Full Information to Visiting Alton Towers

For those who’re pondering of visiting Alton Towers, you’re in the precise place. We’ve put collectively this detailed information that can assist you plan your go to to one of many UK’s best-known theme parks.

Alton Towers is situated in Staffordshire England and is at the moment the most important and most visited theme park within the UK, that includes all kinds of rides and sights from youngsters’s rides to thrilling curler coasters. This information goes to cowl loads, and relies on our private experiences visiting Alton Towers.

We’ve visited Alton Towers a variety of instances, my first experiences had been as a young person and twenty-something previous.  Most not too long ago I visited with Jess and with buddies who on the time of our go to had a three-year-old and a six-year-old.

My buddies have additionally visited Alton Towers a number of instances, and we’re going to be incorporating their experiences and ideas of visiting Alton Towers into this information. So hopefully we can provide you some ideas from the views of younger single folks, a married couple of their 30s and 40s, and of a household with younger youngsters.

We’re going to undergo every little thing it is advisable to know to have an superior time at Alton Towers. Whereas most of you studying are in all probability residing within the UK, a visit to Alton Towers will also be a enjoyable expertise for worldwide guests as nicely!

We’ll cowl all of the rides and what to anticipate from every one, tips about how one can profit from your time and get probably the most time truly driving somewhat than queuing, share our ideas on the Alton Towers lodging and eating, and masses extra.

Whether or not you might be visiting as a household, a pair, with buddies, or by yourself, this information goes to provide you every little thing it is advisable to know on your Alton Towers go to. Let’s get began.

Alton Towers Overview & Historical past

Alton Towers (technically referred to as Alton Towers Resort) is the most-visited amusement park within the UK. It’s additionally greater than a theme park, because it additionally has a collection of lodges, a water park, a spa, and a mini-golf course.

The theme park is discovered on a big property which was as soon as the house of the Earls of Shrewsbury and was owned by the Talbot household from 1412 till 1924. In addition they owned the close by Alton Fort which dates again to the eleventh century.

The mansion home on the Alton Property, which largely dates to the 18th century, continues to be there, though it’s in a ruined situation. There’s additionally a big lake and landscaped gardens on website.

Alton Towers has been open to the general public not directly because the nineteenth century, when guests had been in a position to pay to tour the gardens. Sights had been added all through the twentieth century together with a boating lake, mannequin railway, and chairlift. My mom remembers visiting Alton Towers throughout her childhood within the Sixties and having a stunning day trip.

So if you end up visiting right here you might be on the grounds of what was for hundreds of years the big property and residential of the Earls of Shrewsbury. The magnificent ruins of the house and among the outbuildings and follies, in addition to the landscaped backyard are nonetheless there. You possibly can nonetheless stroll by means of components of the gardens.

In some locations you’d do not know you might be in the course of an amusement park because it seems like you might be in a park or forest. A really distinctive and British setting for a theme park!

The theme park as it’s identified at this time, with thrill rides and everlasting sights, actually began in 1973. In the present day, Alton Towers is operated by the Tussauds Group, who additionally function places together with Thorpe Park, Madame Tussauds London, and the London Eye.

In the present day, the theme park is among the most well-known and common theme parks within the UK, with one thing to supply everybody from youngsters to adults alike.

It has had a variety of spectacular journey accomplishments, together with the world’s first dive coaster, the world’s first “flying” rollercoaster, the curler coaster with probably the most inversions on this planet, and Europe’s first inverted rollercoaster.

There’s an enormous quantity to see and do at Alton Towers, greater than sufficient to fill two or three days even. That stated, you possibly can positively do loads with simply in the future at Alton Towers when you plan correctly.

 

Learn how to Get to Alton Towers

Alton Towers is within the county of Staffordshire close to the village of Alton in England. The deal with is Farley Ln, Alton, Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4DB.

It’s primarily between Manchester (44 miles drive to the north) and Birmingham (47 miles drive south).

Listed here are the primary choices for attending to Alton Towers:

 

Driving to and Parking at Alton Towers

The simplest approach to get to Alton Towers is certainly to drive. It’s pretty near each the M1 and the M6 motorways, though the final stretch is on smaller roads.

When driving, after leaving the motorway we advocate following the brown “Alton Towers” indicators somewhat than your sat-nav or GPS.

It’s because the agricultural location of the park implies that there are plenty of small nation lanes across the park. The brown indicators will hold you on the bigger roads which is able to often be faster.

 

Parking at Alton Towers

There may be plenty of on-site parking obtainable, and stewards will often direct you to the closest automobile park as you arrive. This does depend upon how busy the day is and what time you arrive.

There’s a payment to park at Alton Towers, relying on the place you park, which is as follows:

• £10 for a day in the usual parking, 15-25 minutes’ stroll from the primary entrance
• £20 for a day in specific parking, 1-3 minutes away from the primary entrance

There are additionally methods you will get free parking at Alton Towers.

• Resort visitors staying in a single day within the resort can park within the designated lodge carpark, after which both enter the park from the lodge visitor entrance (close to the Galactica and Nemesis rides, and the Rollercoaster Restaurant) or take the monorail to the park entrance.
• Company staying at CBeebies lodge can park without cost within the Specific Car parking zone
• Holders of Gold, Platinum or Premium Merlin passes can park without cost in normal parking. They will improve to Specific parking for £10.

Parking might be booked on-line upfront right here. That is necessary for Specific Parking, excluding CBeebies visitors, who should present lodge affirmation on arrival.

You can too usually add automobile parking to your buy when shopping for your theme park entry tickets.

 

Public Transport to Alton Towers

Alton Towers is in a comparatively rural location, so while it’s potential to achieve the resort by public transport it should contain some good planning.

The closest practice station is in Uttoxeter, which is 10 miles from the station. From right here you possibly can take a bus to Alton Towers. The X41, operated by D&G Bus, runs from Uttoxeter to Alton Towers Resort. You possibly can see the schedule right here.

You can too take a taxi from Uttoxeter practice station, which is a couple of 20-minute drive from Alton Towers.

Different comparatively shut practice stations are Stoke on Trent (15 miles from Alton Towers) and Derby (25 miles from Alton Towers). Nevertheless, you’ll need to take a taxi from each of those places to achieve the resort.

You possibly can guide taxis on-line upfront right here.

If you’re counting on public transit, you may need to take into account arising the night time earlier than and taking the D*G bus or a taxi from a close-by practice or bus station to an Alton Towers Resort lodge.

Then you possibly can stroll from any of the resort’s lodges to the park within the morning (or take the Monorail) without having to depend on a taxi or public transit to get round.

 

Alton Towers Opening Dates and Occasions

Alton Towers is open seasonally in addition to for sure holidays and college breaks. It’s usually open from March by means of to November. Exterior of this time the resort has particular themed opening instances, usually for the Christmas interval and likewise for varsity half phrases.

By way of opening hours, the park usually has the next opening hours:

• Theme Park opens at 9am (rides open at 10am).
• Theme Park closes at 6pm throughout peak instances and on weekends, and at 4pm on off-peak days.

It’s necessary to notice that the closing time is the time that the journey queues shut. You probably have joined a queue earlier than theme park closing time, it is possible for you to to complete queuing and full your journey even after closing time.

You possibly can verify the most recent opening dates and hours for Alton Towers on-line right here.

For particular occasions park hours do change so you will need to verify what they’re earlier than visiting. Additionally in the course of the vacation and particular opening durations, some sections of the park will not be totally open so remember to verify which rides and sights are open.

Notice that the Alton Towers Waterpark and Extraordinary Golf mini golf are subsequent to however separate from the park and function with totally different hours.

The Alton Towers Waterpark (situated within the Splash Landings lodge) is open the vast majority of the yr.

The Extraordinary Golf course (subsequent to the Splash Landings lodge) can be open the vast majority of the yr, and is usually open fairly late into the night. Resort visitors usually obtain a complimentary spherical of mini-golf as a part of their keep.

Notice that each the above sights might be visited individually from the theme park and also you don’t want a theme half ticket for these sights, that are charged individually.

 

Learn how to Get Round Alton Towers

The primary approach most individuals get round at Alton Towers is on foot. The park is pretty unfold out, however there are footpaths all over the place.

One factor to concentrate on is that there usually are not plenty of indicators or maps across the park, they usually additionally not supply paper park maps. As an alternative, you might be anticipated to make use of the cell app.

That is truly a reasonably first rate cell app, and the map a part of it has inbuilt navigation. It even enables you to keep away from steps. Nevertheless, it may be a battery drain, so we’d counsel bringing a USB battery pack like this to keep away from operating out of juice midway by means of the day.

Notice that these visiting in wheelchairs and people with mobility points ought to take a look at the accessibility information for the park right here.

There are two extra choices for getting round Alton Towers. These are the Monorail and the Skyride.

 

Alton Towers Monorail

The Alton Towers Monorail runs from the primary park entrance to the resort space. It’s additionally near among the automobile parks. This solely has two stops, one close to the lodges and extra distant parking heaps, and one on the essential entrance to the theme park.

Use of the Monorail is free for all park visitors. It may well positively be a fast approach to get from the resort and among the automobile parks to the primary theme park entrance, nonetheless there are some caveats.

On busy days, and particularly within the mornings and evenings, the monorail will get very busy. Queuing instances can exceed 40 minutes. Provided that it’s a couple of 15 – 20 minute stroll from the Monorail station to the primary theme park entrance, whether it is significantly busy it’s usually faster to simply stroll.

Moreover, Alton Tower Resort lodge visitors are eligible to enter the park from a park entrance close to the lodges. That is simply previous the Monorail station, and brings you into the park subsequent to Galactica and Nemesis Reborn.

We’d positively advocate lodge visitors who have already got their park tickets think about using this entrance somewhat than take the Monorail if there’s a lengthy wait.

 

Alton Towers Skyride

The Alton Towers Skyride is a gondola model cable automobile journey which supplies transport across the park.

There are three stations, one close to the primary park entrance on Towers Avenue, one close to the Blade journey within the Forbidden Valley, and one within the Darkish Forest close to Rita.

The Skyride is certainly helpful for getting throughout the Gardens when travelling between the Forbidden Valley and the Darkish Forest as in any other case there are various steps up and down when you take probably the most direct route.

The Skyride is free to all park visitors. Nevertheless, in our expertise it tends to be closed for upkeep pretty commonly.

Notice, the Alton Towers Skyride is closed for all of 2024, because it was for 2023. Hopefully 2025 brings a brand new Skyride expertise!

 

Alton Towers Map

This can be a photograph of the map in Alton Towers in 2023. Nevertheless, we’d advocate utilizing the map within the Alton Towers app.

Confusingly, the map within the app is inverted in comparison with the bodily maps on indicators within the park. On the bodily maps, the doorway is on the backside, within the app it’s on the high (as it’s geographically).

So simply hold this in thoughts if cross referencing between the maps within the park and the map within the app, because it’s straightforward to get confused (as we all know from private expertise)!

 

Alton Towers Ticket Data

We’ll now undergo the primary ticket varieties obtainable for Alton Towers in addition to how a lot they value and the place to purchase them.

Pricing data is right as of February 2024, however costs can differ so do verify the most recent costs on-line right here.

 

How A lot Are Alton Towers Tickets?

At present, the worth for Alton Towers tickets is as follows (right as of 2024):

• £35 – £59 for a 1-day go for ages 3 and up (Usually £68 on the day)
• £47 – £71 for a 2-day go for ages 3 and up (Usually £80 on the day)
• £29 for a guardian and toddler go. Toddlers are outlined as being underneath 5, and an extra underneath 5 might be added for £5. This go is simply obtainable on weekdays exterior of vacation durations.
• Free for these underneath 3 and carers

Alton Towers ticket pricing varies relying on whether or not you buy upfront or on the day. Pricing additionally varies relying on the date, with peak dates usually costing extra (relying on demand). Peak dates are usually throughout vacation durations in addition to at weekends.

There are additionally occasional promotional costs and gross sales on the web site, which you possibly can see right here.

The pricing for in-person purchases might be a lot for costly in comparison with shopping for on-line, so we extremely advocate shopping for on-line to save cash.

 

Low cost Alton Towers Tickets

There usually are not that some ways to get discounted tickets for Alton Towers, though some choices do exist.

For those who don’t qualify for a reduction, then one of the simplest ways to save cash on Alton Towers is to purchase tickets upfront from the official web site as it is a lot cheaper than shopping for tickets on the day.

You can too save by visiting on a weekday exterior of vacation durations as these have a tendency to supply the bottom costs.

 

The place to Purchase Alton Towers Tickets

The 2 essential choices for buying Alton Towers tickets are both on-line on the official web site right here or in-person on the resort.

We’d extremely advocate shopping for on-line as the costs are considerably decrease and then you definately additionally don’t want to attend within the ticket traces.

