Full Information to Visiting Alton Towers

In the event you’re pondering of visiting Alton Towers, you’re in the fitting place. We’ve put collectively this detailed information that can assist you plan your go to to one of many UK’s best-known theme parks.

Alton Towers is positioned in Staffordshire England and is at the moment the biggest and most visited theme park within the UK, that includes all kinds of rides and points of interest from kids’s rides to thrilling curler coasters. This information goes to cowl lots, and is predicated on our private experiences visiting Alton Towers.

We’ve visited Alton Towers quite a lot of occasions, my first experiences have been as an adolescent and twenty-something previous.  Most not too long ago I visited with Jess and with buddies who on the time of our go to had a three-year-old and a six-year-old.

My buddies have additionally visited Alton Towers a number of occasions, and we’re going to be incorporating their experiences and ideas of visiting Alton Towers into this information. So hopefully we can provide you some ideas from the views of younger single folks, a married couple of their 30s and 40s, and of a household with younger youngsters.

We’re going to undergo all the things you should know to have an superior time at Alton Towers. Whereas most of you studying are in all probability dwelling within the UK, a visit to Alton Towers may also be a enjoyable expertise for worldwide guests as properly!

We’ll cowl all of the rides and what to anticipate from each, recommendations on the right way to take advantage of your time and get essentially the most time really driving quite than queuing, share our ideas on the Alton Towers lodging and eating, and masses extra.

Whether or not you might be visiting as a household, a pair, with buddies, or by yourself, this information goes to offer you all the things you should know to your Alton Towers go to. Let’s get began.

Alton Towers Overview & Historical past

Alton Towers (technically known as Alton Towers Resort) is the most-visited amusement park within the UK. It’s additionally greater than a theme park, because it additionally has a sequence of lodges, a water park, a spa, and a mini-golf course.

The theme park is discovered on a big property which was as soon as the house of the Earls of Shrewsbury and was owned by the Talbot household from 1412 till 1924. In addition they owned the close by Alton Citadel which dates again to the eleventh century.

The mansion home on the Alton Property, which largely dates to the 18th century, remains to be there, though it’s in a ruined situation. There’s additionally a big lake and landscaped gardens on web site.

Alton Towers has been open to the general public not directly because the nineteenth century, when guests have been capable of pay to tour the gardens. Points of interest have been added all through the twentieth century together with a boating lake, mannequin railway, and chairlift. My mom remembers visiting Alton Towers throughout her childhood within the Nineteen Sixties and having a stunning time out.

So if you end up visiting right here you might be on the grounds of what was for hundreds of years the big property and residential of the Earls of Shrewsbury. The magnificent ruins of the house and a number of the outbuildings and follies, in addition to the landscaped backyard are nonetheless there. You possibly can nonetheless stroll by way of components of the gardens.

In some locations you’ll don’t know you might be in the midst of an amusement park because it seems like you might be in a park or forest. A really distinctive and British setting for a theme park!

The theme park as it’s identified at the moment, with thrill rides and everlasting points of interest, actually began in 1973. At this time, Alton Towers is operated by the Tussauds Group, who additionally function areas together with Thorpe Park, Madame Tussauds London, and the London Eye.

At this time, the theme park is among the most well-known and standard theme parks within the UK, with one thing to supply everybody from youngsters to adults alike.

It has had quite a lot of spectacular journey accomplishments, together with the world’s first dive coaster, the world’s first “flying” rollercoaster, the curler coaster with essentially the most inversions on the planet, and Europe’s first inverted rollercoaster.

There’s an enormous quantity to see and do at Alton Towers, greater than sufficient to fill two or three days even. That stated, you may positively do lots with simply at some point at Alton Towers in case you plan correctly.

 

Methods to Get to Alton Towers

Alton Towers is within the county of Staffordshire close to the village of Alton in England. The deal with is Farley Ln, Alton, Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4DB.

It’s basically between Manchester (44 miles drive to the north) and Birmingham (47 miles drive south).

Listed here are the principle choices for attending to Alton Towers:

 

Driving to and Parking at Alton Towers

The simplest approach to get to Alton Towers is unquestionably to drive. It’s pretty near each the M1 and the M6 motorways, though the final stretch is on smaller roads.

When driving, after leaving the motorway we advocate following the brown “Alton Towers” indicators quite than your sat-nav or GPS.

It’s because the agricultural location of the park signifies that there are a whole lot of small nation lanes across the park. The brown indicators will preserve you on the bigger roads which can often be faster.

 

Parking at Alton Towers

There may be a whole lot of on-site parking accessible, and stewards will often direct you to the closest automotive park as you arrive. This does rely upon how busy the day is and what time you arrive.

