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6th May 2020

Alton Towers Resort win two ScareCON SCAR Awards

By |2024-04-01T19:09:44+01:006th May 2020|Events, Resort News|

Alton Towers Resort was victorious at last night’s ScareCON SCAR Awards, picking up two awards out of the six nominations it received. Beating competition from a range of high quality scare attractions and events, Alton Towers Resort walked away with the award for “Best set and design” for Darkest Depths, [...]

25th Apr 2020

Merlin Entertainments reveals financial impact of COVID-19

By |2021-02-07T14:16:01+00:0025th April 2020|Industry News, Resort News|

Against the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Merlin Entertainments has published its 2019 Annual Report and Accounts, along with additional information which provides an insight into the effect on its business of the ongoing economic disruption of the global outbreak and how it has responded to the challenges posed. [...]

1st Apr 2020

Alton Towers Resort receive six ScareCON SCAR Award nominations

By |2024-04-01T19:09:45+01:001st April 2020|Events, Resort News|

Alton Towers Resort has received six nominations in five categories for the ScareCON SCAR awards, the annual awards which recognise and champion all aspects of the scare industry – from Halloween events to year-round scare attractions. In the nominations for the 13th annual awards, which were revealed last night by [...]

21st Mar 2020

Alton Towers Resort postpones 2020 theme park season opening

By |2024-04-01T19:09:46+01:0021st March 2020|Resort News|

Alton Towers Resort have confirmed that the start of the 2020 season will be postponed due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19. In a statement released on the evening of Thursday 19th March, the Resort confirmed that they had made the difficult decision to delay the start of the 2020 [...]

19th Feb 2020

Alton Towers Resort unveils details of 40th anniversary season

By |2024-02-17T15:50:41+00:0019th February 2020|Resort News|

Alton Towers Resort has today unveiled details of a number of events taking place as part of their milestone 40th anniversary season. TowersTimes round up all the details revealed so far. Getting the new theme park season underway on 21st March will be the opening of the Resort's [...]

17th Oct 2019

The World of David Walliams arriving at Alton Towers Resort

By |2024-04-01T19:09:47+01:0017th October 2019|Resort News|

Alton Towers Resort has announced that “The World of David Walliams” will be arriving in the theme park for spring 2020. Announcing the partnership earlier today, the Resort have confirmed that the project will centre around the existing Cloud Cuckoo Land area of the Resort and will bring [...]

7th Oct 2019

Scarefest 2019 begins in spooktacular style at Alton Towers Resort

By |2024-04-01T19:09:48+01:007th October 2019|Events, Resort News|

Scarefest 2019 got underway at Alton Towers Resort this weekend, with the theme park laying on a whole host of spooks, frights and thrills. TowersTimes was invited to the Resort to experience all that Scarefest 2019 has to offer, as well as unrivalled access inside the scare mazes. [...]

12th Sep 2019

Further Scarefest details revealed

By |2024-04-01T19:09:50+01:0012th September 2019|Events, Resort News|

Alton Towers Resort have today released further details surrounding the newest additions to this year’s Scarefest line-up, including new images and videos of "The Attic: Terror of the Towers” and Darkest Depths. TowersTimes explores all the new details. “Spine-tingling terror” is promised to await guests in new scare [...]

6th Aug 2019

Battle of the Burgers launches at Rollercoaster Restaurant

By |2024-04-01T19:09:51+01:006th August 2019|Events, Resort News|

This weekend saw the launch of the Battle of the Burgers at Alton Towers Resort’s Rollercoaster Restaurant. Pitting seven burgers against each other, each representing one of the Resort's big seven rollercoasters, guests can vote for their favourite dish throughout the summer, with the winning dish being rewarded with a [...]

28th Jun 2019

Merlin Entertainments to be bought by investment group

By |2021-02-07T14:23:25+00:0028th June 2019|Industry News, Resort News|

Merlin Entertainments, the company which owns Alton Towers Resort and Thorpe Park Resort, have today announced that they have agreed the terms of a £4.8bn offer for the company from a group of investors, including KIRKBI Invest who own the LEGO Group. In the deal announced this morning, KIRKBI have [...]

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