 

Passes Which Embody Alton Towers

There are two essential passes which embody entry to Alton Towers. These are greatest when you both plan on visiting Alton Towers a number of instances a yr, or when you plan on visiting the opposite included sights. The passes are as follows:

• Alton Towers Annual Cross. This provides yearlong entry to Alton Towers (with some peak date exclusions) in addition to reductions on foods and drinks and different advantages. Obtainable from £99 for a yr.
• Merlin Annual Cross. This go provides entry to all the primary Merlin sights within the UK, together with Alton Towers, The London Eye, SEA LIFE centres, Chessington World of Adventures and extra. Begins from £99.

The Alton Towers go can positively be price it when you plan on visiting Alton Towers a number of instances in a yr (at the least three I’d counsel), though you’ll want to verify which dates are excluded earlier than buying.

The Merlin Annual go is sensible when you reside within the UK and plan on spending your yr visiting the Merlin sights across the UK. There are plenty of these (see full record right here), however you’ll positively need to verify which days you possibly can go to prior to buying.

If you’re solely planning on visiting Alton Towers as soon as or perhaps twice in a yr, then a common ticket will probably supply the perfect worth.

 

Alton Towers Fastrack Passes

One approach to doubtlessly improve your Alton Towers expertise is to spend money on a Fastrack go.

A Fastrack go provides you entry to a particular Fastrack line for a lot of rides which has precedence boarding, and which may considerably minimize your queuing time.

In our expertise, on a really busy day the place normal journey queue instances might be 1 – 2 hours, the Fastrack line shall be between 3 and half-hour.

It will after all depend upon what number of Fastrack passes have been offered and the way busy the park is, however in our expertise on a busy day a Fastrack go can considerably minimize queue instances and allow you to spend extra time driving and fewer time queuing.

 

Fastrack Cross Variations at Alton Towers

There are totally different variations of the Fastrack passes, as follows:

• Particular person Fastrack tickets for particular rides. These might be purchased on the day by means of the Alton Towers app for lots of the extra common rides
• Fastrack Bronze Cross – permits you to be a part of the Fastrack line as soon as for 4 rides: Gangsta Granny: The Trip​, The Curse at Alton Manor​, Runaway Mine Practice, and Spinball Whizzer
• Fastrack Silver Cross – permits you to be a part of the Fastrack line as soon as for six rides: Wicker Man​, Oblivion, Rita, TH13TEEN​, The Smiler, and Galactica
• Fastrack Gold Cross – permits you to be a part of the Fastrack line as soon as for 13 rides: Wicker Man​, Oblivion​, Rita, TH13TEEN​, The Smiler, Galactica, Spinball​ Whizzer, Gangsta Granny,​ The Curse at Alton Manor,​ Marauders Mayhem​, Battle Galleons​, Rapids​ and Runaway Mine Practice
• Fastrack Platinum Cross – permits you to be a part of the Fastrack line as many instances as you want for the next rides: Nemesis Reborn, Wicker Man, Oblivion, Rita, TH13TEEN​, The Smiler​, Galactica​, Spinball​ Whizzer, Gangsta Granny​, The Curse at Alton Manor​, Marauders Mayhem​, Battle Galleons​, Rapids​ and Runaway Mine Practice

Except the person Fastrack tickets, all the opposite passes might be purchased upfront on-line, in individual on the park from the customer support workplace, or by means of the Alton Towers app.

Notice that for 2024, the one Fastrack go which incorporates the brand new Nemesis Reborn journey is the Platinum Cross.

Fastrack Passes can promote out, so if that is one thing you might be positive you need to spend money on on your go to, we advocate shopping for them on-line upfront of your go to on the official website right here.

Shopping for upfront is price doing is visiting at a busier time of yr, comparable to throughout faculty holidays and through particular occasions like Scarefest.

 

Fastrack Cross Pricing at Alton Towers

The pricing for the passes is as follows. Notice that this doesn’t embody park entry, so you’ll nonetheless want a park entry ticket to entry the park.

Fastrack is legitimate for a particular day, so if you’re visiting Alton Towers throughout a number of days and need Fastrack on all of them, you’ll need to purchase a go for every day you go to.

 

How Fastrack Works at Alton Towers

With all of the Fastrack passes the method is kind of easy. When you may have a Fastrack go, no matter kind it’s, as an alternative of becoming a member of the common line, be a part of the Fastrack line. This shall be clearly signposted.

Notice it’s not the identical because the Trip Entry line (that is for holders of Trip Entry Cross tickets solely).

Relying on the journey, somebody will verify your Fastrack ticket whenever you enter the queue or whenever you get to the journey boarding space, so have it prepared. They’ll usually scan the barcode on the go to validate it.

Relying on the go you may have, the way it works will differ barely.

With the person Fastrack go, purchased on a per-ride foundation, that is solely good for one journey on one attraction.

With the Bronze, Silver and Gold passes these entitle you to 1 Fastrack per attraction. So you possibly can journey all of the rides included on the go utilizing the Fastrack as soon as. If you wish to journey a journey once more, you’ll have to be a part of the common queue or purchase a person Fastrack ticket for that journey.

You possibly can share these passes in a bunch, so if one individual needs to do one journey and one other individual needs to do a distinct journey, this generally is a good possibility.

For the platinum go, this can be utilized for as many Fastrack rides as you need on the included rides, however it may well solely be utilized by one individual.

On a latest go to to Alton Towers on a really busy faculty journey day in July we invested in 4 Gold Passes. This positively saved us plenty of time, and meant that we had been all in a position to journey all 13 rides working that day which had been included within the Fastrack go (Hex was closed and Nemesis Reborn had not opened but).

Provided that queue instances for the most well-liked rides had been over 2 hours at some factors on the day we visited, that might positively not have been potential with out the Fastrack. For us, queue instances on the day diverse between 1 minute and half-hour with our Fastrack.

For those who’re questioning if Fastrack passes are price it on your go to, see the often requested questions part on the finish of this information the place we go into our ideas on Fastrack in additional element.

 

Rides at Alton Towers

We’ll now undergo all of the rides at Alton Towers and what you possibly can count on from every journey. There are plenty of various kinds of journey at Alton Towers.

Everybody likes various kinds of journey. For instance, I desire rides with a drop and am much less eager on being spun round. Jess loves being spun round however doesn’t like being dropped! On our latest go to, one of many youngsters hated scary rides, while the opposite child was typically wonderful with them.

On this part we’ll define the primary options of every journey. I’ll additionally embody an concept of how scary the journey is and the way thrilling the journey is.

For the scare issue, this refers as to whether the journey has components that may make you bounce or which is perhaps much less appropriate for youthful riders. In fact, this can differ by particular person.

For the joys issue, this refers to how thrilling the journey is. So if the journey spins you round, drops you, or inverts you, I’m going to provide {that a} greater thrill issue than a extra sedate journey expertise. Once more, these scores are very subjective as everybody finds various things thrilling.

This could aid you resolve which rides to go for and which rides you may need to keep away from, relying on the kind of journey you want. We’ll additionally present our ideas on the journey expertise.

Notice that this part might comprise journey spoilers so if you wish to be shocked on the rides you may need to skip it.

For this part the rides are grouped collectively by which space of the park they’re in. See extra in regards to the areas of the park within the part of this information on park areas, which matches into extra element on theming.

 

Forbidden Valley Rides

A post-apocalyptic themed space with a mixture of household pleasant and high-end thrill rides. Rides are as follows:

 

Nemesis Reborn

New for 2024 is the reopened Nemesis journey, now often called Nemesis Reborn. This was initially opened in 1994, however closed for the 2023 season for main upgrades and enhancements.

The brand new model of the journey runs for 80 seconds, inverts you 4 instances and pushes you to three.5G. So it’s positively a thrill journey!

We’ve got ridden this journey, only a few days after it opened in 2024, and it was positively a wonderful expertise. The journey was very clean and plenty of enjoyable, though it felt prefer it was over too shortly for positive.

The theming as you undergo the queue is plenty of enjoyable, and the world the place you board the journey itself can be properly themed.

The one factor we might say is that it is a highly regarded journey as it’s so new, and queue instances might be lengthy. If you wish to journey it with out having to pay for a Fastrack go, then we extremely advocate coming right here early within the day.

After we rode it, we made a beeline for this journey and joined the queue for the journey at round 9.30am. The journey opened at 10am and we had been driving by 10.10am. After that, queue instances had been up round 2 hours persistently all day – and this was a quiet weekday in March when all the opposite rides had queue instances nicely underneath an hour.

We count on this to be a well-liked journey for all of 2024, so positively plan upfront if it is a journey you need to do.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Platinum
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 5/5
Trip kind: Rollercoaster
Trip size: 1 minute 20 seconds
Trip peak restriction: 1.4m

 

Galactica

Galactica is a flying rollercoaster which debuted at Alton Towers in 2002, though again then it was referred to as Air. It was rebranded to Galactica in 2016, though the journey expertise stays the identical.

Galactica is certainly a enjoyable thrill curler coaster. After you board, the seats truly rotate 90 levels so you might be primarily dangling underneath the coaster rail, trying down on the flooring. This allows you to do your greatest flying impression, therefore the title flying rollercoaster.

The journey itself is kind of high-octane as you whizz across the observe, experiencing as much as 3.5G. It additionally inverts you twice, and might be pretty disorienting, though nothing to check to Smiler.

Personally I do get pleasure from Galactica though I’m not an enormous fan of being inverted and spun round so it’s not my favorite journey at Alton Towers. It’s positively thrilling although, and beneficial for these of you who like high-speed coasters.

One tip – if you’re staying within the lodges on-site, there’s an unique lodge visitor entrance which brings you in proper subsequent to Galactica. So if this journey is a precedence, you will get right here earlier than the vast majority of different riders arrive and get on shortly, even with no Fastrack go.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Silver, Gold & Platinum
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 5/5
Trip kind: Flying Rollercoaster
Trip size: 1 minute 40 seconds
Trip peak restriction: 1.4m

 

Nemesis Sub-Terra

To not be confused with the Nemesis Reborn journey, Nemesis Sub-Terra is a darkish drop journey themed across the mysterious Phalanx and Nemesis Creature. It initially opened in 2012, however closed in 2015, and reopened in 2023.

The journey has you getting into a darkened space with a small group the place you might be given some backstory and directions from a Phalanx operative.

After a brief video, you enter an elevator and are transported right down to a room the place everyone seems to be strapped into chairs round a central podium containing a mysterious alien egg.

As soon as everyone seems to be secured, the expertise continues. There’s enjoyable lighting and results, as inevitably the alien breaks free and “assaults” the viewers. There’s an important drop (sure, I screamed), and enjoyable results all through together with water, prodding ,and leg tickling.

After the drop, it’s important to “escape” the journey by means of a scary elevate and a small maze earlier than bursting again out into the actual world.

General, it’s a enjoyable journey expertise with a number of totally different elements which is a bit totally different to a lot of the different rides. For those who don’t just like the considered a scary journey, being trapped in a elevate, or are claustrophobic, it is perhaps one to skip.

Included on Fastrack: No Fastrack obtainable
Scare issue: 5/5
Thrill issue: 3/5
Trip kind: Darkish journey / walk-through / drop
Trip size: 8- 10 minutes
Trip peak restriction: 1.4m
Different Notes: Because of the drop chairs, this journey has fairly restrictive measurement necessities.

 

The Blade

Discovered close to Galactica and Nemesis within the Forbidden Valley, The Blade is the oldest journey at Alton Towers, relationship from 1980.

Regardless of its age, that is nonetheless a highly regarded and actually enjoyable journey for these of you who like airtime in a journey. It’s additionally one of many extra thrilling rides for youthful guests as the peak restrict is comparatively low in comparison with different rides.

The Blade is mainly a large seated swing that appears like a ship, which is why this type of journey is called a Pirate Ship. Passengers sit in rows of 5 going through the centre, and the journey swings backwards and forwards, getting greater and better because it goes.

On the very peak of the journey, when you sit on the very ends of the ship, it nearly feels vertical (okay, it’s truly 75 levels, however whenever you’re on the journey you’re unlikely to be measuring angles).

There’s an important sensation of airtime on this journey, and it’s positively not for these of you who don’t like that dropping sensation! Nevertheless, it’s a good journey when you don’t like spinning as there’s no spinning or inversion. Even Jess was in a position to get pleasure from this one.

On a latest go to to Alton Towers we rode the Blade 4 instances simply because the park was opening. We had stayed within the lodge the night time earlier than and got here right here simply because it opened. Regardless of it being a busy day, the primary half hour or so had only a few riders, and at one level there have been solely 8 folks on the entire journey.

It was an actual hit with the youthful members of our group and it was one of many extra thrilling rides that we may all do collectively. Together with the Runaway Mine Practice, this was the favorite household pleasant thrill journey we did in Alton Towers.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 3/5
Trip kind: Pirate Ship
Trip size: 1 minute 30 seconds
Trip peak restriction:1m (1.3m should journey with an grownup)

 

X-Sector Rides

House to among the most excessive rides within the park, all with a 1.4m peak restriction. Themed like a secret authorities check facility.

This incorporates two everlasting rides, Smilar and Oblivion, in addition to two carnival model rides, Spinjam and Twistatron. I’m simply going to cowl the everlasting rides on this part.

