Best day to visit Alton Towers?

[Hixee]

Qutie a simple one really.

Roughly speaking, is it better to go to Alton on Saturdays or Sundays? In terms of queues etc.

See, piece of cake.

 

[furie]

Sundays in my experience. Though I've not been on a Saturday for 20 years :lol:

I think it's generally recognised that Saturdays are busier. I've never understood it really, Sundays are a much better day for theme parking in my opinion.

 

[EnigmaHyena]

Sunday, definitely. When I went for a whole weekend for my birthday last year the park was so much quiter on the Sunday compared to Saturday.

I get the impression that Saturdays will always be for families to do something 'fun' together, and Sundays are the day where they try to relax at home or visit the grandparents for Sunday roast

 

[Lofty]

Sunday's. A lot of families do their shopping, visit family, go to Church (ha. Maybe?) on Sunday's, so usually it's pretty quiet (for a weekend). Still, you can never beat a mid-week visit!

 

[Hixee]

OK, thanks guys. I'll aim for a Sunday.

I want to go mid-week, but I think I'm lucky in having a day off mid-week, unlike my flatmates.

 

[Ben]

There was once an article saying statistically Sundays and Mondays are the quietest days of the weeks, wouldn't be able to find it for the life of me mind.

Cause also remember that's the day when public transport SPITES <//3

 

[marc]

I always heard a Wednesday or a Thursday are the best days to visit most parks.

 

[Enicomb]

I know it wasn't an option but I find the best day is polling day (usually midweek). As kids are off school (so no coach loads of school children) and their parents are in work, generally it's always quiet.

 

[Nic]

Wednesday

 

[Martyn B]

I always heard a Wednesday or a Thursday are the best days to visit most parks.

I thought it was Monday and Tuesday that were supposed to be the quietest days? They have been in my experience anyway. Even in the summer hols, Lightwater was dead on a monday!

Anywho, Sunday will be much better.

 

[gavin]

So between us we've managed to come to the conclusion that every day of the week should be the quietest day. Brilliant.

 

[walker1104]

^ Haha, every day except Friday and Saturday

Seriously though, if you have to go on a weekend, always go for a Sunday over a Saturday.

 

[Martyn B]

Yes you're definitely right with that, and to be honest, I kinda thought that was fairly obvious.

 

[Brookes]

I go Alton quite a lot of Saturdays, and it's not that bad most of the time, but Sundays are normally quieter.

 

[tks]

OK, thanks guys. I'll aim for a Sunday.

I want to go mid-week, but I think I'm lucky in having a day off mid-week, unlike my flatmates.

So tell them to skip classes for a day? Christ sake you're students! You should only be attending 50% of your lectures, and they should be hungover!

 

[Hixee]

OK, thanks guys. I'll aim for a Sunday.

I want to go mid-week, but I think I'm lucky in having a day off mid-week, unlike my flatmates.

So tell them to skip classes for a day? Christ sake you're students! You should only be attending 50% of your lectures, and they should be hungover!

I have asked. I can't make them, plus the Physics guy has got a lab that he has to attend on the Wednesday. Shame I know.

 

[Nic]

Students are useless at being useless.

Don't talk to me until you pass all your units, having been to only one lecture for a whole semester.

 

[furie]

Can I not talk to you anyway? Is it compulsory to talk to you if you've done that?

 

[Hixee]

I might as well tag this in with this topic, as I don't see the point in starting a new one.

How much does the wind affect the coasters at Alton? I know they're pretty sheltered, but it is likely they'll be affected?

 

[furie]

I've never known one close due to wind... Well, there was that time after I'd been on the Guinness the night before and I'd had a Vindaloo, well, they closed Hex down pretty quickly, but it's a different kettle of fish really.