There’s a charge to park at Alton Towers, relying on the place you park, which is as follows:

• £7 for a day in the usual parking, 15-25 minutes’ stroll from the principle entrance
• £19 for a day in specific parking, 1-3 minutes away from the principle entrance

There are additionally methods you will get free parking at Alton Towers.

• Lodge visitors staying in a single day within the resort can park within the designated lodge carpark, after which both enter the park from the lodge visitor entrance (close to the Galactica journey and Rollercoaster Restaurant) or take the monorail to the park entrance.
• Friends staying at CBeebies lodge can park at no cost within the Categorical Car parking zone
• Holders of Gold, Platinum or Premium Merlin passes can park at no cost in customary parking. They will improve to Categorical parking for £12.

Parking could be booked on-line upfront right here. That is obligatory for Categorical Parking, apart from CBeebies visitors, who should present lodge affirmation on arrival.

You can too usually add automotive parking to your buy when shopping for your theme park entry tickets.

 

Public Transport to Alton Towers

Alton Towers is in a comparatively rural location, so while it’s attainable to succeed in the resort by public transport it’ll contain some good planning.

The closest prepare station is in Uttoxeter, which is 10 miles from the station. From right here you may take a bus to Alton Towers. The X41, operated by D&G Bus, runs from Uttoxeter to Alton Towers Resort. You possibly can see the schedule right here.

You can too take a taxi from Uttoxeter prepare station, which is a couple of 20-minute drive from Alton Towers.

Different comparatively shut prepare stations are Stoke on Trent (15 miles from Alton Towers) and Derby (25 miles from Alton Towers). Nonetheless, you will want to take a taxi from each of those areas to succeed in the resort.

You possibly can guide taxis on-line upfront right here.

If you’re counting on public transit, you would possibly wish to think about developing the night time earlier than and taking the D*G bus or a taxi from a close-by prepare or bus station to an Alton Towers Resort lodge.

Then you may stroll from any of the resort’s lodges to the park within the morning (or take the Monorail) with no need to depend on a taxi or public transit to get round.

 

Alton Towers Opening Dates and Occasions

Alton Towers is open seasonally in addition to for sure holidays and college breaks. It’s usually open from March by way of to November. Exterior of this time the resort has particular themed opening occasions, usually for the Christmas interval and likewise for college half phrases.

By way of opening hours, the park usually has the next opening hours:

• Theme Park opens at 9am (rides open at 10am).
• Theme Park closes at 6pm throughout peak occasions and on weekends, and at 4pm on off-peak days.

It’s vital to notice that the closing time is the time that the journey queues shut. If in case you have joined a queue earlier than theme park closing time, it is possible for you to to complete queuing and full your journey even after closing time.

You possibly can test the most recent opening dates and hours for Alton Towers on-line right here.

For particular occasions park hours do change so it is very important test what they’re earlier than visiting. Additionally in the course of the vacation and particular opening durations, some sections of the park will not be absolutely open so remember to test which rides and points of interest are open.

Word that the Alton Towers Waterpark and Extraordinary Golf mini golf are subsequent to however separate from the park and function with completely different hours.

The Alton Towers Waterpark (positioned within the Splash Landings lodge) is open the vast majority of the yr.

The Extraordinary Golf course (subsequent to the Splash Landings lodge) can also be open the vast majority of the yr, and is usually open fairly late into the night. Lodge visitors usually obtain a complimentary spherical of mini-golf as a part of their keep.

Word that each the above points of interest could be visited individually from the theme park and also you don’t want a theme half ticket for these points of interest, that are charged individually.

 

Methods to Get Round Alton Towers

The principle manner most individuals get round at Alton Towers is on foot. The park is pretty unfold out, however there are footpaths all over the place.

One factor to concentrate on is that there usually are not a whole lot of indicators or maps across the park, and so they additionally now not supply paper park maps. As an alternative, you might be anticipated to make use of the cellular app.

That is really a reasonably first rate cellular app, and the map a part of it has in-built navigation. It even enables you to keep away from steps. Nonetheless, it may be a battery drain, so we’d counsel bringing a USB battery pack like this to keep away from operating out of juice midway by way of the day.

Word that these visiting in wheelchairs and people with mobility points ought to take a look at the accessibility data for the park right here.

There are two extra choices for getting round Alton Towers. These are the Monorail and the Skyride.

 

Alton Towers Monorail

The Alton Towers Monorail runs from the principle park entrance to the resort space. It’s additionally near a number of the automotive parks. This solely has two stops, one close to the lodges and extra distant parking heaps, and one on the fundamental entrance to the theme park.

Use of the Monorail is free for all park visitors. It could positively be a fast approach to get from the resort and a number of the automotive parks to the principle theme park entrance, nevertheless there are some caveats.