 

The Smiler

Opened in 2013, at time of writing The Smiler holds the world file for probably the most inversions (basicaly what number of instances you might be the wrong way up) on a curler coaster at fourteen.

The Smiler is certainly some of the thrilling rides at Alton Towers, and likewise one of many extra common rides. Every time we go to, it at all times appears to have among the longest queue instances.

The journey itself is kind of a marvel of development. It takes up a comparatively tiny footprint, with each stretch of observe seemingly involving a twist, a flip, or a drop.

By way of the expertise, this journey positively delivers. It’s quick, thrilling, and it spins you round loads. I’m not an enormous fan of rides that invert me, however I did get a thrill from this journey, even when my head was spinning for some time afterwards!

I additionally appreciated all of the theming all through, with a repetitive sound observe that will get in your head and many flashing lights and colours. It’s all designed to disorient, and it positively succeeds.

The one draw back of the rollercoaster is that resulting from its severely advanced design, it does appear to close down fairly commonly. This may be very irritating, particularly when you’ve spent plenty of time queuing just for it to shut with no warning.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Silver, Gold & Platinum
Scare issue: 1/5
Thrill issue: 5/5
Trip kind: Curler coaster
Trip size: ~ 3 minutes
Trip peak restriction: 1.4m
Different Notes: Trip early or late within the day to skip the lengthy queues or take into account Fastrack. That is additionally one of many solely rides to have a single-rider lane which generally is a lot quicker.

 

Oblivion

Oblivion was the world’s first dive rollercoaster when it opened in 1998. This design of rollercoaster provides mainly a 90-degree drop from a big peak, providing a sensation of free fall.

The journey expertise is kind of easy. The vehicles are fairly vast however solely two rows deep. You get taken to the highest of the observe and pause for an exciting second over the drop.

You then freefall down 55 metres (180 ft), with the joys being heightened because the automobile plunges right into a darkish tunnel underneath the bottom. It then swoops round and is over.

Personally, I’m an enormous fan of drops so it shouldn’t come as a shock that that is one in every of my favorite rides in Alton Towers, regardless of the comparatively brief journey time. Jess, who doesn’t like drops, is certainly much less satisfied by Oblivion and skipped it!

This can be a nice rollercoaster when you don’t like being inverted or thrown round an excessive amount of. It’s not an important possibility when you’re significantly afraid of heights or hate the feeling of free fall.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Silver, Gold & Platinum
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 5/5
Trip kind: Dive Rollercoaster
Trip size: 1 minute 15 seconds
Trip peak restriction: 1.4 m

 

Darkish Forest Rides

Themed as a haunted woodland, this space of the park is residence to 2 thrill rides that are:

 

Rita

For those who love pace and g-force, then Rita is probably going the curler coaster for you. Launched in 2005, this curler coaster is the quickest journey within the park, topping out at 61.1 miles per hour.

It’s additionally the one with the very best G-forces, which go as much as 4.7G.

The primary thrill of Rita is the launch. The journey is themed like a drag racer, with barely panicked voice over offering an air of anticipation as you get able to go.

Then, like a drag racer does, you speed up in a short time in a straight line. How shortly? Properly, you get to the utmost pace of 61.1 mph in round 2.5 seconds, which definitely feels very fast whenever you launch!

After the preliminary thrill of the launch, the journey then banks round some pretty sharp corners and likewise provides you a sense of weightlessness as you crest a few hills.

This journey is certainly going to be good for these of you who don’t like being utterly inverted as there aren’t any inversions.

Nevertheless the pace of the journey implies that the g-forces are fairly excessive at 4.7G, so you’ll want to hold your head firmly braced again in opposition to the headrest as in any other case it may well really feel like fairly a tough journey!

The opposite draw back to this journey is that it’s one of many shortest rides within the park, lasting round 25 seconds. So if there’s a very lengthy queue and also you don’t have a Fastrack go then you definately may need to return when it isn’t so busy.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Silver, Gold & Platinum
Scare issue: 1/5
Thrill issue: 4/5
Trip kind: Accelerator Rollercoaster
Trip size: 25 seconds
Trip peak restriction: 1.4m

 

TH13TEEN

TH13TEEN (or 13, for simpler spelling and studying) was one other world-first rollercoaster when it debuted at Alton Towers in 2010.

For those who’ve not finished this journey earlier than and don’t know something about it, the twist is kind of attention-grabbing and price maintaining as a shock. Nevertheless, when you don’t like surprises and need to know what lies in retailer, learn on.

13 is discovered within the Darkish Forest space of Alton Towers, and is themed to be a little bit of a spooky journey. The journey itself is what’s often called a drop rollercoaster.

The journey begins with you stepping into normal curler coaster carts that are just like the Runaway Mine practice. Passengers sit two by two. 

The practice units off and drops a bit round a curve earlier than climbing the primary elevate hill. From right here there are fairly a number of enjoyable airtime hills and banked turns, which make for a very pleasurable journey. It’s significantly enjoyable when you don’t like an excessive amount of spinning round like me, however do like the feeling of airtime.

About half approach by means of the journey the practice all of a sudden enters a darkish tunnel and the doorways shut behind you. That is the place the shock takes place. Ghosts mild up and air blows at you, and the practice and observe actually drop out from beneath you.

Then the practice takes off backwards and also you full the vast majority of the remainder of the observe in reverse.

That is one in every of my favorite rides at Alton Towers, particularly the primary time I rode it after I had no concept what was going to occur.

The journey itself isn’t vastly scary by way of darkish components, though when it enters the “crypt” and the drop occurs there are some spooky components to concentrate on. That is over fairly shortly although, so it’s not precisely a full haunted home expertise! But when your youngsters don’t like haunted homes, this half is perhaps scary.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, included on Silver, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 3/5
Thrill issue: 4/5
Trip kind: Rollercoaster
Trip size: 1 minute 40 seconds
Trip peak restriction: 1.2m

 

The Towers Rides

This a part of the park covers all of the rides discovered within the space of the unique home at Alton Towers. It’s a bit unfold out with no actual theme. Rides are as follows:

 

Spinball Whizzer

Spinball Whizzer is a rollercoaster which is designed to provide the expertise of being a pinball inside a pinball machine.

It’s primarily a rollercoaster with the twist that the four-person carriage spins freely round because it races across the observe, so each journey is totally different.

It’s a reasonably thrilling journey with vertical sections of observe and many dips and dives, however there aren’t any inversions. Regardless of not likely having fun with spinning rides I did truly fairly get pleasure from Spinball Whizzer.

It’s a comparatively clean journey (besides on the finish the place there generally is a little bit of a janky second when the cart is aligned to face ahead once more for loading and unloading).

Spinball Whizzer was an actual hit with the six-year-old we visited Alton Towers with not too long ago, in addition to with the adults within the group. The comparatively low journey peak requirement makes for a pleasant family-friendly rollercoaster for youths trying to department out into the larger thrill rides.

It’s technically a part of “The Towers” space, however is definitely situated very near CBeebies Land.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Bronze, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 3/5
Trip kind: Spinning Rollercoaster
Trip size: 1 minute 15 seconds
Trip peak restriction: 1.2 m

 

Hex

Hex is a darkish theme journey based mostly on an precise native legend involving a chained up Oak tree, which is definitely a location not too removed from the park itself.

Provided that it’s based mostly on the proprietor of the unique Alton Towers property, it’s acceptable that the journey is discovered throughout the ruins of Alton Towers.

Like the opposite darkish rides, Hex is certainly a journey that’s greatest skilled as a shock. So if you wish to expertise it with no spoilers, now’s the time to skip to the subsequent journey.

The primary factor to concentrate on is that the journey might be disorienting, so if you’re liable to movement illness it’s one to watch out of.

Nevertheless there’s no drop, inversions or actual spinning. The primary a part of the journey has you progressing on foot between rooms, watching an immersive story with varied lighting, sounds and results.

The latter a part of the journey is seated with lapbars. You’ll transfer and tilt, with the impact significantly heightened by the intelligent design of the room and what’s primarily a large optical phantasm. So it seems like you might be shifting and tilting much more than you truly are.

Hex is a enjoyable expertise however it’s a bit divisive in that folks both appear to find it irresistible or hate it. We predict it’s totally different sufficient from the opposite rides to make it price visiting, and when you don’t really feel nice you possibly can at all times shut your eyes.

Notice, Hex is closed for the primary a part of 2024, and is because of open later within the season.

Included on Fastrack: When open, Hex is generally included on the Bronze, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 5/5
Thrill issue: 2/5
Trip kind: Walkthrough darkish journey
Trip size: 5 minutes 25 seconds
Trip peak restriction: 0.9m (1.2m should journey with an grownup)

 

Cuckoo Automobiles Driving College

Discovered subsequent to the David Walliams space of the park, Cuckoo Automobiles Driving College provides youngsters the chance to be taught to drive their very personal Cuckoo Automobile.

A enjoyable observe is about up with a spread of site visitors options, together with pedestrian crossings, site visitors alerts and even a bubble automobile wash. The vehicles are electrical, and the children can steer them and make them cease or go together with a pedal.

The vehicles usually are not on any sort of observe, so the children can select the place to drive them, similar to in an actual automobile. They’re fairly small and solely go 4km/h, and there are additionally marshals throughout the observe to maintain everybody secure and get the children again on observe ought to they veer off beam at any level (there’s no reverse on the vehicles).

Cuckoo Automobiles was an enormous hit with the children we not too long ago visited Alton Towers with. They’d actually end and run again spherical to hitch the journey queue once more! So that is positively a child pleasant journey, so long as they meet the journey necessities.

The journey necessities for Cuckoo Automobiles are pretty particular, the children have to be at the least 1 metre tall, 4 years or older, and underneath 1.4 metres.

So adults can’t take part on this one as that is for youthful youngsters solely. However there’s loads of viewing area so you possibly can hold an in depth eye on your loved ones members as they be taught to drive.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Trip kind: Children Driving Trip
Trip size: 4 minutes
Trip peak restriction: 1m minimal. Moreover, most of 1.4m and minimal of 4 years previous.

 

Mutiny Bay Rides

A pirate themed a part of the park with primarily household pleasant rides, as follows:

 

Wicker Man

Opened in 2018, Wicker Man is among the latest rides at Alton Towers. When it opened it was notable as being the primary new wood rollercoaster to be opened within the UK for 22 years.

Because the title suggests, the Wicker Man is themed across the Wicker Man film, a horror film which dates from the Seventies and which entails a big woven effigy of a person created from wooden which is about hearth to.

The rollercoaster can be created from wooden, and there’s a big effigy of a person that the journey passes by means of. There are additionally flame lighting and smoke results all through the journey which add to the themed expertise.

Talking of expertise, the journey begins with a preshow that features some video, mild, and smoke results. This does have a little bit of a scare issue so is one thing to bear in mind if driving with youthful youngsters. You then board the practice, and from this level it’s a wood rollercoaster journey.

The journey expertise is kind of just like the Runaway Most important practice or 13, with dips, hills, and twists. There aren’t any inversions or loops or something like that, and the journey peak restriction of 1.2m makes it a household possibility for a lot of youngsters as nicely.

Wicker Man is discovered proper subsequent to Mutiny Bay, though it doesn’t observe the pirate theming.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Silver, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 2/5
Thrill issue: 4/5
Trip kind: Rollercoaster
Trip size: 1 minute 50 seconds
Trip peak restriction: 1.2m

 

Marauders Mayhem

Proper within the coronary heart of Pirate Bay is the Marauders Mayhem journey, which is mainly a basic spinning tea cups journey.

This journey initially launched in 1987 as a tea cup journey, and was relaunched in 2008 with a pirate theme. So as an alternative of sitting in teacups you sit in barrels.

Apart from the theme, the journey expertise is identical as a typical teacups journey. As much as 6 folks can sit in every barrel, with 4 units of three barrels organized across the journey. Every set rotates, the entire journey rotates, and every barrel will also be made to rotate.

I feel it’s truthful to say that the Marauders Mayhem journey isn’t supreme when you don’t like spinning rides. However when you do like spinning rides, that is positively one to go for. It’s a enjoyable household journey with a reasonably low peak restriction.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 3/5
Trip kind: Spinning teacups
Trip size: 2 minutes
Trip peak restriction: 1.1m (1.3 m should journey with an grownup)

 

Battle Galleons

For those who like rides the place there’s a really stable probability of getting soaking moist, you’ll positively need to head to the Battle Galleons journey at Alton Towers.

This journey has you boarding a pirate ship which “sails” round part of the Alton Towers lake. The enjoyable half is that there are water cannons on board, which you’ll be able to hearth at different vessels, in addition to at anybody standing on the shore the place your boats go.

These water cannons are hand operated – you spin a wheel to make the water movement.

You don’t must really feel too sorry for the oldsters on the shore although, as a result of they’ve entry to their very own watercannons. There are two variations on the shore – free ones the place you possibly can spin a wheel, and paid cannons. The paid cannons are positively extra highly effective, with 10 “photographs” per £1 after we visited.

