Gino. Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 dose anybody have a ruff idea where the nearest fastrack kiosk to the park entrance is as I am going to alton towers on 25 and 26 july Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 The entrance, where you buy tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gino. Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 thanks mate, I guess it was kind of a stupid question, lack of common sense there :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake C Posted November 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 all the fastrack prices have gone up!the most ridiculos one is £5 for one ride on rita!take a look for yourself.http://www.altontowers.com/plan-your-visit/fast-track/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkmad Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 all the fastrack prices have gone up!the most ridiculos one is £5 for one ride on rita!take a look for yourself.http://www.altontowers.com/plan-your-visit/fast-track/Companies have to make profits somehow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Boy Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 Being honest, I preferred the old fastrack system. The one where you got unlimited fastrack on your ordinary ticket if you payed an extra £10 or something like that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ggyygyv6674fg Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 Fastrack at Alton is MUCH better value than Thorpe. The prices are lower and you get given an allocated time slot, and they sell a limited amount so it doesn't become a mess like Thorpe.Fastrack Thrills - £8 - Nemesis, Air, Oblivion and The Flume.Fastrack Adventurer - £4 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Runaway Mine Train and Corkscrew.Fastrack Rita - £4 - This is an add-on fastrack ticket which will add Rita Queen of Speed to your fastrack ticket.Fastrack One Shot - £3 - Allows one ride on Nemesis, Oblivion or The Flume.Fastrack Ultimate - £30 - Unlimited rides on Battle Galleons, Heave Ho, Marauders Mayhem, Rita, Air, Nemesis, Ripsaw, Oblivion, Enterprise, Submission, Corkscrew, Hex, The Flume, Duel, Congo River Rapids, Spinball Whizzer, Runaway Mine Train and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.Fastrack Ultimate is £40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 No way! Fastrack Ultimate was £80 when I went!I'm sure it's £75. The £30/£35 fastrack was the ticket that entitled the bearer to one ride on each attraction listed, not unlimited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th13teen Posted August 21, 2010 Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 I'm sure it's £75. The £30/£35 fastrack was the ticket that entitled the bearer to one ride on each attraction listed, not unlimited.I just wish it could go back to how it used to be free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyT Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 I believe the only parks that offer a free service are the Disney Parks (and even they were trialling an upcharge not so long ago), Even Disney have their issues with it, but luckily their parks can cope much better because they're bigger and have more attractions, plus their rides have just the most insane throughputs.I find it does work quite well at Alton, they don't seem to sell so many that they cannot cope- they seem to have got the balance just right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th13teen Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 I believe the only parks that offer a free service are the Disney Parks (and even they were trialling an upcharge not so long ago), Even Disney have their issues with it, but luckily their parks can cope much better because they're bigger and have more attractions, plus their rides have just the most insane throughputs.I find it does work quite well at Alton, they don't seem to sell so many that they cannot cope- they seem to have got the balance just right.Yeah I heard that they were thinking about charging but currently disney have the only free fastrack system in the world I just wish merlin could have one ride which was free so disney couldent say that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Charging for fastrack was probably one of the best ideas they have ever had. Huge money maker for the parks, absolutely massive.I like looking up and seeing the variable tickets and prices from the previous seasons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 The fastrack prices have gone up again and the packages have changed- no mention of the smiler in any of the packages but each of them has gone up by at least £2 Check the pages out: http://www.altontowers.com/events/fast-track/#Fastrackpackages Check out the premium ones too as the silver package seems good value for money If the smiler is inserted in one of these I may just buy one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 That is all much neater than before in terms of packages, and the price creeping up is a very good thing. But this... Unlimited Fastrack riding all day long on the following rides as many times as you want: Sonic Spinball TH13TEEN Runaway Mine Train The Flum ...better be a misprint! Surely? It must be! Unlimited fastrack (on Spinball and RMT especially but will do 13 no favours and flume will be bad when it's hot) sounds like an absolute disaster for £12. I was under the impression Spinball already operated with properly timed tickets because it fails so wildly at throughputs? Moving it to a basic unlimited will surely mean pretty much the only way of riding it will be with fastrack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Yeah that's definitely a misprint. Smiler won't be available on fastrack for the fair majority of the season. Maybe from Sept, depending on how well the ride is running operationally. The place isn't thorpe, and doesn't try and destroy it's reputation or operations with fastrack. BigBobJones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBobJones Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Yeah that's definitely a misprint. Smiler won't be available on fastrack for the fair majority of the season. Maybe from Sept, depending on how well the ride is running operationally. The place isn't thorpe, and doesn't try and destroy it's reputation or operations with fastrack. YAY for Alton! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 Even though Thorpe did the same for Saw.... Granted Swarm had limited fastrack from the off, but being a B&M it didnt suffer half the problems Saw did thankfully throughput wise or reliability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 Yeah that's definitely a misprint. Smiler won't be available on fastrack for the fair majority of the season. Maybe from Sept, depending on how well the ride is running operationally. The place isn't thorpe, and doesn't try and destroy it's reputation or operations with fastrack. Good because I am visiting in October and I think I might need a fastrack I hope they put it in the one for £21, I think it is the silver package, it looks quite good value for money, cheaper than at thorpe park anyway but the ultimate fastrack is more expensive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDan Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 The idea isn't that it's good value. I say they charge double. Mark9 and pluk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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