On busy days, and particularly within the mornings and evenings, the monorail will get very busy. Queuing occasions can exceed 40 minutes. On condition that it’s a couple of 15 – 20 minute stroll from the Monorail station to the principle theme park entrance, whether it is significantly busy it’s usually faster to simply stroll.

Moreover, Alton Tower Resort lodge visitors are eligible to enter the park from a park entrance close to the lodges. That is simply previous the Monorail station, and brings you into the park subsequent to Galactica.

We’d positively advocate lodge visitors who have already got their park tickets think about using this entrance quite than take the Monorail if there’s a lengthy wait.

 

Alton Towers Skyride

The Alton Towers Skyride is a gondola fashion cable automotive journey which gives transport across the park.

There are three stations, one close to the principle park entrance on Towers Avenue, one close to the Blade journey within the Forbidden Valley, and one within the Darkish Forest close to Rita.

The Skyride is unquestionably helpful for getting throughout the Gardens when travelling between the Forbidden Valley and the Darkish Forest as in any other case there are various steps up and down in case you take essentially the most direct route.

The Skyride is free to all park visitors. Nonetheless, in our expertise it tends to be closed for upkeep pretty often and in reality the Skyride is closed for the rest of 2023.

 

Alton Towers Map

It is a photograph of the map in Alton Towers in 2023. Nonetheless, we’d advocate utilizing the map within the Alton Towers app.

Confusingly, the map within the app is inverted in comparison with the bodily maps on indicators within the park. On the bodily maps, the doorway is on the backside, within the app it’s on the high (as it’s geographically).

So simply preserve this in thoughts if cross referencing between the maps within the park and the map within the app, because it’s simple to get confused (as we all know from private expertise)!

 

Alton Towers Ticket Data

We’ll now undergo the principle ticket varieties accessible for Alton Towers in addition to how a lot they price and the place to purchase them.

Pricing info is appropriate as of August 2023, however costs can fluctuate so do test the most recent costs on-line right here.

 

How A lot Are Alton Towers Tickets?

Alton Towers ticket pricing varies relying on whether or not you buy upfront or on the day.

Pricing additionally varies relying on the date, with peak dates usually costing a bit extra. Peak dates are usually throughout vacation durations in addition to at weekends.

At present, pricing is as follows:

• £34 – £39 for a 1-day move for ages 3 and up (£68 on the day)
• £46 – £51 for a 2-day move for ages 3 and up (£80 on the day)
• £29 for a mum or dad and toddler move. Toddlers are outlined as being underneath 5, and a further underneath 5 could be added for £5. This move is barely accessible on weekdays exterior of vacation durations.
• Free for these underneath 3 and carers

There are additionally occasional promotional costs and gross sales on the web site, which you may see right here.

The pricing for in-person purchases could be twice as costly as shopping for on-line, so we extremely advocate shopping for on-line to economize!

 

Low cost Alton Towers Tickets

There usually are not that some ways to get discounted tickets for Alton Towers, though some choices do exist.

In the event you don’t qualify for a reduction, then one of the best ways to economize on Alton Towers is to purchase tickets upfront from the official web site as it is a lot cheaper than shopping for tickets on the day.

You can too save by visiting on a weekday exterior of vacation durations as these have a tendency to supply the bottom costs.

 

The place to Purchase Alton Towers Tickets

The 2 fundamental choices for buying Alton Towers tickets are both on-line on the official web site right here or in-person on the resort.

We’d extremely advocate shopping for on-line as the costs are considerably decrease and you then additionally don’t want to attend within the ticket traces.

 

Passes Which Embody Alton Towers

There are two fundamental passes which embrace entry to Alton Towers. These are greatest in case you both plan on visiting Alton Towers a number of occasions a yr, or in case you plan on visiting the opposite included points of interest. The passes are as follows:

• Alton Towers Annual Move. This presents yearlong entry to Alton Towers (with some peak date exclusions) in addition to reductions on foods and drinks and different advantages. Out there from £99 for a yr.
• Merlin Annual Move. This move presents entry to all the principle Merlin points of interest within the UK, together with Alton Towers, The London Eye, SEA LIFE centres, Chessington World of Adventures and extra. Begins from £99.

The Alton Towers move can positively be value it in case you plan on visiting Alton Towers a number of occasions in a yr (not less than three I might counsel), though it would be best to test which dates are excluded earlier than buying.

The Merlin Annual move is sensible in case you dwell within the UK and plan on spending your yr visiting the Merlin points of interest across the UK. There are a whole lot of these (see full listing right here), however you’ll positively wish to test which days you may go to prior to buying.

If you’re solely planning on visiting Alton Towers as soon as or perhaps twice in a yr, then a common ticket will doubtless supply the most effective worth.