This journey was common with each adults and youngsters in our group however in all probability not a very good one for anybody not eager to get moist.

Assuming there are different folks collaborating within the journey, there’s a really excessive probability you will get fairly moist on this journey. There are some drying rooms close by the place you possibly can pay round £5 to have some air blown at you, however this isn’t vastly efficient in our expertise so in all probability not well worth the cash.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Trip kind: Splash Battle
Trip size: 3 minutes
Trip peak restriction: 0.9m (1.1 should journey with an grownup)

 

Heave Ho

For those who or your youngsters like the thought of the Blade however all of the dropping and peak looks as if a bit a lot, then you need to positively take a look at Heave Ho.

This pirate ship themed journey is discovered, as you may guess, within the Mutiny Bay a part of Alton Towers.

The journey idea is mainly a pirate ship which rocks backwards and forwards on rails, however which additionally spins because it goes. The spinning isn’t super-fast however it may be a bit disorienting, so when you aren’t a fan of rides which spin you may need to watch it first earlier than boarding.

This was a very common journey with our household group on a latest go to. The youngsters actually cherished it, and it’s additionally a very good journey for viewers to look at from the sidelines and get good pictures.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: o/5
Thrill issue: 2/5
Trip kind: Rocking Tug
Trip size: 3 minutes
Trip peak restriction: 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)

 

Katanga Canyon Rides

Themed as an African village, this space of the park is residence to the next two rides:

 

Congo River Rapids

The Alton Towers theme park doesn’t have plenty of water rides, however there are a few choices, one in every of which is Congo River Rapids.

This has been getting park guests moist since 1986, and stays a well-liked and comparatively household pleasant attraction to today.

The journey consists of huge round rafts which seat round seven folks. You begin the journey going up a shallow elevate, and then you definately float across the river rapids, components of which have sections of uneven water.

There’s an affordable probability you’ll get moist on this journey, though it’s usually simply splashes of water somewhat than a full-on dunking. So simply hold that in thoughts.

One very nice factor about this journey is that it’s comparatively lengthy by theme park requirements, at 6 minutes. With a minimal peak of 1.1m it’s additionally a very good household pleasant possibility for a lot of households.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 2/5
Trip kind: River Rapids
Trip size: 6 minutes
Trip peak restriction: 1.1m (1.3 m should journey with an grownup)
Different Notes: Simply remember that you simply may get moist

 

Runaway Mine Practice

Runaway Mine Practice is one in every of my favorite family-friendly rollercoasters at Alton Towers. Jess isn’t an enormous fan of massive rollercoasters, however she actually likes Runaway Mine Practice and its her favorite journey within the park.

Because the title suggests, the theme is a mine practice which has, nicely, runaway. Riders board carriages seated in pairs, and the practice has some fairly good drops and twists because it goes, even pulling a good bit of g-force. It additionally does the observe twice, which makes for a pleasant lengthy feeling journey.

There aren’t any inversions or something like that, however it’s positively a reasonably thrilling journey, and some of the thrilling rides on the park with a low peak requirement.

We went on it with a 3 yr previous and a six yr previous they usually completely cherished it. Simply be ready to hitch the queue once more whenever you end if your loved ones likes it as a lot as ours did! We rode this one a number of instances over two days.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Bronze, Gold and Platinum.
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 3/5
Trip kind: Rollercoaster
Trip size: 1 minute 50 seconds
Trip peak restriction: 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)

 

Gloomy Wooden Rides

Gloomy Wooden is themed, because the title suggests, round a darkish, probably haunted, forest. It has one journey:

 

The Curse at Alton Manor

The Curse at Alton Manor opened in 2023, making it one of many latest rides in Alton Towers. Nevertheless, it builds on a protracted custom of haunted home rides, with the unique incarnation of this journey opened in the identical location all the way in which again in 1992.

The journey tells the story of the long-deceased Emily Alton, who Alton Towers followers will acknowledge from earlier rides on this location. The story goes that Emily was by no means invited to the events her dad and mom held, and this aggravated her a lot that evil possessed her, cursing the home and all its occupants.

I assume the ethical of the story right here is to ask your youngsters to your events once in a while.

Anyway, the journey itself has a number of elements. The queue is the place the story begins, winding by means of the woodland, with varied graves and spooky sculptures.

You then enter the home, and stroll previous varied set items with lights and sound results. Lastly, there’s a six-minute journey which takes you thru the considerably darkish and twisted world of Emily.

The journey is certainly darkish, and when you like darkish rides and haunted home model rides you’ll probably get pleasure from it. For those who desire rollercoaster thrills and spins , this in all probability received’t be the journey for you as there aren’t any drops, inversions, or twists.

By way of being child pleasant, the journey is fairly scary with various darkish themes of demise and revenge. So while the journey peak restriction is pretty low, some youngsters may discover the content material somewhat terrifying. The youngsters we had been with (age 3 and 6) hated this journey and located it too scary. The three-year-old wouldn’t get on the journey in any respect.

General, one to take a look at when you like darkish, haunted home kind rides. Personally, Jess and I didn’t actually prefer it as we by no means actually acquired the total story for the journey and it isn’t a thrill journey.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Bronze, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 4/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Trip kind: Darkish journey / haunted home
Trip size: 6 minutes 15 seconds
Trip peak restriction: 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)

 

The World of David Walliams Rides

This a part of the park focuses on the world created by the creator David Walliams. It’s a really family-friendly a part of the park, and a lot of the rides have low peak necessities. Rides are as follows:

 

Gangsta Granny the Trip

Opened in 2021, Gangsta Ganny the Trip is among the essential rides within the space of the park dedicated to the world created by author David Walliams.

The journey is mainly a carriage-based darkish journey with plenty of particular results that has you serving to the primary characters try and steal the Crown Jewels from Buckingham Palace.

Everybody in our group on a latest journey to Alton Towers loved this journey. The story is attention-grabbing and fascinating for youths particularly, and the expertise is enjoyable for adults as nicely. There’s additionally fairly a little bit of humour all through the journey which ought to convey a smile to your face.

It’s neither an exciting curler coaster nor a scary journey, however we expect it’s nicely price doing, even when you aren’t in any respect aware of the characters within the books. All of us loved it.

One factor to notice is that the theme of the journey does have characters stealing and committing a criminal offense which could not sit proper with all dad and mom with youthful youngsters.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 1/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Trip kind: Darkish journey
Trip size: 4 minutes
Trip peak restriction: 0.9m (underneath 1.2m should journey with an grownup)
Different Notes: This journey has a reasonably low most rider per hour restrict, so queue instances might be longer than you may count on

 

Raj’s Bouncy Backside Burp

Discovered within the David Walliams space of Alton Towers, Raj’s Bouncy Backside Burp is a bouncing drop journey designed for younger youngsters. It’s just like the CBeebies Peter Rabbit Trip however the drops are a bit extra pronounced, making it a bit extra thrilling.

The drops are additionally accompanied by a fart based mostly soundtrack, and truthfully, what child doesn’t discover rest room humor hilarious? So this journey is certainly common amongst youngsters visiting the park.

The drop isn’t so terrifying (it’s extra of a bounce actually), and Jess who doesn’t actually like drop rides didn’t thoughts this. Though accompanying a 3-year-old in hysterics on the sound results in all probability helped!

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Trip kind: Bouncy drop
Trip size: 1 minute 45 seconds
Trip peak restriction: 0.9m (underneath 1.1m should journey with an grownup)

 

Royal Carousel

Have you ever even been to a theme park when you haven’t ridden the carousel? Jess would definitely argue no. It’s at all times a journey that we like to journey at the least as soon as at any theme park, truthful, or carnival because it’s such a basic.

The Royal Carousel in Alton Towers is discovered within the David Walliams a part of the park, and options a variety of horses and carriages. A few of the horses go up and down (these with poles to the roof) and a few are static.

It has a royal theme, with a crown on high and a voiceover soundtrack to match. Positive, it’s not probably the most thrilling journey within the park, however it’s enjoyable for youths and adults who love a little bit of theme park nostalgia.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Trip kind: Carousel
Trip size: 2 minutes
Trip peak restriction: no peak restriction however these underneath 1.3m should journey with an grownup

 

Flavio’s Fabulous Fandango

This carnival model tornado journey discovered within the David Walliam’s part of the park is nice for these of you who love being spun round. It’s truly one in every of Jess’s favorite rides at Alton Towers as a result of she loves being spun round however doesn’t like being dropped.

The journey consists of twelve units of chairs that are in teams of 4. The teams of 4 spin collectively, after which all of the teams additionally spin round a central level. This leads to various spinning, which at factors can appear fairly quick as you whiz previous gondolas coming the wrong way.

It’s positively plenty of enjoyable. Simply remember that the minimal journey peak of 1.2m is a bit greater than a lot of the different rides on this space. I’d additionally add that that is technically a short lived carnival model journey, however we’re included it because it’s themed and appears prone to keep.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 2/5
Trip kind: Tornado
Trip size: ~2 minutes
Trip peak restriction: 1.2m

 

CBeebies Land Rides

CBeebies Land is a very household pleasant a part of Alton Towers with rides, reveals and actions designed to entertain youthful guests to the park. It has an enormous quantity of rides and actions. The primary rides are as follows:

 

Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop

Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop is a mild drop model journey designed for youthful riders. The journey is themed round Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit character, with enjoyable sound results and music.

This journey is certainly not a loopy drop journey, it’s extra of a mild drop and bounce. So even adults who don’t like drop rides will get pleasure from driving this one with their youngsters.

It’s in all probability not a journey that thrill seekers are going to be heading for, however if you’re in Alton Towers with youthful members of the family you’ll positively need to verify this one out.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Trip kind: Drop
Trip size: ~ 90 seconds
Trip peak restriction: 0.9m (underneath 1.1m should journey with an grownup)

 

Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Trip

The Go Jetters Vroomster journey is one other enjoyable household journey. This one is themed across the Go Jetters, with journey individuals boarding their very personal Vroomster.

A Vroomster, for these of you not acquainted, is mainly a jet powered flying automobile. And the Alton Tower reproduction is fairly correct!

The journey consists of a variety of Vroomster vehicles, which may seat as much as 4 folks, which rotate round a central pod. The vehicles are hooked up to the pod by a yellow arm, and the riders can management the peak of the automobile with a lever contained in the automobile. This offers the riders the impression of controlling their very personal flying automobile, which is fairly cool.

The journey isn’t significantly quick, so while it does go spherical in circles, it’s about the identical pace as a carousel so it shoudln’t make you dizzy. The up and down movement can be fairly mild, so all in all it’s a reasonably relaxed journey.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Trip kind: Aerial Roundabout
Trip size: 2 minutes
Trip peak restriction: 0.9m (underneath 1.25m should journey with grownup)

 

Octonauts Rollercoaster Journey

Octonauts is a household centered rollercoaster which is prone to be one of many first rollercoasters youthful guests to Alton Towers are going to expertise.

The rollercoaster, which is themed after The Octonauts present, provides in all probability the gentlest rollercoaster expertise at Alton Towers. It’s a good place to begin for youths who meet the peak restrictions and need to strive a rollercoaster.

In the event that they find it irresistible, the Runaway Mine practice has comparable journey necessities and is a little more thrilling, with a quicker journey and far better drops and pace.

Nevertheless, Octonauts is certainly a very good starter coaster, with no inversions or significantly steep drops or curves.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Trip kind: Rollercoaster
Trip size: 2 minutes 30 seconds
Trip peak restriction: 0.9m (underneath 1.1m should journey with an grownup)

 

Get Set Go Treetop Journey

This journey in CBeebies Land takes you excessive above the timber (okay, 12 ft) in your very personal bug formed automobile. It’s a enjoyable journey for youthful youngsters for positive and provides good views of CBeebies land.

It’s additionally good and stress-free for adults when you’re on the lookout for a soothing journey with no loopy thrills or scares.

One factor to concentrate on is that this journey is kind of common and because it’s pretty sluggish shifting the queue can get fairly lengthy. The truth is, of all of the rides on the park, this was the one the place we had the longest wait on a latest go to!

So attempt to time your go to for very first thing within the morning or afterward within the day. There are actions within the queue to maintain youngsters busy, however they’ll solely go to this point.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: o/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Trip kind: Flat observe
Trip size: 4 minutes
Trip peak restriction: No minimal however underneath 1.1m should journey with an grownup.

 

Within the Night time Backyard Magical Boat Trip

This can be a common water journey in CBeebies Land which has you boarding a ship for a magical tour across the Night time Backyard. The boat floats peacefully round a river, and while it’s a water journey you might be not possible to get moist.

This journey has you passing by lots of the characters and scenes from the “Within the Night time Backyard” TV collection, together with the Tombliboos, Upsy Daisy and Iggle Piggle.

