The 2009 season at Alton Towers splashed into life on Saturday, with thousands of guests enjoying the brand new attractions at the Resort. The major new attraction was Sharkbait Reef by Sea Life. Opening to the first guests just after 9am, this brand new aquarium attraction in Mutiny Bay features [...]
ERT (Early Ride Time) has been a feature of the Alton Towers theme park for many seasons now, and from 28th March it will return along with the full open season. This year, in addition to Alton Towers and/or Merlin Annual Pass holders and those with Hotel theme park packages, [...]
Alton Towers will have a new rollercoaster for the 2010 season. "Secret Weapon Six", as it has been codenamed, will replace the Corkscrew which left the park in November 2008. Staffordshire Moorlands District Council held their committee meeting today, 12th March, and approved the ride a little before 5.00pm after [...]
After a planning meeting in February recommended an extra month to investigate the proposed 2010 rollercoaster at Alton Towers, we take a look at the supplementary report which is likely to be pivotal in any decision that will be made on Thursday, 12th March: Visual and Noise concerns - A [...]
The Water Park annual pass, which was released to general public on 14th February 2009, will shortly be rising in price from £39.00 to £69.00. This means that there is now only a very small difference between the price of the Theme Park pass (£75.00), and it will be more [...]
The main 2009 season runs from Saturday, 28th March to Sunday, 1st November. For those of you who like some good old facts and figures - that's a grand total of 218 days! Within the season, there are likely to be several special events. The most major of these is [...]
The full 2009 gate ticket prices have now been released by Alton Towers. Here at Towers Times, we take a look at how some of the most popular ticket prices have changed since the start of the 2008 season, last March. ON THE GATE PRICES Adult March 2008 £34.00 Adult [...]
Alton Towers' recent decision to increase the car parking charge per vehicle to £5.00 per day has caused many theme park go-ers and local residents to criticize the move. The Sentinal newspaper has published an article in which it claims that members of other unofficial theme park websites are strongly against the [...]
The theme park has closed its doors once more as the final part of the 2008/9 closed season gets underway. Since 14th February, the theme park has been open every day from 10am until 4pm with a preview of attractions for the whole family to enjoy. Queue's during the event [...]
Valentines Day 2009 brought with it yet more financial burdens for regular day visitors to Alton Towers Theme Park as the parking charge rose from £4 to £5 per car, per day in spite of the fact that the charge is said to be "nominal" - which is defined as [...]
The theme park's opening hours will follow a roughly similar pattern to the 2008 season, with much of the first month of operation (to end of April) following a 5:00pm ride close (certain extensions to 5:30pm apply). Peak days in May and July extend to 5:30pm or 6:00pm, with the [...]
Ground work on the new 2010 rollercoaster to replace Corkscrew could face delays, after claims the ride will cover a historical site. It is believed that an Iron Age Hill Fort is to be built over where the rollercoaster will be erected. An archaeologist from Staffordshire County Council is due [...]