 

Alton Towers Fastrack Passes

One approach to probably improve your Alton Towers expertise is to spend money on a Fastrack move.

A Fastrack move offers you entry to a particular Fastrack line for a lot of rides which has precedence boarding, and which might considerably minimize your queuing time.

In our expertise, on a really busy day the place customary journey queue occasions could be 1 – 2 hours, the Fastrack line shall be between 3 and half-hour.

It will in fact rely upon what number of Fastrack passes have been offered and the way busy the park is, however in our expertise on a busy day a Fastrack move can considerably minimize queue occasions and allow you to spend extra time driving and fewer time queuing.

 

Fastrack Move Variations at Alton Towers

There are completely different variations of the Fastrack passes, as follows:

• Particular person Fastrack tickets for particular rides. These could be purchased on the day by way of the Alton Towers app.
• Fastrack Bronze Move – permits you to be a part of the Fastrack line as soon as for 4 rides: Congo River Rapids​, The Curse at Alton Manor​, Runaway Mine Prepare, and Spinball Whizzer
• Fastrack Silver Move – permits you to be a part of the Fastrack line as soon as for six rides: Wicker Man​, Oblivion, Rita, TH13TEEN​, The Smiler, and Galactica
• Fastrack Gold Move – permits you to be a part of the Fastrack line as soon as for fourteen rides: Wicker Man​, Oblivion​, Rita, TH13TEEN​, The Smiler, Galactica, Spinball​ Whizzer, Gangsta Granny,​ The Curse at Alton Manor, Hex,​ Marauders Mayhem​, Battle Galleons​, Rapids​ and Runaway Mine Prepare
• Fastrack Platinum Move – permits you to be a part of the Fastrack line as many occasions as you want for the next rides: Wicker Man, Oblivion, Rita, TH13TEEN​, The Smiler​, Galactica​, Spinball​ Whizzer, Gangsta Granny​, The Curse at Alton Manor, HEX​, Marauders Mayhem​, Battle Galleons​, Rapids​ and Runaway Mine Prepare

Apart from the person Fasttrack tickets, all the opposite passes could be purchased upfront on-line, in particular person on the park from the customer support workplace, or by way of the Alton Towers app.

Word that Fastrack Passes can promote out, so if that is one thing you might be certain you wish to spend money on to your go to, we advocate shopping for them on-line upfront of your go to on the official web site right here.

 

Fastrack Move Pricing at Alton Towers

The pricing for the passes is as follows. Word that this doesn’t embrace park entry, so you’ll nonetheless want a park entry ticket to entry the park.

Fastrack is legitimate for a particular day, so in case you are visiting Alton Towers throughout a number of days and wish Fastrack on all of them, you will want to purchase a move for every day you go to.

 

How Fastrack Works at Alton Towers

With all of the Fastrack passes the method is kind of easy. When you will have a Fastrack move, no matter kind it’s, as a substitute of becoming a member of the common line, be a part of the Fastrack line. This shall be clearly signposted. Word it’s not the identical because the Experience Entry line (that is for holders of Experience Entry Move tickets solely).

Relying on the journey, somebody will test your Fastrack ticket while you enter the queue or while you get to the journey boarding space, so have it prepared. They’ll usually scan the barcode on the move to validate it.

Relying on the move you will have, the way it works will fluctuate barely.

With the person Fastrack move, purchased on a per-ride foundation, that is solely good for one journey on one attraction.

With the Bronze, Silver and Gold passes these entitle you to 1 Fastrack per attraction. So you may journey all of the rides included on the move utilizing the Fastrack as soon as. If you wish to journey a journey once more, you’ll have to be a part of the common queue or purchase a person Fastrack ticket for that journey.

You possibly can share these passes in a bunch, so if one particular person needs to do one journey and one other particular person needs to do a distinct journey, this is usually a good possibility.

For the platinum move, this can be utilized for as many Fastrack rides as you need on the included rides, however it may possibly solely be utilized by one particular person.

On a latest go to to Alton Towers on a really busy faculty journey day in July we invested in 4 Gold Passes. This positively saved us a whole lot of time, and meant that we have been all capable of journey all 13 rides working that day (Hex was closed).

On condition that queue occasions for the preferred rides have been over 2 hours at some factors on the day we visited, that will positively not have been attainable with out the Fastrack. For us, queue occasions on the day diversified between 1 minute and half-hour with our Fastrack.

In the event you’re questioning if Fastrack passes are value it to your go to, see the regularly requested questions part on the finish of this information the place we go into our ideas on Fastrack in additional element.

 

Rides at Alton Towers

We’ll now undergo all of the rides at Alton Towers and what you may anticipate from every journey. There are a whole lot of various kinds of journey at Alton Towers.

