Step back in time and take an insightful and informative tour of Alton Towers with your personal guide. This experience consists of a 2-hour in-depth walking experience into the history of our fantabulous listed House and Gardens. access to some of the most sought-after exclusive locations, including an incredible rooftop panoramic view of the Theme Park, there is no better way to capture the magic.
Selected dates only.
Please be advised this tour includes 2.5km of walking, over 350 steps, and steep gradients. These are historic Gardens and House which include historic and natural woodland pathways and steps. You should wear footwear suitable for this environment.
Yep. With most rides opening an 30-60 minutes after park opening as well.^ Isn't the entire park always open for only like 6 hours anyway??
Yeah, I'm not opposed to this. £10 isn't bad for 2 hours of guides and I know my partner would adore this. For non- coaster fans, this is a great alternative way to enjoy the setting while the coaster nerds go off and bake in the smiler queue for 2 hours.To be fair, this is a guided tour.
Yep. With most rides opening an 30-60 minutes after park opening as well.
Yeah, as of right now, the only major rides that still close before the park does are I Corsari, Colorado Boat and Flying Island, so not a big blow for anyone planning on doing the park this Summer.On Gardaland's open late, close rides early thing. I'm pretty sure it's only like that for another week as from the 30th of June the closing time of the rides will change.
...the Towers Dungeon will close in the summer to prep for a Halloween attraction. Not totally clear if the Dungeons are gone for good after this though.
I'm sure everyone is heartbroken, shame its not closing permanentlyAlton Towers Dungeon; now closed.
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Alton Towers Dungeon Attraction | Alton Towers Resort
Delve into Staffordshire's history at The Alton Towers Dungeon attraction. Laugh and scream through the immersive scenes and haunted ride, if you dare.www.altontowers.com
Yikes, that sounds rough. I had an eerily similar experience at Thorpe Park during school trip season back in 2018; Rush and Samurai were the only rides I managed all day, and I waited 2.5 hours for Saw only for it to break down when I was at the very end of the line about to get on...Alton Towers was rather abysmal today, easily the worst day at a park in my lifetime, and yes I was expecting large crowds of school trips etc.
Nemesis Reborn closed all day. Wicker Man went down multiple times. Oblivion went down multiple times. Thirteen went down multiple times. Curse at Alton Manor went down. Hex still closed. Sky Ride still closed of course. We even, and I'm embarrassed to say this, waited 2 hours and 40 minutes for Rita (advertised at 70) only for it to break down twice and we never got to ride it. We rode two rides the entire day.
On Rita, every other train was being filled with only fast track. It moved at a glacial pace. The park in general also looks like it's falling apart. Think I might finally be done with visiting Merlin parks for good!
I genuinely don’t know if the crowd volumes were really the issue yesterday tbh. I’d say the over selling of fast pass, the 3 minute dispatches, the wildly inaccurate queue times and the ride reliability were what ruined the day.Yikes, that sounds rough. I had an eerily similar experience at Thorpe Park during school trip season back in 2018; Rush and Samurai were the only rides I managed all day, and I waited 2.5 hours for Saw only for it to break down when I was at the very end of the line about to get on...
The parks get very crowded during school trip season!
So I'm going to Alton Towers next week, having not been there for 6 years.
Today, it seems they have changed next week's closing times from 6pm to 5pm. In summer holiday.
Explain!
It's been closing at 4pm at points for years now, I wouldn't expect better tbh!When I went earlier in the year they closed at 4pm. With the Skyride still closed we didn't have the time to do everything in the park, the shorter opening hours this year are appalling.