It’s a pleasant stress-free journey which ought to amuse youthful guests and be good and stress-free for adults. It’s additionally a comparatively lengthy journey at 6 minutes.

ncluded on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 0/5
Trip kind: Boat journey
Trip size: 6 minutes
Trip peak restriction: No peak restriction however these underneath 1m should journey with an grownup

 

Postman Pat Parcel Submit

Postman Pat has been a stalwart determine on youngsters’s tv because the Eighties. I keep in mind watching him delivering mail across the Yorkshire Dales along with his trusty helper Jess the cat as a baby, and youngsters at this time nonetheless get to look at Pat on CBeebies.

Now, you can also expertise the lifetime of Pat on the Alton Towers Postman Pat Parcel Submit journey in CBeebies Land. This can be a flat journey on rails which has you boarding Pat’s signature purple submit van and go trundling round a course.

The van has varied buttons on the dashboard, which you’ll be able to press to make sure you ship the precise parcel to the precise individual, giving it a very good factor of interactivity. There are additionally lights and a horn that you would be able to management.

General it is a enjoyable household expertise for youthful guests and particularly followers of Postman Pat. It’s on no account a thrill journey, however not every little thing must be!

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 0/5
Trip kind: Observe Trip
Trip size: 2 minutes 45 seconds
Trip peak restriction: No peak restriction however these underneath 1.1m should journey with an grownup

 

CBeebies Reveals

In addition to the rides, CBeebies land has a variety of reside reveals and leisure choices that youthful guests are sure to get pleasure from.

Present instances differ and can be found within the app, however often you possibly can count on to see the next reveals all through the day on the essential phases in CBeebies Land:

• The Furchester Resort Stay
• Teletubbies Large Band Present
• Bing Stay
• Hey Duggee Stay
• Bluey Stay (new for 2024, begins March twenty third)

 

Thrill Rides at Alton Towers

Now that we’ve lined all of the rides by space, we’ll record the rides divided into varied classes. Beginning with thrill rides.

For those who’re on the lookout for an inventory of the joys rides at Alton Towers, I’d counsel the next all classify:

• The Smiler
• Oblivion
• Galactica
• Rita
• TH13TEEN
• Wicker Man
• Spinball Whizzer
• Runaway Mine Practice
• Marauders Mayhem
• The Blade

In fact, how thrilling you discover a journey shall be private desire, however we expect most individuals would discover the above rides pretty thrilling!

 

Rides for Toddlers and Children at Alton Towers

For those who’re visiting Alton Towers with youthful members of the family, you is perhaps questioning what the perfect rides for them are going to be.

For the overwhelming majority of rides, the primary factor isn’t going to be the age of your little one, however somewhat their peak. That is positively one thing to concentrate on you probably have youngsters of differing heights, as a few of them could possibly expertise rides that the others might not. This could result in difficult conditions, as nobody likes to be unnoticed!

It’s subsequently a good suggestion to have an concept of which rides on the park are going to be appropriate for which members of your group and which aren’t. That approach you may make a plan for which rides to take who to. The Alton Towers app and web site has a filter system so you possibly can present solely these rides that are going to be appropriate.

The final time we visited Alton Towers we had 4 adults, a 3-year previous who was 1.1m and a 6-year previous who was 1.25m. So this meant they couldn’t journey each journey collectively.

We dealt with this by sharing duties between the adults, and splitting the rides we rode collectively. This was made loads simpler with the Fastrack passes we had because it meant we weren’t away for very lengthy.

The excellent news is that there are additionally a lot of nice rides which are appropriate for all ages and heights. We’d particularly advocate the next:

• Gangsta Granny the Trip
• Get Set Go Tree High Journey
• Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop
• Octonauts Rollercoaster Journey
• Postman Pat Parcel Submit
• Battle Galleons
• Cuckoo Automobiles Driving College

For barely taller and extra adventurous youngsters, the next are sure to get their pulses going a bit extra:

• Blade (1m)
• Wicker Man (1.2m)
• Spinball Whizzer (1.2m)
• TH13TEEN (1.2m)
• Marauders Mayhem (1.1m)
• Congo River Rapids (1.1m)
• Heave Ho  (0.9m)
• Runaway Mine Practice (0.9m)

The 2 extra scary rides (haunted home model) may additionally be appropriate for youths however truthfully that is going to be a private resolution as a guardian relying on the child. These are:

• Hex (0.9m)
• The Curse at Alton Manor (0.9m)

After we visited with a 3-year previous and a 6-year previous their journey highlights had been Runaway Mine Practice, Blade, Octonauts, Get Set Go Tree High Journey, Cuckoo Automobiles Driving College, and Heave Ho. The 6-year-old additionally actually appreciated Spinball Whizzer, Marauders Mayhem, and Wicker Man.

In addition they actually cherished the interactive reveals and experiences in CBeebies Land, in addition to enjoying the video games the place you possibly can win a toy like Hook-a-Duck.

Simply remember that the Hook-a-Duck and comparable video games usually are not free. The temptation of a large toy is difficult to withstand although.

 

Trip Top Necessities at Alton Towers

Right here’s a fast record of all of the rides at Alton Towers with their minimal journey heights, ordered from excessive to low.

Some rides even have a distinct minimal peak if driving with out an grownup, which is indicated in brackets if relevant.

The vast majority of rides with peak restrictions have a measurement stick subsequent to the journey entrance so you possibly can confirm riders’ heights. Once you get to the journey, employees will often verify heights if they’re not sure, so that you’ll need to make sure everyone seems to be the precise peak to keep away from disappointment.

You can too get a bracelet which has the rider’s peak on it at among the rides to avoid wasting having to be measured a number of instances.

Right here’s an inventory of all of the rides which have a restriction, ordered from highest to lowest.

• Nemesis Reborn – 1.4m
• Nemesis Sub-Terra – 1.4m
• The Smiler – 1.4m
• Oblivion – 1.4m
• Galactica – 1.4m
• Rita – 1.4m
• Spinball Whizzer – 1.2m
• TH13TEEN – 1.2m (most 1.96m)
• Wicker Man – 1.2m
• Marauders Mayhem – 1.1m (1.3m should journey with an grownup)
• Congo River Rapids – 1.1m (1.3m should journey with an grownup)
• The Blade – 1m (1.3m should journey with an grownup)
• Hex – 0.9m (1.2m should journey with an grownup)
• The Curse at Alton Manor – 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)
• Gangsta Granny The Trip – 0.9m (1.2m should journey with an grownup)
• Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop – 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)
• Battle Galleons – 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)
• Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Trip – 0.9m (1.25m should journey with an grownup)
• Octonauts Rollercoaster Journey – 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)
• Heave Ho – 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)
• Runaway Mine Practice – 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)
• Raj’s Bouncy Backside Burp – 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)
• Royal Carousel – no peak restriction however these underneath 1.3m should journey with an grownup
• Postman Pat Parcel Submit – no peak restriction however these underneath 1.1m should journey with an grownup
• Within the Night time Backyard Magical Boat Trip – no peak restriction however these underneath 1m should journey with an grownup
• Cuckoo Automobiles – 1m. Moreover, most of 1.4m and minimal of 4 years previous.

 

Areas at Alton Towers

Alton Towers is split into 11 areas. Every space is themed in a different way, with some areas extra centered on high-octane thrill rides (like X-Sector) while others are extra geared toward youthful households (comparable to CBeebies Land).

Right here’s an inventory of all of the areas at Alton Towers and the rides they comprise. When planning your day, it’s a good suggestion to attempt to do all of the rides you have an interest in in every space, to keep away from spending plenty of time strolling between places.

 

X-Sector

This part of the park incorporates among the extra excessive rides within the park, all of which have a minimal peak restriction of 1.4m. The rides are:

• Oblivion
• The Smiler
• Spinjam (momentary carnival model journey)
• Twistatron (momentary carnival model journey)

X-Sector is themed like a secret authorities testing facility, so count on a lot of steel fencing and concrete.

 

Darkish Forest

This part of the park is residence to 2 rides, each of which provide fast-paced thrills. These are:

The Darkish Forest space is themed as a kind of haunted woodland. The concept is you possibly can solely escape by driving the deserted drag racer Rita. I’m not fairly positive the way you get out when you’re underneath the 1.4m peak restriction for Rita.

 

Forbidden Valley

This space of the park has a variety of totally different rides which embody some rides appropriate for smaller visitors. That is the world of the park you enter when you come within the lodge visitor entrance.

Forbidden valley is the place you’ll discover the Blade, which is the oldest journey in Alton Towers, initially opening in 1980!

The rides in Forbidden Valley are:

• The Blade
• Galactica
• Nemesis Sub-Terra
• Nemsis Reborn
• Funk n’Fly (momentary carnival model journey)

Forbidden Valley has a post-apocalyptic theme, with hints of alien infestation all through linked to the Nemesis creature.

 

Gloomy Wooden

Discovered between Katanga Canyon and Forbidden Valley, Gloomy Wooden solely incorporates one journey:

Nevertheless it does have a walkthrough themed footpath which is residence to varied statues, gravestones and different installations, titled Haunted Hole. A few of these make noises, together with telling jokes.

As you’d guess from the title, the theme of the world is a haunted woodland.

 

Katanga Canyon

Katanga Canyon is the place you’ll discover the park’s oldest rollercoaster in addition to a water journey. Each these rides are plenty of enjoyable, with the rollercoaster appropriate for a lot of youthful guests as nicely.

• Runaway Mine Practice
• Congo River Rapids

Katanga Canyon is themed as an African village. The Runaway Mine journey has one of many lowest peak necessities of any rollercoaster within the park (the identical as Octonauts), and could be very common with households.

 

CBeebies Land

CBeebies Land is among the most household pleasant areas in Alton Towers, with rides, reveals and actions centered round entertaining youthful guests.

Actually, if you’re visiting with toddlers and younger guests there’s just about sufficient to do right here to fill a day. It’s a very enjoyable space and you’ll inform plenty of thought has gone into creating an immersive world. As you possibly can see there’s loads to do right here:

• Within the Night time Backyard Magical Boat Trip
• Postman Pat’s Parcel Submit
• Get Set Go Treetop Journey
• One thing Particular Sensory Backyard
• Bugbie Go Spherical
• Octonauts Curler Coaster Journey
• Justin’s Home: Pie-O-Matic Manufacturing unit
• Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Trip
• Large Enjoyable Showtime
• CBeebies Picture Studio
• JoJo & Gran Gran at House
• Andy’s Adventures Dinosaur Dig
• Hey Duggee’s Stay

If we needed to criticize CBeebies Land for something, it’s that queue instances for among the rides generally is a bit lengthy on busy days.

The truth is, the longest queue we had on a latest go to to Alton Towers was for Get Set Go Tree High Journey.

Apart from that although, this park, which is themed round an entire vary of CBeebies applications, is a very enjoyable spot for households visiting Alton Towers providing every little thing from rides to reside reveals to enjoyable photograph alternatives.

 

The Towers

The Towers are literally the ruins of the unique home at Alton Towers, and is the place the park will get its title from. It’s residence to a variety of rides, that are discovered round the primary constructing.

The Towers space is a bit unfold out, with a part of it proper subsequent to CBeebies Land and the remaining near the World of David Walliams. Rides are as follows:

• Hex – The Legend of the Towers
• Cuckoo Automobiles Driving College
• Spinball Whizzer

There’s no explicit theming across the rides to be sincere, they only occur to be within the space of the unique home.

This space can be the place you’ll discover the Alton Towers Dungeon. This can be a separate attraction which requires its personal ticket, which you should buy right here. This can be a stroll by means of attraction with costumed actors.

We haven’t visited the Alton Towers Dungeon however we’ve visited the dungeon in Edinburgh, London and San Francisco, which provide an identical expertise.

It’s enjoyable, nonetheless there’s already rather a lot to do at Alton Towers so we wouldn’t say it was a must-see attraction. That stated, it’s a good worth and also you do save when you guide upfront.

 

The World of David Walliams

Discovered simply past The Towers, the World of David Walliams provides a spread of rides that are primarily geared toward main faculty aged youngsters.

In our expertise although youthful youngsters additionally get pleasure from the vast majority of the rides right here as they aren’t significantly excessive and the journey heights usually are not overly restrictive. The rides listed below are:

• Gangsta Granny: The Trip
• Raj’s Bouncy Backside Burp
• Royal Carousel
• Flavio’s Fabulous Fandango

This space is themed around the globe and characters created by David Walliams and is one other great spot for households visiting Alton Towers.

 

Mutiny Bay

Discovered close to the primary park entrance, Mutiny Bay is residence to plenty of family-friendly rides in addition to a variety of paid fairground model video games like Hook-a-Duck and toss the ball kind of video games. The rides are:

• Battle Galleons
• Heave-Ho
• Marauders Mayhem
• Wicker Man

Except Wicker Man, all of the rides right here have a nautical / pirate theme, and that is one other nice location within the park for households as the bulk rides have low peak restrictions and the queues usually are not usually too lengthy (apart from Wicker Man).

That is additionally the place you’ll discover Sharkbait Reef by Sea Life Aquarium, an aquarium you possibly can go to which is included as a part of your ticket. That is a wholly indoor attraction so is an effective possibility whether it is raining.