Everybody likes various kinds of journey. For instance, I desire rides with a drop and am much less eager on being spun round. Jess loves being spun round however doesn’t like being dropped! On our latest go to, one of many youngsters hated scary rides, while the opposite child was usually high-quality with them.

On this part we’ll define the principle options of every journey. I’ll additionally embrace an concept of how scary the journey is and the way thrilling the journey is.

For the scare issue, this refers as to whether the journey has components that may make you bounce or which is perhaps much less appropriate for youthful riders. After all, this may fluctuate by particular person.

For the joys issue, this refers to how thrilling the journey is. So if the journey spins you round, drops you, or inverts you, I’m going to offer {that a} increased thrill issue than a extra sedate journey expertise. Once more, these scores are very subjective as everybody finds various things thrilling.

This could allow you to resolve which rides to go for and which rides you would possibly wish to keep away from, relying on the kind of journey you want. We’ll additionally present our ideas on the journey expertise.

Word that this part might comprise journey spoilers so if you wish to be shocked on the rides you would possibly wish to skip it.

For this part the rides are grouped collectively by which space of the park they’re in. See extra in regards to the areas of the park within the part of this information on park areas, which works into extra element on theming.

 

Forbidden Valley Rides

A post-apocalyptic themed space with a mixture of household pleasant and high-end thrill rides. Rides are as follows:

 

Galactica

Galactica is a flying rollercoaster which debuted at Alton Towers in 2002, though again then it was known as Air. It was rebranded to Galactica in 2016, though the journey expertise stays the identical.

Galactica is unquestionably a enjoyable thrill curler coaster. After you board, the seats really rotate 90 levels so you might be basically dangling underneath the coaster rail, wanting down on the ground. This allows you to do your greatest flying impression, therefore the identify flying rollercoaster.

The journey itself is kind of high-octane as you whizz across the monitor, experiencing as much as 3.5G. It additionally inverts you twice, and could be pretty disorienting, though nothing to check to Smiler.

Personally I do get pleasure from Galactica though I’m not an enormous fan of being inverted and spun round so it’s not my favorite journey at Alton Towers. It’s positively thrilling although, and really helpful for these of you who like high-speed coasters.

One tip – in case you are staying within the lodges on-site, there’s an unique lodge visitor entrance which brings you in proper subsequent to Galactica. So if this journey is a precedence, you will get right here earlier than the vast majority of different riders arrive and get on shortly, even with no Fastrack move.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Silver, Gold & Platinum
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 5/5
Experience kind: Flying Rollercoaster
Experience size: 1 minute 40 seconds
Experience top restriction: 1.4m

 

Nemesis Sub-Terra

To not be confused with the at the moment closed Nemesis journey, Nemesis Sub-Terra is a darkish drop journey themed across the mysterious Phalanx and Nemesis Creature. It initially opened in 2012, however closed in 2015, and reopened in 2023.

The journey has you getting into a darkened space with a small group the place you might be given some backstory and directions from a Phalanx operative.

After a brief video, you enter an elevator and are transported all the way down to a room the place everyone seems to be strapped into chairs round a central podium containing a mysterious alien egg.

As soon as everyone seems to be secured, the expertise continues. There’s enjoyable lighting and results, as inevitably the alien breaks free and “assaults” the viewers. There’s an awesome drop (sure, I screamed), and enjoyable results all through together with water, prodding ,and leg tickling.

After the drop, you must “escape” the journey by way of a scary elevate and a small maze earlier than bursting again out into the actual world.

General, it’s a enjoyable journey expertise with a couple of completely different parts which is a bit completely different to many of the different rides. In the event you don’t just like the considered a scary journey, being trapped in a elevate, or are claustrophobic, it is perhaps one to skip.

Included on Fastrack: No Fastrack accessible
Scare issue: 5/5
Thrill issue: 3/5
Experience kind: Darkish journey / walk-through / drop
Experience size: 8- 10 minutes
Experience top restriction: 1.4m
Different Notes: As a result of drop chairs, this journey has fairly restrictive dimension necessities.

 

The Blade

Discovered close to Galactica and Nemesis within the Forbidden Valley, The Blade is the oldest journey at Alton Towers, relationship from 1980.

Regardless of its age, that is nonetheless a extremely popular and actually enjoyable journey for these of you who like airtime in a journey. It’s additionally one of many extra thrilling rides for youthful guests as the peak restrict is comparatively low in comparison with different rides.

The Blade is principally an enormous seated swing that appears like a ship, which is why this type of journey is named a Pirate Ship. Passengers sit in rows of 5 dealing with the centre, and the journey swings backwards and forwards, getting increased and better because it goes.

