January 26, 20187 yr comment_255564 The thing is: we haven't actually had a press release and Alton Towers social media has said very little. All the information has come from people checking the website and writing reports on it. It took them what, over a day to confirm that the website was wrong? This isn't a PR exercise, it's too much of a shambles for that. The message hasn't been controlled in the slightest.
February 7, 20187 yr comment_255763 Quote This is your unique opportunity to make your mark on the Alton Towers Resort. Each brick will be engraved with your unique message and will be installed at the entrance to our Theme Park in our Admissions Plaza. There are two different colours of engraving available, gold and purple. Don't miss this chance to make your mark on the park! £50 to have a message engraved on the new plaza bricks Plaza Brick
February 8, 20187 yr comment_255779 New gifts for 2018: Wood and Bricks! So people are already coming up with some great things to engrave on a brick such as: I Con P Beach Roland Mack. King of Fun. Merlin is destroying Alton Towers Magic R.I.P 2018 etc.
February 8, 20187 yr comment_255780 I really hope people are offering those suggestions and giving Merlin money and not realising not of those messages will get made and Nick walks out of Magic HQ with a giant sack of money on opening day...
February 9, 20187 yr comment_255791 I may need to find a new house soon, so it's nice to know I could build my own with materials sourced from AT. What a waste of time, I sometimes think I'm immune to Merlin's stupidity, then stuff like this is announced...
February 9, 20187 yr comment_255793 For the record, I don't think it's a bad idea, much like the sponsored Stealth seats... And I bet it's a darn sight cheaper than what people had to fork out for the ones at DLP... Like, I find it kinda weird that people are hating Merlin for such an idea? There's much bigger issues than charging people (who might have some real personal connections/stories to the park) to have some temporary statement of that...
February 9, 20187 yr comment_255796 There's a subtle difference between "hating Merlin" and finding the idea stupid. Maybe in the right circumstances the idea would be more well recieved? Like you said Benin, there's far worse things happening at the moment, address them, then give us a reason to want this commemorative brick thing. Having never heard of this being a thing in other parks, I'd certainly say Disney makes far more sense anyway.
February 10, 20187 yr comment_255805 Duel is getting some much needed work done to it over the closed season:
February 10, 20187 yr comment_255806 Yeah, but they're getting rid of the soundtrack which makes me sad
February 21, 20187 yr comment_256057 Defunctland posted this very informative video about Black Hole if anyone is intrested. Also gives a brief history about AT too.
February 21, 20187 yr comment_256058 11 minutes ago, EpicSmatty said: Defunctland posted this very informative video about Black Hole if anyone is intrested. Also gives a brief history about AT too. Already posted! Check out the other vids on there though too.
February 21, 20187 yr comment_256059 1 hour ago, Stuntman707 said: Already posted! Check out the other vids on there though too. I really need to explore these forums more!
February 28, 20187 yr comment_256212 This weekends Services Day event at Towers has been cancelled and new date of 11th March. Quote Unfortunately, the extremely cold temperatures this week have affected our ability to offer guests our full theme park experience. So after careful consideration, and in consultation with the Met Office and Blue Light Card, we’ve taken the difficult decision to postpone the ‘Services Day’ event until Sunday, 11th March. Our Waterpark and Hotels will still be open this weekend, offering a great family escape and a full programme of entertainment.We always want our guests to enjoy a fantastic time here at the Towers, and so would like to offer everyone who was booked to visit or stay this weekend the option to return on Sunday 11th March or, if that date isn’t possible, at another point during the 2018 season when we can be sure to offer them the full ‘Alton Towers’ experience. Support page
March 1, 20187 yr comment_256229 ITV hinted at The Wicker Man opening on 17th March but have since edited their article to say 'Sometime this spring'. http://www.itv.com/news/central/2018-03-01/alton-towers-reveal-first-video-of-fiery-wooden-roller-coaster-wicker-man/
March 2, 20187 yr comment_256238 15 hours ago, MattyMoo said: How did I miss that SW8 video parody? Awesome work, so spot on My favourite part is when they say-“A brand new, globally unique experience” while the subtitle reads-“A rollercoaster”
March 16, 20187 yr comment_256647 The park is open this weekend but they don’t expect to run rides due to the weather. https://support.altontowers.com/hc/en-us/categories/360000124111-Important-Information-regarding-17th-18th-March Quote Here at Alton Towers Resort, we can’t wait to welcome guests for the 2018 Theme Park Season. We intend to open the theme park as planned this weekend, and our hotels are fully open as normal. However, the worsening weather forecast over the last 24 hours – with below zero temperatures, snow and high winds now forecast – mean it’s looking unlikely we’ll be able to operate our rollercoasters this weekend, including Wicker Man, our new thrill attraction. We are currently expecting to open CBeebies Land, Mutiny Bay and Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE as usual. We’ll continue to monitor the situation and post any updates about ride openings on our social media channels.
March 16, 20187 yr comment_256649 I do feel sorry for them if it doesn't open tomorrow, you can plan for everything but then a late curveball can throw all that effort in the bin... I hope that any goons visiting behave if it is shut all day...
March 16, 20187 yr comment_256650 6 minutes ago, Benin said: I hope that any goons visiting behave if it is shut all day... You know they won’t, it’ll be “if you can get Octonauts open you can get the others open”
March 16, 20187 yr comment_256651 This image appeared on Towers Street's forum, given out to hotel guests...
March 16, 20187 yr comment_256652 1 hour ago, BaronC. said: This image appeared on Towers Street's forum, given out to hotel guests... Very poor customer service to not have the revised closed time plastered all over their social media channels and website (unless it’s magically appeared now)
March 16, 20187 yr comment_256654 Understandable, they can't do anything about the weather, but poor that their official website is still showing 5pm close.
March 19, 20187 yr comment_256702 And with that the 2018 season is finally really here. Go Nemesis (and to a lesser extent Rita and Spinball).
March 27, 20187 yr comment_256925 So aside from Wicker Man, Alton Towers was absolutely dire on Sunday. Wicker Man didn't open until 12 noon, broke down again after two trains, so we didn't get on until 12:30 despite having arrived at 8:30 in the morning to be there for the "ERT" Ride testing on Wicker didn't start until gone 9:30am Staggered openings of coasters are awful as it means everyone goes to Wicker first, which inevitably wasn't ready (new ride anyone??) Removal of single rider queues makes it very difficult to get all the coasters done in an already short day, we missed out on loads Skyride closed all day made it even more difficult to get a decent ridecount No extension to opening hours despite terrible reliability, capacity and park operations Hex already feels tired and the sound system in the ride section wasn't working properly Some of the changes in Duel are nice, but the screaming room is still terrible? Like, the new paintwork is nice but the lights still highlight the workings more than the faces themselves Such a shame to see Alton in such a mess, especially when Wicker Man is such an outstanding coaster... the park deserves better.
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