Lastly, there’s additionally a bar serving drinks in addition to a seating space at Mutiny Bay.

 

Towers Avenue

Once you enter the park by means of the primary entrance you’ll arrive onto Towers Avenue. This space is themed like a city excessive road and is residence to varied companies and services, together with meals and drinks shops and customer support.

There’s a Skyride station right here, however no precise rides. From this space you possibly can see throughout the lake to the Towers. To your left as you face away from the doorway is Mutiny Bay, and in your proper is CBeebies Land.

So if you’re visiting with youngsters you don’t need to go far to seek out your first rides.

 

The Gardens

One of many oldest areas at Alton Towers, and one which has been drawing guests for years, are the gardens. These take up a big space of the park between Mutiny Bay and the Darkish Forest.

Many guests solely expertise the gardens from above, because the Skyride passes over them, however it’s price taking a while to discover them as they’re fairly beautiful and make for a pleasant spot for a break.

You’ll discover all kinds of options, from neatly trimmed topiary hedges, fountains, previous timber, greenhouses, and follies.

Simply remember that the gardens are set throughout a valley, and there might be fairly a number of steps to navigate. So that is price making an allowance for you probably have restricted mobility or are navigating a youngsters’s buggy.

 

Accessibility at Alton Towers

Alton Towers supplies plenty of data and choices for folks with varied incapacity and mobility wants, and this data is roofed intimately on the web page devoted to accessibility on the Alton Towers website.

The accessibility method at Alton Towers is designed to help anybody with accessibility wants have a secure and pleasurable go to to the park, and the positioning has data that can assist you plan your go to in addition to what to anticipate on website.

Normally, the park and the resort lodging choices cater nicely for accessibility necessities. All of the bogs have accessible wheelchair options in addition to accessible altering rooms.

Wheelchairs can be found without cost, and mobility scooters might be employed for the day. The latter might be booked on-line upfront right here.

Alton Towers additionally provides a Trip Entry Cross, which is designed for guests who discover it troublesome to face for extended durations of time. This offers entry to a separate line and a digital queuing system.

Trip Entry Cross holders don’t get to skip the road per se, however they don’t have to face in a line for a protracted interval. This course of is defined right here.

For Trip Entry go entry this must be booked at the least every week upfront of your go to as functions are authorised by a third-party who assesses guests’ wants on a person foundation. Trip Entry Cross customers must have a Merlin Trip Entry Cross Picture Card.

The step-by-step for making use of for and getting a journey entry go is detailed right here.

 

Photographs at Alton Towers

Pictures is mostly allowed at Alton Towers, nonetheless for probably the most half images isn’t allowed on the rides (with some exceptions).

So if you wish to get pictures of your self and your loved ones having fun with the rides, you’ll want to contemplate investing in a photograph package deal.

On a latest journey to Alton Towers we purchased the digital photograph go for each of the times we had been there. This prices £25, and we thought it was fairly superb.

The way in which it really works is as follows. As you end a journey, all of the journey pictures are displayed on a display screen with a quantity. Utilizing the Alton Towers app, you possibly can kind in that quantity, and the photograph will seem within the app in your machine.

You can too choose up a QR code that hyperlinks to your account and have the photograph attendant scan it for automated supply to your app.

For those who haven’t purchased the digital photograph go, the photograph seems within the app with an enormous watermark and you’ll’t obtain it. Nevertheless, whenever you pay for the photograph go (both in app on in individual), the pictures all develop into obtainable with out watermark, and you’ll obtain them to your telephone for sharing.

The good factor about this method is that even with six of us, we nonetheless solely wanted to purchase one photograph go. I simply had all of the pictures delivered to my telephone after which shared them. Over the 2 days we had been there we had round 80 pictures, lots of which you’ll be able to see on this information.

It’s additionally price noting that there are extra photograph alternatives than simply journey pictures. One good instance is The CBeebies Land photograph cease. This can be a actually enjoyable expertise, the place a inexperienced display screen is used so as to add you and your group to many CBeebies Land scenes.

In addition to digital pictures, you too can pay for printouts of journey pictures, though it is a separate payment.

You should purchase the digital photograph go on-line upfront of your go to right here. You can too purchase it on website in individual, or by means of the app. The price is identical.

Actually, whereas it’s handy to purchase it upfront, you may need to wait till the top of the day so you possibly can evaluation the photographs within the app after which resolve if you wish to purchase them.

I imagine the photographs can be found for buy for as much as 90 days within the app, and as soon as bought they are often downloaded from the app for as much as a yr from after they had been taken.

For those who plan on visiting Alton Towers a number of instances all year long, you too can pay £75 for an annual photograph go, which gives you entry to all of the pictures out of your park visits for an entire yr.

 

Eating places at Alton Towers

Alton Towers has fairly a large alternative of eating choices throughout the park. There are eating places within the theme park space itself, in addition to eating places on the lodge resorts which serve breakfast and dinner.

There are additionally picnic areas and a variety of locations promoting snacks and drinks which might be discovered throughout the park. Simply be aware that many of those settle for contactless cost solely somewhat than money.

Bear in mind that a lot of the eating places have an ordering system which requires you to scan a QR code after which order and pay by means of your telephone. We’ve got had points with this prior to now, and have learnt that you would be able to nonetheless pay at a until you probably have difficulties.

The primary eating choices are as follows.

 

Eating places within the Theme Park

• Woodcutter’s Bar and Grill (close to Darkish Forest / Towers)- focuses on grilled meals, typically our favorite of the eating places within the park in the case of meals
• Rollercoaster Restaurant (Forbidden Valley) – has quite a lot of choices, with the twist that each one the meals is delivered by way of a mini rollercoaster.
• Explorers Pizza Pasta (Katanga Canyon) – buffet restaurant with a spread of pizza, pasta and a salad bar
• The Burger Kitchen (close to David Walliams space & Alton Towers Dungeon, additionally Mutiny Bay) – Primarily burgers, as you’d think about, though it’s important to purchase a combo meal which may push the worth up
• Simply Hen (X-Sector) – Primarily focuses on fried rooster
• Nook Espresso (Towers Avenue) – In addition to espresso it additionally has sandwiches, pastries, and truffles

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eating places within the Resort Space

Notice these typically solely serve breakfast and dinner. It’s additionally good to know that the Rollercoaster Restaurant can be open after the theme park closes, though reservations are required.

Secret Backyard Restaurant Meals

Secret Backyard Restaurant Meals

 

Lodging at Alton Towers

For an prolonged Alton Towers expertise, you possibly can truly keep on website at one of many resort lodging choices. There are six totally different lodging choices at Alton Towers throughout a spread of various worth factors.

We predict staying on website could make sense, particularly if you’re visiting with youngsters because the on-site lodging is de facto arrange in direction of enhancing their expertise with extra actions and themed rooms.

Nevertheless if you wish to keep someplace a bit quieter with extra flexibility in alternative by way of worth, eating choices and so forth, then take a look at the part on close by lodging additional on on this information.

All of the lodging is discovered to the east of the primary park. Relying on which possibility you select, the lodging is a couple of 5-10 minute stroll from the monorail, which is able to whisk you to the primary park entrance in a couple of minutes.

You can too stroll to the primary park entrance in 20 – half-hour, or to the unique lodge visitor entrance which is about 5 – 10 minutes’ stroll from a lot of the lodges.

Right here’s a rundown of all of the lodging choices at Alton Towers to provide you an concept of what to anticipate.

 

Alton Towers Resort

Alton Towers Resort was the primary lodge to be constructed on the park, opening in 1996. It’s a 4* lodge with a big restaurant, bar and nearly 200 rooms.

The lodge is themed after the fictional character Sir Algenon Alton, a famed explorer and inventor. Completely different areas of the lodge are themed to match his totally different exploits, together with a hot-air balloon pirate ship within the bar space which doubles as a stage.

Varied room varieties can be found. On our latest go to we stayed in an Arctic Explorer room which was very snug and fairly giant, particularly for 2 of us. It had an en-suite rest room with bathtub, air-conditioning, a small fridge and tea/espresso making services.

Many of the rooms can sleep as much as 4 folks – two adults and two youngsters. They’re pretty giant rooms and despite the fact that we visited when it was busy the rooms had been quiet.

We actually appreciated the theming within the rooms, which has plenty of considerate particulars all through, from the carpet to the large stuffed polar bear on the mattress. Completely different rooms have totally different themes, in addition to totally different facilities.

Air-con for instance isn’t obtainable in all of the room, so do verify if that’s necessary to you.

You possibly can see all of the room varieties and their facilities right here– there are plenty of choices to select from!

 

Splash Landings Resort

Opened in 2003, Splash Landings Resort can be a 4* lodge. It’s the closest lodge to the Monorail station and lodge visitor theme park entrance. It’s additionally the place you’ll discover the Alton Towers Waterpark.

Splash Landings is themed, as you may think, round water, with a sunny Carribean theme operating all through. There are water options and themed installations, and the rooms are additionally themed alongside varied nautical kinds.

On website there’s an all you possibly can eat restaurant, Flambo’s Jambo, which has a Carribean theme. There’s additionally a Caribbean themed bar on website, in addition to common leisure.

Splash Landings is certainly a very good possibility, particularly with youngsters. The one factor to concentrate on is that it may well get fairly heat within the lodge because the waterpark is on website, and the rooms don’t have air con. So the rooms might be fairly heat, even within the cooler months of the yr.

You possibly can see all of the room varieties and their facilities at Splash Landings Resort right here.

 

CBeebies Land Resort

CBeebies Land Resort is the most recent lodge at Alton Towers Resort, opening in 2017. On a latest go to to Alton Towers with buddies they stayed right here with their two youngsters ages 3 and 6 years previous.

CBeebies Land is firmly geared toward youthful guests to the park and is themed across the characters present in CBeebies reveals. This theming extends all through, from the rooms to the restaurant and reception.

There are additionally many CBeebies reveals and leisure experiences which happen right here that are included for visitors. There’s additionally a restaurant and bar on website.

There’s a spread of rooms obtainable, our buddies stayed within the Swashbuckle themed pirate room which slept as much as 5 and had two TVs in addition to pirate theming all through.

The outline for CBeebies Land Resort means that it’s best for guests with youngsters aged as much as round three. Nevertheless, we’d say that this very a lot will depend on your youngsters and what they’re into, and youngsters as much as 9 or 10 will in all probability find it irresistible.

Our buddies’ youngsters truthfully thought the lodge was superb. They cherished just about every little thing about it. Their dad and mom significantly appreciated the room structure which had the children in their very own alcove in bunk beds, that means they felt nearly like that they had their very own room while nonetheless being in the identical room.

In addition they loved the meals, the leisure, and the theming all through.

One necessary factor to concentrate on with this lodge and its services is that it is just open to visitors staying within the lodge itself.

So if you’re visiting the park as a bunch and a few of you might be staying in CBeebies Resort and a few of you might be in different lodging, that is one thing to bear in mind when you plan on eating collectively or watching leisure.

Company of the opposite lodging choices can’t go to CBeebies Land Resort or use its services.

We acquired round this by having our meals on the Alton Towers Resort on a latest go to, however the youngsters did nonetheless get to have their breakfast in CBeebies and likewise they took half in among the actions just like the night Stargazing.

General, if you’re visiting Alton Towers with a youthful household the CBeebies Land Resort could be my primary choose if it’s obtainable. You possibly can see all of the room varieties right here.

 

Stargazing Pods

The remaining three lodging choices at Alton Towers fall into the Enchanted Village space of the park, which provides a spread of much less conventional lodging choices.

The primary of those we’ll cowl are the Stargazing pods, which opened to the general public in 2019. For those who’ve ever been glamping, then these pods shall be fairly acquainted.

They’re mainly small wood buildings that provide an expertise just like tenting however with the good thing about actual beds, lighting and heating. Every pod can sleep as much as 4, with one double mattress and two single beds. Linen is offered.

There aren’t any bogs, showers or different washing services within the pods themselves, these are all centrally situated at a separate block which provides bogs, showers and child change areas.

There’s additionally no cooking or refrigeration services, you’ll need to dine at one of many eating places (until you convey your personal picnic model meals).

Stargazing pods are positively probably the most primary lodging possibility which may make for a very price range pleasant camping-like expertise at Alton Towers.

They’re usually the bottom value lodging possibility at Alton Towers Resort, they usually additionally are likely to have the perfect availability at any time when we’ve appeared for final minute lodging.

 

Woodland Lodges

The unique lodging possibility within the Enchanted Village had been the Woodland Lodges, which opened in 2015.

The Woodland Lodges are styled as log cabins, every of which may sleep as much as 5 folks. There’s a essential room for adults, and a separate youngsters sleeping space with bunk beds and a truckle mattress.

All of the rooms have en-suite bogs, flat display screen TVs and free WiFi. For eating, breakfast is on the market on the Crooked Spoon restaurant within the Enchanted Village, and visitors may have their night meal right here or at one of many different eating places.

We haven’t personally stayed on the Woodland Lodges however we’ve buddies who stayed right here with their youngsters they usually loved it.

