is expected that Alton Towers have slightly changed their brand image for this season. As you can see, there is still [...]
Alton Towers Resort have re-opened the Water Park ahead of schedule following a refurbishment programme which has taken place over the past two weeks. It is the first time in some years that the Water Park has been the subject of a major refurbishment, and it is hoped that the [...]
It's been confirmed that The Ultimate Event will not return to Alton Towers for 2011. The event, held in May comprised of a day on park, followed by a Christian music concert held in the Air carpark. Traditionally, it has often attracted some of the largest crowds of the season. [...]
TowersTimes have gone back through the archives to see what has been the most popular news and forum topics on TT. Here's a quick rundown of what Alton Towers fans have been interested in over the last year! Let's start with the top 5 TowersTimes News articles on 2010, and [...]