On the very peak of the journey, in case you sit on the very ends of the ship, it virtually feels vertical (okay, it’s really 75 levels, however while you’re on the journey you’re unlikely to be measuring angles).

There’s an awesome sensation of airtime on this journey, and it’s positively not for these of you who don’t like that dropping sensation! Nonetheless, it’s a good journey in case you don’t like spinning as there’s no spinning or inversion. Even Jess was capable of get pleasure from this one.

On a latest go to to Alton Towers we rode the Blade 4 occasions simply because the park was opening. We had stayed within the lodge the night time earlier than and got here right here simply because it opened. Regardless of it being a busy day, the primary half hour or so had only a few riders, and at one level there have been solely 8 folks on the entire journey.

It was an actual hit with the youthful members of our group and it was one of many extra thrilling rides that we may all do collectively. Together with the Runaway Mine Prepare, this was the favorite household pleasant thrill journey we did in Alton Towers.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 3/5
Experience kind: Pirate Ship
Experience size: 1 minute 30 seconds
Experience top restriction:1m (1.3m should journey with an grownup)

 

X-Sector Rides

House to a number of the most excessive rides within the park, all with a 1.4m top restriction. Themed like a secret authorities take a look at facility.

This incorporates two everlasting rides, Smilar and Oblivion, in addition to two carnival fashion rides, Spinjam and Twistatron. I’m simply going to cowl the everlasting rides on this part.

 

The Smiler

Opened in 2013, at time of writing The Smiler holds the world document for essentially the most inversions (basicaly what number of occasions you might be the wrong way up) on a curler coaster at fourteen.

The Smiler is unquestionably one of the crucial thrilling rides at Alton Towers, and likewise one of many extra standard rides. Each time we go to, it all the time appears to have a number of the longest queue occasions.

The journey itself is kind of a marvel of building. It takes up a comparatively tiny footprint, with each stretch of monitor seemingly involving a twist, a flip, or a drop.

By way of the expertise, this journey positively delivers. It’s quick, thrilling, and it spins you round lots. I’m not an enormous fan of rides that invert me, however I did get a thrill from this journey, even when my head was spinning for some time afterwards!

I additionally appreciated all of the theming all through, with a repetitive sound monitor that will get in your head and many flashing lights and colours. It’s all designed to disorient, and it positively succeeds.

The one draw back of the rollercoaster is that as a result of its significantly complicated design, it does appear to close down fairly often. This may be very irritating, particularly in case you’ve spent a whole lot of time queuing just for it to shut with no warning.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Silver, Gold & Platinum
Scare issue: 1/5
Thrill issue: 5/5
Experience kind: Curler coaster
Experience size: ~ 3 minutes
Experience top restriction: 1.4m
Different Notes: Experience early or late within the day to skip the lengthy queues or think about Fastrack. That is additionally one of many solely rides to have a single-rider lane which is usually a lot sooner.

 

Oblivion

Oblivion was the world’s first dive rollercoaster when it opened in 1998. This design of rollercoaster presents principally a 90-degree drop from a major top, providing a sensation of free fall.

The journey expertise is kind of easy. The vehicles are fairly extensive however solely two rows deep. You get taken to the highest of the monitor and pause for an exciting second over the drop.

You then freefall down 55 metres (180 ft), with the joys being heightened because the automotive plunges right into a darkish tunnel underneath the bottom. It then swoops round and is over.

Personally, I’m a giant fan of drops so it shouldn’t come as a shock that that is one in every of my favorite rides in Alton Towers, regardless of the comparatively quick journey time. Jess, who doesn’t like drops, is unquestionably much less satisfied by Oblivion and skipped it!

It is a nice rollercoaster in case you don’t like being inverted or thrown round an excessive amount of. It’s not an awesome possibility in case you’re significantly afraid of heights or hate the feeling of free fall.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Silver, Gold & Platinum
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 5/5
Experience kind: Dive Rollercoaster
Experience size: 1 minute 15 seconds
Experience top restriction: 1.4 m

 

Darkish Forest Rides

Themed as a haunted woodland, this space of the park is dwelling to 2 thrill rides that are:

 

Rita

In the event you love pace and g-force, then Rita is probably going the curler coaster for you. Launched in 2005, this curler coaster is the quickest journey within the park, topping out at 61.1 miles per hour.

It’s additionally the one with the best G-forces, which go as much as 4.7G.

The principle thrill of Rita is the launch. The journey is themed like a drag racer, with barely panicked voice over offering an air of anticipation as you get able to go.

Then, like a drag racer does, you speed up in a short time in a straight line. How shortly? Nicely, you get to the utmost pace of 61.1 mph in round 2.5 seconds, which definitely feels very fast while you launch!