These are typically amongst the extra common choices for lodging at Alton Towers Resort, and might promote out shortly.

 

Luxurious Treehouses

Essentially the most unique lodging possibility within the Enchanted Village space are the Luxurious Treehouses, that are present in a secluded a part of the Enchanted Village.

There are 5 luxurious treehouses, they usually can all sleep as much as eight folks in 4 bedrooms. The posh treehouses all include a kitchenette, which features a fridge, kettle, toaster, microwave and dishwasher. So these are at the moment the one lodging possibility at Alton Towers the place you can put together your personal meals.

Different luxuries embody a 50″ TV with video games console, personal scorching tub and deck, and the usage of an unique takeaway service for meal supply.

In fact, all this luxurious and facilities does imply that the treehouses are the costliest possibility at Alton Towers. Nevertheless if you’re visiting the resort with a bunch or simply need one thing additional particular, then they’re positively price testing.

 

Lodging Close to Alton Towers

While there are many lodging choices at Alton Towers, it’s not the one possibility on your go to.

We do just like the on-site lodging however if you’re not visiting with youngsters or would similar to a little bit of selection by way of eating choices, then there are many close by options throughout a variety of budgets.

These could make a very good location for staying the night time earlier than Alton Towers, or for additional exploration within the space as a part of an extended journey.

Listed here are some to contemplate, ordered by driving distance from Alton Towers.

• The White Hart – a well-liked inn within the village of Alton, providing a spread of en-suite rooms. 7 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers
• The Laurel’s B&B – This can be a well-rated B&B which serves breakfast. Rooms are en-suite with tea/espresso making services. 8 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers
• The Bay Tree – a really well-reviewed B&B with en-suite lodging and breakfast obtainable. 8 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers
• Peakstones Inn – This 3* lodge provides a spread of en-suite rooms and there’s an on-site restaurant and bar. Breakfast is on the market. 10 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers.
• Heywood Corridor – This property provides a variety of self-contained residences, every with a small kitchen an en-suite rest room. There’s additionally a scorching tub and backyard for visitors use. 12 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers.
• Whiston Corridor – A former nineteenth century corridor which has been transformed into a contemporary mid-range lodge with its personal golf course. A variety of en-suite rooms can be found, and breakfast is obtainable. We loved our keep right here and the meals particularly was excellent. 13minutes’ drivee from Alton Towers.
• The Duncombe Arms – This pub/lodge is present in Ellastone and provides air-conditioned rooms with espresso machines and en-suite services. Breakfast is on the market and there’s a restaurant and bar for different meals. 13 minutes drive from Alton Towers
• The Royal Oak – This inn provides a spread of snug rooms within the city of Ashbourne. There’s a restaurant and bar on website with meals obtainable. 19 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers.
• YHA Ilam Corridor – This youth hostel is present in a gothic corridor set in 84 acres of parkland. There’s an on-site breakfast, kitchen for self-catering, and a alternative of shared or personal lodging. 22 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers.

In fact, there are heaps extra choices to contemplate. You possibly can see a full vary of lodging choices close to Alton Towers on Reserving.com right here, which incorporates a variety of vacation leases as nicely. You can too discover close by vacation leases on websites like Sykes Vacation Cottages and Snaptrip.

 

Different Actions at Alton Towers

In addition to the theme park, there are a selection of different actions on the Alton Towers resort that you would be able to get pleasure from. These are as follows.

 

Waterpark

Discovered contained in the Splash Landings Resort, the Alton Towers Waterpark is open the vast majority of the yr.

There are a variety of swimming pools, each inside and out of doors, in addition to varied water slides. It’s plenty of enjoyable and nicely price together with as a part of your go to. You possibly can guide tickets on-line right here.

 

Extraordinary Golf

Proper subsequent to the Splash Landings lodge is an 18-hole miniature golf course which is themed round the primary rides at Alton Towers.

That is truly a very enjoyable mini-golf course which we had plenty of enjoyable enjoying. The holes are very distinctive, and it’s a pleasant approach to spend an hour or two.

A complimentary spherical of 9 holes is generally included for resort visitors, and we extremely advocate benefiting from this. We did it on the day we left, earlier than visiting the waterpark. It’s additionally open comparatively late, so you probably have the stamina you can do it after a day on the theme park!

Discover out extra and guide tickets on-line right here.

 

Spa

Alton Towers could be very a lot designed to be enjoyable for the entire household, and adults will certainly need to take into account a soothing journey to the Alton Towers Spa as a part of their go to!

The Spa is present in Alton Towers Resort, and is open year-round to everybody, together with non-residents of the lodge and people with out theme park tickets.

A variety of therapies can be found and reserving is suggested. Discover out extra on the web site right here.

 

Alton Towers Dungeon

The Alton Towers Dungeon is definitely discovered contained in the Theme Park, so that you do want theme park tickets to go to. Nevertheless, it’s an extra cost to go to, so I believed I must also embody it on this a part of the information.

The Dungeon is a walk-through expertise with costumed actors, and is just like different Dungeon experiences together with the London Dungeon.

We predict it’s pretty priced, nonetheless given how a lot there already is to do at Alton Towers it’s not a must-see attraction.

Discover out extra and guide tickets right here.

 

Rollercoaster Observe Walks

New for 2024 is the chance to do a guided stroll of among the park’s rollercoasters.

These journey walks are at the moment obtainable for Oblivion and Wicker Man and embody a guided stroll as much as the highest of the elevate hill. In addition they embody a fast-track ticket for the precise journey in addition to specific parking, however don’t embody park entry which have to be booked individually.

These experiences usually happen exterior of park opening hours and are solely obtainable on sure days of the yr.

They positively must be booked upfront and you’ll want to verify all the small print previous to reserving to make sure the expertise works for you.

Discover our extra and guide these experiences right here.

 

Particular Occasions at Alton Towers

All year long, the Alton Towers Theme Park holds a variety of particular occasions. These usually have particular themes and line up with occasions like Halloween, Christmas and Easter, in addition to faculty holidays like half time period.

At these instances of yr you possibly can look forward to finding themed rides, costumed guides, reside music, and particular experiences like having the ability to journey some rides at midnight.

Occasions differ, and you’ll see all of them right here, however typically the primary occasions held every year are as follows.

Notice that these occasions might be very busy, so that you may take into account investing in a Fastrack go if visiting at these instances of yr.

Competition of Thrills

The pageant of thrills celebrates among the most thrilling rides at Alton Towers. There are often particular leisure actions, prizes to be received and themed areas on the park to expertise.

Usually held from mid-April to the beginning of Could.

 

Mardi Gras

While the actual Mardi Gras takes place earlier within the yr, the Alton Towers Mardi Gras typically runs from the top of Could to the beginning of June.

In any other case the occasion could be very a lot on theme with Mardi Gras, with a carnival ambiance and particular meals gadgets. Earlier years have additionally included parades of embellished floats.

 

Oktoberfest

Set as much as align with Germany’s well-known pageant, the Alton Towers Oktoberfest typically runs from early September to the beginning of October.

Count on German themed occasions and meals, a family-friendly ambiance and late opening for driving at midnight.

 

Scarefest

Held every year within the weeks main as much as Halloween, Scarefest is ideal for lovers of spooky thrills. The park opens a lot later than regular throughout Scarefest, that means you possibly can journey your favorite rides at midnight.

There’s additionally plenty of spooky theming, costumed actors and particular occasions. This is among the extra common occasions that Alton Towers runs and is nicely price visiting when you get the chance.

 

Alton Towers Fireworks

Set as much as coincide with Bonfire Night time, the Fireworks occasion at Alton Towers usually runs for a number of days across the fifth November. It’s additionally usually the top of the primary season on the park.

The Fireworks occasion sees the park open late, so you possibly can journey at midnight. As is to be anticipated, there’s additionally an unbelievable Fireworks show on every night time of the occasion.

 

There are extra occasions than the above and occasions do differ from yr to yr, however this could offer you an concept of among the essential occasions which occur all year long at Alton Towers.

 

Ideas for Visiting Alton Towers

We’ve visited Alton Towers a variety of instances, and based mostly on our experiences we wished to share some ideas that can assist you get probably the most out of your day on the theme park.

In addition to the under, we even have a devoted submit of ideas for visiting Alton Towers which you may need to take a look at as nicely.

 

Make a Plan

If you wish to take advantage of out of your day at Alton Towers, we extremely advocate placing a plan collectively. This could at the least cowl which rides you and your group are most keen on driving.

As soon as you understand which rides you need to do, you possibly can then plan a route across the park. We’d counsel heading for the rides that are prone to have the longest queues first (often the extra excessive thrill rides), and tackling all of the rides in the identical space collectively to minimise strolling instances.

If you’re visiting with youngsters who don’t meet the journey peak necessities for all of the rides, or people who aren’t keen on particular rides, you’ll additionally need to plan for how one can deal with splitting your group up if crucial so everybody can have the expertise they need. This may require some compromises, so is greatest dealt with upfront.

You can too keep away from the drama of children discovering they aren’t the precise peak to participate in a journey by measuring them upfront, and planning your route so that they don’t really feel they’re lacking out on something. For instance, you can take them to CBeebies Land or Mutiny Bay after which members of the group may pop off for different rides.

We’d additionally advocate fascinated with the place you need to eat and when. You possibly can both convey your personal picnic or eat at one of many on-site eating places. These clearly get very busy round lunch time on busier days, and reservations usually are not potential, so that you may need to eat earlier or later within the day.

 

Convey a Smartphone Charger

The probabilities are that you’re going to be utilizing your telephone loads at Alton Towers. From taking pictures to speaking with buddies to utilizing the app to vary journey instances and discover your approach round, it’s going for use loads.

Having your telephone go flat partway by means of the day, particularly when you’re counting on it to seize recollections, discover your approach round, or show a Fastrack go, isn’t going to be supreme.

For that reason we advocate bringing a USB charger on your telephone. There are heaps obtainable, we at the moment use one like this which labored nicely to cost our telephone and our buddies’ telephones on our final go to to Alton Towers.

 

Obtain the Alton Towers App

Within the days of yore, Alton Towers had a paper map that you can use to seek out your approach across the park. For those who wished to understand how lengthy a journey queue was, you needed to both bodily go to the journey itself, or attempt to discover one of many elusive boards displaying journey queue instances and statuses throughout the park.

These days, just about every little thing is dealt with by way of the Alton Towers App, which is definitely surprisingly good. Though it does require you to have a smartphone after all.

The App enables you to do loads, together with:

• Navigate across the park, with instructions, estimated strolling instances and routing obtainable. It may well additionally counsel routes with fewer steps.
• Discover rides based mostly on quite a lot of standards, from journey kind by means of to journey peak restrictions
• Show reside journey queue instances and open statuses (solely works on website)
• E-book and use Fastrack passes
• Save and show your Alton Towers ticket
• Discover bogs, eating places, present instances, buggy parks, water refill stations and plenty extra
• Get digital previews of your journey pictures which you should buy in-app
• Add any lodge bookings
• Get details about heritage places within the gardens
• Discover out about parking, attending to the park and accessibility

And much extra! Actually, the app is a must have when visiting Alton Towers, and it’s price downloading upfront of your go to so you might be totally ready. You’ll find obtain hyperlinks for it right here on the official website.

 

E-book Your Meals if Staying In a single day

If you’re staying in a single day at one of many on-site lodging choices, it’s actually necessary that you simply guide your meals upfront. It’s essential guide a timeslot on your breakfast and night meals.

Usually, your breakfast meal shall be on the lodge the place you might be staying. Even when it’s included, it is advisable to make a reservation for a timeslot. These do replenish, so the additional upfront you guide the higher the possibility of getting a very good time.

On your night meal you possibly can select any of the eating places, together with Rollercoaster Restaurant. Nevertheless, relying on the restaurant you should still must guide.

Eating places the place bookings are beneficial for dinner are the Secret Backyard Restaurant, Rollercoaster Restaurant and Windmill Restaurant.

Flambo’s Jambo and the Crooked Spoon solely require reservations for breakfast.

The Rollercoaster Restaurant is often the most well-liked and has the least seating, so can guide out weeks upfront for dinner.

Notice that solely visitors staying within the CBeebies Resort are in a position to dine on the Windmill Restaurant. Reserving hyperlinks for all of the eating places are as follows:

Reserving a reservation is free and solely takes a few minutes. Notice {that a} day or so earlier than your reservation you’ll usually be contacted by e-mail to verify your reservation, which simply requires clicking a hyperlink within the e-mail.

 

Go to Splash Landings if Staying A number of Days

If you’re staying in a single day at Alton Towers, think about using a few of your time while you might be on website to go to Splash Landings, the on-site waterpark.

For instance, we not too long ago spent two nights at Alton Towers. We visited the park on the primary two days, and on the day we departed we spent the morning at Splash Landings. It was a stunning approach to finish our journey and meant even on the day we had been leaving we nonetheless had plenty of enjoyable.

