Cal Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) Alton towers online que times (http://ridetimes.co.uk/) now has a section with Thrill rides and Family rides. It looks a lot better now that they are split up as before there was way too much on the page. There is a problem though as it's new I guess, after like 5 secconds in then shows all of the rides again. I'm guessing this will be fixed very soon! EDIT: I just went on it again, and it's working fine now. Edited May 30, 2014 by ThorpeAddict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 That'll be down to your cookies rather than the site itself - you'll realise it stays eventually. It sometimes does this on your browser, showing updated queue times before reverting back to whatever it used to show before it. It's a browser issue rather than the website! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamminGamer Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/altontowersresort/photos/a.10150665640316201.439798.21765316200/10152420854001201/?type=1 Looks as though the Alton Towers Ride game is getting an upgrade I have a feeling they've done a competition type thing like this before but I'm not sure either way a 'Which ride is better?" competition is about to commence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 That whole "Vote for your favourite Alton Towers coaster" thing was what, 2/3 years ago now? (Wow!) Nemesis won it because that's what the enthusiasts voted for... I'm sure the same will occur this year... Always good just to bring back the old "FOUR! Inversions..." thing... JamminGamer, JoshC., Tom and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 ^ I love that video. The campaign is kind of the same lines! c1hrisin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Shock! Alton Towers have announced on their facebook page that they have extended their hours to 6:30pm this weekend. AT rarely do this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 It should be that every day, 5:30 is not enough. Coaster and dragon2000 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Should be 6pms all the time, don't mind a 6:30 but it isn't really needed there as everyone leaves early anyway to travel home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 Â Shiny new queue time TARDIS boards! (TowersStreet Facebook) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 Prefer these to Thorpe's - but even that said, Thorpe's new ones are miles and above better than the previous scrolling LED versions pognoi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 These new queue boards are a great improvement to what they had before. High tech and classy at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 It looks soooo out of place! But the old ones were absolutely awful so anything is an improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted July 4, 2014 Report Share Posted July 4, 2014 The others are in far better locations... these ones are just designed to try and be eye catching and attention seeking (the vinyls will all be added soon it seems) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin The Human Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 How busy do you think it will be on the 12th? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olistjj Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Has any info been released on the 2014 scarefest yet? And also why does it show the scarefest stopping on the 2nd Novemeber and yet on the 7,8,9th the park is still showing as closing at 2100? If it is closing that late does it mean if you are staying over you will get ert as during scarefest last year it said you didn't if it was a scarefest date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon81uk Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Has any info been released on the 2014 scarefest yet? And also why does it show the scarefest stopping on the 2nd Novemeber and yet on the 7,8,9th the park is still showing as closing at 2100? If it is closing that late does it mean if you are staying over you will get ert as during scarefest last year it said you didn't if it was a scarefest date 7/8/9 November are the fireworks days not Scarefest. No ERT on Scarefest or Fireworks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olistjj Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Which one is usually busier? Is scarefest busier or fireworks? And are all the rides or most of them open until 2100 on fireworks nights like on a scarefest or do they close a bit earlier and the rest of the time is fireworks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 I went to scare fest first week midday which isn't school holidays for most of the UK and was maximum hour queues in general - and visited the fireworks event on the Friday, and was maximum 30min queues all day, besides the evening where it started to get heaving due to the fireworks, and the fact pretty much all the rides close prior to the display and then open for an hour or so after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Weekends at Scarefest can be busier than fireworks, especially towards the end of the event. The first weekend usually isn't too bad and during the first week (not half term) it's pretty quiet. On fireworks days everything from Thirteen all the way round to Spinball will close for the show. As they have to get all guests out of these areas the queues will start to close mid-afternoon - expect The Smiler to close very early! The show is at 7pm, with rides reopening at around 7.45ish - as soon as they've been checked for any stray fireworks. Rides between Mutiny Bay and Forbidden Valley stay open throughout. Note that to get to X sector or Dark Forest after the show you will be forced to use the path near Spinball as the path on the other side doesn't open straight away. As a result this route is always very congested - the paths to Forbidden Valley are busy too but far more manageable. During both Scarefest and fireworks a small number of rides close at dusk due to lack of lighting, this includes the Flume and Skyride. At the beginning of Scarefest, this won't be until around 4.30-5pm, but by the end of Fireworks it'll be around 3.30-4pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon81uk Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 JohnD has got all the timings right for fireworks. As for queues, we got a lot done on the Friday morning but it got much busier in the rest of the day. If you want to ride in the dark after fireworks you will get 2-3 rides in but may have choose either mine train / nemesis / air OR Thirteen / Rita / Oblivion as crossing the park will eat into too much of the hour or so you have for dark riding. Thirteen & Nemesis are great in the dark, particularly the sections of Thirteen in the forest area. The gates next to air into the car park will be open usually so you don't need to walk back to main entrance after riding air and Nemesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 The first weekend of Scarefest is gypsies. The first week of Scarefest is dead and a great time to do if you can. Â Fireworks are utterly fantastic too, and well worth it. Just don't expect to ride much unless you arrive in the morning (as everyone arrives for one ride and fireworks, literally). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Alton Towers now has Snapchat: alton-towers An interesting move; don't think there's many companies that have tried this tactic before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Pleasurewood Hills did it earlier this year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Disney do it also - I follow waltdisneyworld on Snapchat and they're purely awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretchy Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 I've not done one of these for a while and it is possibly not the correct topic, but there was some construction over the weekend. Over on the far side of the lake there is something happening.. The contents of this on Saturday look like: By Sunday they looked like : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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