After the preliminary thrill of the launch, the journey then banks round some pretty sharp corners and likewise offers you a sense of weightlessness as you crest a few hills.

This journey is unquestionably going to be good for these of you who don’t like being utterly inverted as there are not any inversions.

Nonetheless the pace of the journey signifies that the g-forces are fairly excessive at 4.7G, so it would be best to preserve your head firmly braced again towards the headrest as in any other case it may possibly really feel like fairly a tough journey!

The opposite draw back to this journey is that it’s one of many shortest rides within the park, lasting round 25 seconds. So if there’s a very lengthy queue and also you don’t have a Fastrack move you then would possibly wish to return when it isn’t so busy.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Silver, Gold & Platinum
Scare issue: 1/5
Thrill issue: 4/5
Experience kind: Accelerator Rollercoaster
Experience size: 25 seconds
Experience top restriction: 1.4m

 

TH13TEEN

TH13TEEN (or 13, for simpler spelling and studying) was one other world-first rollercoaster when it debuted at Alton Towers in 2010.

In the event you’ve not carried out this journey earlier than and don’t know something about it, the twist is kind of fascinating and value holding as a shock. Nonetheless, in case you don’t like surprises and wish to know what lies in retailer, learn on.

13 is discovered within the Darkish Forest space of Alton Towers, and is themed to be a little bit of a spooky journey. The journey itself is what’s often known as a drop rollercoaster.

The journey begins with you moving into customary curler coaster carts that are much like the Runaway Mine prepare. Passengers sit two by two. 

The prepare units off and drops just a little round a curve earlier than climbing the principle elevate hill. From right here there are fairly a couple of enjoyable airtime hills and banked turns, which make for a extremely pleasant journey. It’s significantly enjoyable in case you don’t like an excessive amount of spinning round like me, however do like the feeling of airtime.

About half manner by way of the journey the prepare abruptly enters a darkish tunnel and the doorways shut behind you. That is the place the shock takes place. Ghosts mild up and air blows at you, and the prepare and monitor actually drop out from beneath you.

Then the prepare takes off backwards and also you full the vast majority of the remainder of the monitor in reverse.

That is one in every of my favorite rides at Alton Towers, particularly the primary time I rode it once I had no concept what was going to occur.

The journey itself will not be vastly scary by way of darkish components, though when it enters the “crypt” and the drop occurs there are some spooky components to concentrate on. That is over fairly shortly although, so it’s not precisely a full haunted home expertise! But when your youngsters don’t like haunted homes, this half is perhaps scary.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, included on Silver, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 3/5
Thrill issue: 4/5
Experience kind: Rollercoaster
Experience size: 1 minute 40 seconds
Experience top restriction: 1.2m

 

The Towers Rides

This a part of the park covers all of the rides discovered within the space of the unique home at Alton Towers. It’s a bit unfold out with no actual theme. Rides are as follows:

 

Spinball Whizzer

Spinball Whizzer is a rollercoaster which is designed to provide the expertise of being a pinball inside a pinball machine.

It’s basically a rollercoaster with the twist that the four-person carriage spins freely round because it races across the monitor, so each journey is completely different.

It’s a reasonably thrilling journey with vertical sections of monitor and many dips and dives, however there are not any inversions. Regardless of not likely having fun with spinning rides I did really fairly get pleasure from Spinball Whizzer.

It’s a comparatively clean journey (besides on the finish the place there is usually a little bit of a janky second when the cart is aligned to face ahead once more for loading and unloading).

Spinball Whizzer was an actual hit with the six-year-old we visited Alton Towers with not too long ago, in addition to with the adults within the group. The comparatively low journey top requirement makes for a pleasant family-friendly rollercoaster for teenagers seeking to department out into the larger thrill rides.

It’s technically a part of “The Towers” space, however is definitely positioned very near CBeebies Land.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Bronze, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 3/5
Experience kind: Spinning Rollercoaster
Experience size: 1 minute 15 seconds
Experience top restriction: 1.2 m

 

Hex

Hex is a darkish theme journey based mostly on an precise native legend involving a chained up Oak tree, which is definitely a location not too removed from the park itself.

On condition that it’s based mostly on the proprietor of the unique Alton Towers property, it’s applicable that the journey is discovered inside the ruins of Alton Towers.

Like the opposite darkish rides, Hex is unquestionably a journey that’s greatest skilled as a shock. So if you wish to expertise it with no spoilers, now’s the time to skip to the following journey.

The principle factor to concentrate on is that the journey could be disorienting, so in case you are susceptible to movement illness it’s one to watch out of.

Nonetheless there’s no drop, inversions or actual spinning. The primary a part of the journey has you progressing on foot between rooms, watching an immersive story with varied lighting, sounds and results.