Splash Landings tickets are greatest bought upfront, which you are able to do on-line right here. At busier instances of yr it is advisable to choose a timeslot on your go to, so it’s positively greatest to do that upfront to make certain you possibly can go to at a time that fits you.

 

Arrive Early and Depart Late

There’s a enormous quantity to do at Alton Towers, and your ticket provides you entry for the entire day. So we extremely advocate taking full benefit of that, and making an attempt to be on the park from opening time to closing.

Usually, the park opens round an hour earlier than the rides begin working. We positively advocate getting right here at opening time so you possibly can head to a well-liked journey you actually need to do. This manner you’ll be capable to get within the queue earlier than they get too lengthy.

It’s additionally price staying as near closing time as potential. Because the day progresses folks begin to go away, and you probably have the stamina for it, we recommend ready proper till closing time to go away so you possibly can maximise your driving instances. Queues positively get shorter because the day involves an finish, so that you’ll be capable to squeeze a number of extra rides in.

 

Options to Alton Towers

You is perhaps questioning if there are any options to Alton Towers within the UK. The reply is sure, there are definitely different theme parks within the UK.

Nevertheless, Alton Towers typically has the widest alternative of rides unfold out throughout the most important space. Nevertheless, listed below are some options to contemplate:

• Thorpe Park
• Blackpool Pleasure Seaside
• Chessington World of Adventures
• LEGOLAND Windsor Resort
• Drayton Manor Park

 

Alton Towers Incessantly Requested Questions

We’re now going to undergo some generally requested questions on Alton Towers.

 

Are Alton Towers Fastrack Passes Value It?

You is perhaps questioning when you ought to spend money on an Alton Towers Fastrack Cross. We’ve got visited Alton Towers each with and with no Fastrack Cross, and had a very good expertise with and with out.

The passes can positively be price it, however loads will depend upon how busy the park is in addition to what number of rides (and which rides) you truly plan to journey.

If you’re visiting at a quieter time of yr, then you definately may discover {that a} Fastrack Cross isn’t crucial as queue instances may not be so lengthy.

We’ve got visited off peak throughout a reasonably moist day in March for instance, and most journey wait instances had been only a few minutes, with even the extra common rides being nicely underneath an hour.

If you’re visiting at a busy time of yr, comparable to throughout faculty holidays, throughout an occasion like Scarefest, on a weekend, or throughout a time when many faculty journeys are visiting (typically across the final week of faculty), then a Fastrack go is perhaps a very good funding.

We’ve got additionally visited throughout a busy time at Alton Towers, when traces for the most well-liked rides had been in extra of two hours. With the Fastrack Cross, traces had been between 5 minutes and 25 minutes.

The latter was extra uncommon and often solely occurred if the journey had paused for a technical purpose, inflicting the queue to construct up.

With out the Fastrack, on that go to we in all probability would have struggled to journey greater than 3 or 4 rides within the day, and most of our time would have been spent in queues.

As we had been visiting in a bunch and taking turns to take care of the youthful members of our group, this wouldn’t have labored out so nicely.

Because it was, members of the group may pop off and journey a bigger journey, and be gone and again in round half-hour. We had been additionally in a position to journey many rides, I personally did at the least 15 rides in in the future. So for our go to on a busy summer season day the Fastrack Cross was completely price it.

For those who do resolve to get the Fastrack, you additionally need to resolve which one to get. It will rely significantly on which rides you need to journey Personally I’d advocate the Silver or Gold passes, as these embody the rides which are likely to have the longest traces.

While these two passes are solely legitimate for one journey on every attraction, when you handle your time nicely on the park you possibly can usually slot in at the least one non Fastrack journey firstly and finish of the day when the park is quieter when you did need to journey something a number of instances. You can too purchase one-off Fastrack passes on a per attraction foundation.

The platinum Fastrack go is greatest for these of you who actually need to journey a number of rides a number of instances, through which case it may well make sense.

For 2024, the platinum Fastrack go is the one go which incorporates the brand new Nemesis Reborn journey, which is prone to be highly regarded with guests. So when you actually need to journey that, the platinum may make sense for you.

You should purchase Fastrack passes upfront of your go to right here, on website at buyer companies, or on-site by means of the app.

The worth is identical, nonetheless Fastrack passes do promote out, particularly at busier instances of yr.

If you’re visiting at a busier time of yr and need to purchase a Fastrack, it’s extremely beneficial you achieve this upfront on the web site right here.

If you’re visiting at a quieter time of yr it’s possible you’ll desire to buy in individual whenever you arrive after you may have seen how busy the park is. Simply keep in mind that passes can promote out.

 

How Lengthy Do You Want at Alton Towers?

I’d advocate spending the entire day at Alton Towers, from the time the gates open to the time it closes. It’s a comparatively costly day trip, so that you may as nicely get your cash’s price.

For an much more complete expertise, you too can plan to remain in a single day on the resort or at a close-by lodge, after which go to for a second day.

You possibly can typically get a second day entry ticket at a lower cost when buying your unique ticket, making this a very good worth possibility.

There may be positively greater than sufficient to do at Alton Towers to fill two full days.

 

Are the Alton Towers Resorts Any Good?

We had been truly very impressed with the Alton Towers lodges. On our latest go to we stayed on the Alton Towers Resort, while our buddies with their youthful youngsters stayed at CBeebies Land Resort.

We thought every little thing was nicely finished: the theme all through, the seamless check-in course of, the attentive employees, the night leisure and the meals had been all glorious.

It actually added to the general expertise and felt like an extension of the theme park. The youngsters particularly cherished CBeebies Land, which we are able to advocate for households with youngsters as much as round 9 or 10.

We additionally appreciated that staying on the lodge meant that our parking was included, and that there was a lodge visitors solely entrance only a few minutes’ stroll from the lodges. This acquired us near Nemesis Reborn, Galactica and The Blade at entry time, that means we had been amongst the primary riders on board.

The one draw back for our keep was that we needed to guide timeslots for all our meals upfront.

We had been staying for 2 nights so needed to guide breakfast and dinner slots. As we booked final minute there wasn’t plenty of availability, and it additionally meant we couldn’t be versatile with our plans.

All of it labored out in the long run and the meals on the eating places we ate at was truly excellent. Simply remember that you simply do must plan and guide upfront.

 

When is Alton Towers Busiest?

Alton Towers is often busiest on the weekends and through faculty holidays.

There are additionally typically faculty journeys to Alton Towers within the final couple of weeks of the college time period in July, though faculty journeys can go to at any time after all.

We’ve got visited Alton Towers at varied instances of yr, together with throughout July faculty journey time. It is going to definitely be busier, and it’s possible you’ll need to spend money on a Fastrack ticket on busier days.

 

Is Alton Towers Good for Households?

Sure, Alton Towers is a unbelievable day trip for households. There may be such a large alternative of rides, sights and actions that everybody within the household will be capable to have an important day trip.

 

Is Pictures Allowed at Alton Towers?

Sure, images is allowed at Alton Towers.

There are some exceptions. You aren’t allowed to take pictures or movies throughout rides resulting from security, and this shall be clearly said when queuing for and boarding the journey. Utilizing your telephone or digicam on rides can get you ejected from the park and will shut down the journey quickly. Preserve your self, your telephone, and different passengers secure by stowing your telephone and cameras earlier than every journey.

If you wish to get pictures of you and your family and friends having fun with the rides, then we advocate testing the digital photograph go, which covers a lot of the rides. We all cherished that and acquired a lot of pictures that approach on the rides of all of us. You should purchase this on-line upfront right here or in individual on website.

As well as, images and videography is closely restricted at Splash Landings, for apparent causes. If you’re inside Splash Landings when it’s open you possibly can typically take restricted pictures of your personal family and friends, however that’s about it. You aren’t allowed to take pictures of different visitors. Finest to go away your telephone or digicam within the locker until you actually need it.

When Splash Landings is closed and empty, you possibly can take pictures of the world.

 

Can I Take My Personal Meals and Drink to Alton Towers?

Sure, you possibly can take your personal foods and drinks to Alton Towers, and there are picnic benches throughout the park the place you possibly can devour your personal foods and drinks.

The one actual restriction to this rule is that you would be able to’t convey alcohol into the park, though it’s served on website.

You can also’t take your personal foods and drinks into venues the place they serve foods and drinks, because the tables are just for paying prospects solely.

There are a number of picnic areas situated right here and there with picnic benches that you would be able to sit and use, together with on the primary grassy space by the lake in entrance of Towers Avenue, and subsequent to Hex.

 

Are there Consuming Fountains at Alton Towers?

There are many water refill stations across the park the place you possibly can refill a water bottle. We’d positively advocate bringing your personal refillable water bottle to Alton Towers so you possibly can keep hydrated as you go.

Water refill stations are marked on the map within the Alton Towers app.

 

How do I Eat on the Rollercoaster Restaurant?

The Rollercoaster restaurant is among the most enjoyable eating experiences at Alton Towers, and youngsters particularly love watching the meals fly across the varied tracks earlier than arriving at your desk. Actually, adults find it irresistible too!

Sadly, this does imply that the restaurant can be common and might get booked up.

For lodge visitors, it’s potential to dine on the Rollercoaster Restaurant within the evenings. This requires a reservation, and these can promote out months upfront.

The excellent news is that you would be able to nonetheless get the rollercoaster eating expertise. The key is simply to go throughout park opening hours. Throughout this time reservations usually are not potential, and eating is first come first serve.

For those who flip up at near opening time (round 11am), and don’t thoughts having an early lunch, then you definately shouldn’t have any downside getting a desk.

We did this not too long ago on a really busy day at Alton Towers and had no downside getting a desk at round 11.20am. Nevertheless we weren’t in a position to guide for dinner because it was totally booked out for the entire month.

 

How Lengthy Are the Queues at Alton Towers?

Queue instances at Alton Towers differ vastly, from a couple of minutes to over two hours.

There may be enormous variability in queue time which will depend on how busy the park is, the time of day, the variety of Fastrack Cross holders and so forth.

Usually when you go to in off-peak instances (mainly in the course of the week exterior of faculty holidays) the queue instances shall be shorter.

Moreover, usually within the mornings earlier than round 11am and within the afternoons after 3pm most queue instances will begin to scale back.

 

Is There Wi-Fi at Alton Towers?

Sure, there’s free Wi-Fi all through the resort together with on the theme park and in all of the lodging choices.

You simply have to enroll to entry it. We advocate doing so as a result of the Alton Towers app works loads higher if you end up related to the Wi-Fi community, and utilizing Wi-Fi tends to empty your telephone battery slower than utilizing your cell knowledge.

 

Does Alton Towers Have Tall Rollercoasters?

One factor you’ll discover whenever you go to Alton Towers is that it doesn’t have very tall rollercoasters comparable to you may discover at different theme parks around the globe.

The explanation for that is that Alton Towers isn’t allowed to construct any journey that goes above tree peak. That is why many rides are cleverly constructed in sunken areas or to even go under floor. So there are nonetheless a number of thrilling rollercoasters right here!

 

Does the Climate Have an effect on Rides at Alton Towers?

The UK isn’t essentially identified for year-round wonderful climate, so that you is perhaps questioning how rain and wind can have an effect on the rides at Alton Towers.

The excellent news is that almost all rides will usually run within the rain, until it is vitally heavy rain. If there’s thunder or lightning this could additionally influence rides. Excessive wind may result in journey closures.

In any other case although, visiting on a moist day can truly be helpful in some regards as there’ll typically be fewer guests and shorter queues.

Lastly, Alton Towers provides a rainy-day assure. Because of this if the climate leads to journey closures to the purpose that Alton Towers deems it a “Wet Day”, then it is possible for you to to return on a distinct day without cost.

If this occurs throughout your go to, as an alternative of writing off the day, take into account visiting the Waterpark. There’s a payment to take action however as you might be already on website it’d flip the day round. You’ll simply want to recollect to convey your swimwear.

You possibly can learn extra in regards to the Wet Day assure and what it covers right here.

 

Additional Studying

That’s it for our information to visiting Alton Towers! We hope you discovered it helpful.

Earlier than you go, we wished to share a number of of our different guides that you simply may discover helpful.

• For extra ideas, see our Ideas for Visiting Alton Towers submit
• For wider UK journey planning, we’ve steered one week and two week UK itineraries
• We’ve got guides to many different cities in England. See our information to issues to do in Manchester,  issues to do in Stratford upon Avon,  issues to do in Bristol,  issues to do in Portsmouth, tips about a weekend in York, tips about Visiting Oxford on a Day Journey, and issues to do in Cambridge
• For those who’re heading to Scotland, take a look at our 2 day Edinburgh itinerary, our Glasgow and Loch Lomond itinerary, our information to the greatest day journeys from Glasgow, our information to issues to do in Edinburgh, our itinerary for Skye and the Highlands, our information to the greatest day journeys from Aberdeen, and our information to the perfect day journeys from Edinburgh to get you began. We even have a information to getting from London to Edinburgh.
• We’ve got a information to 10 of the perfect Stately Properties in England, a few of which aren’t that removed from Alton Towers

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