The latter a part of the journey is seated with lapbars. You’ll transfer and tilt, with the impact vastly heightened by the intelligent design of the room and what’s basically an enormous optical phantasm. So it seems like you might be transferring and tilting much more than you really are.

Hex is a enjoyable expertise however it’s a bit divisive in that individuals both appear to find it irresistible or hate it. We expect it’s completely different sufficient from the opposite rides to make it value visiting, and in case you don’t really feel nice you may all the time shut your eyes.

Word that Hex is closed for the remainder of 2023.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 5/5
Thrill issue: 2/5
Experience kind: Walkthrough darkish journey
Experience size: 5 minutes 25 seconds
Experience top restriction: 0.9m (1.2m should journey with an grownup)

 

Cuckoo Vehicles Driving Faculty

Discovered subsequent to the David Walliams space of the park, Cuckoo Vehicles Driving Faculty offers youngsters the chance to study to drive their very personal Cuckoo Automobile.

A enjoyable monitor is ready up with a variety of site visitors options, together with pedestrian crossings, site visitors alerts and even a bubble automotive wash. The vehicles are electrical, and the youngsters can steer them and make them cease or go along with a pedal.

The vehicles usually are not on any type of monitor, so the youngsters can select the place to drive them, similar to in an actual automotive. They’re fairly small and solely go 4km/h, and there are additionally marshals throughout the monitor to maintain everybody secure and get the youngsters again on monitor ought to they veer astray at any level (there’s no reverse on the vehicles).

Cuckoo Vehicles was an enormous hit with the youngsters we not too long ago visited Alton Towers with. They’d actually end and run again spherical to affix the journey queue once more! So that is positively a child pleasant journey, so long as they meet the journey necessities.

The journey necessities for Cuckoo Vehicles are pretty particular, the youngsters should be not less than 1 metre tall, 4 years or older, and underneath 1.4 metres.

So adults can’t take part on this one as that is for youthful youngsters solely. However there’s loads of viewing house so you may preserve a detailed eye on your loved ones members as they study to drive.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Experience kind: Children Driving Experience
Experience size: 4 minutes
Experience top restriction: 1m minimal. Moreover, most of 1.4m and minimal of 4 years previous.

 

Mutiny Bay Rides

A pirate themed a part of the park with primarily household pleasant rides, as follows:

 

Wicker Man

Opened in 2018, Wicker Man is among the latest rides at Alton Towers. When it opened it was notable as being the primary new wood rollercoaster to be opened within the UK for 22 years.

Because the identify suggests, the Wicker Man is themed across the Wicker Man film, a horror film which dates from the Seventies and which includes a big woven effigy of a person created from wooden which is ready fireplace to.

The rollercoaster can also be created from wooden, and there’s a big effigy of a person that the journey passes by way of. There are additionally flame lighting and smoke results all through the journey which add to the themed expertise.

Talking of expertise, the journey begins with a preshow that features some video, mild, and smoke results. This does have a little bit of a scare issue so is one thing to remember if driving with youthful kids. You then board the prepare, and from this level it’s a wood rollercoaster journey.

The journey expertise is kind of much like the Runaway Important prepare or 13, with dips, hills, and twists. There are not any inversions or loops or something like that, and the journey top restriction of 1.2m makes it a household possibility for a lot of youngsters as properly.

Wicker Man is discovered proper subsequent to Mutiny Bay, though it doesn’t comply with the pirate theming.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Silver, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 2/5
Thrill issue: 4/5
Experience kind: Rollercoaster
Experience size: 1 minute 50 seconds
Experience top restriction: 1.2m

 

Marauders Mayhem

Proper within the coronary heart of Pirate Bay is the Marauders Mayhem journey, which is principally a traditional spinning tea cups journey.

This journey initially launched in 1987 as a tea cup journey, and was relaunched in 2008 with a pirate theme. So as a substitute of sitting in teacups you sit in barrels.

Apart from the theme, the journey expertise is similar as a typical teacups journey. As much as 6 folks can sit in every barrel, with 4 units of three barrels organized across the journey. Every set rotates, the entire journey rotates, and every barrel may also be made to rotate.

I feel it’s honest to say that the Marauders Mayhem journey will not be very best in case you don’t like spinning rides. However in case you do like spinning rides, that is positively one to go for. It’s a enjoyable household journey with a reasonably low top restriction.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 3/5
Experience kind: Spinning teacups
Experience size: 2 minutes
Experience top restriction: 1.1m (1.3 m should journey with an grownup)

 

Battle Galleons

In the event you like rides the place there’s a really strong probability of getting soaking moist, you’ll positively wish to head to the Battle Galleons journey at Alton Towers.

This journey has you boarding a pirate ship which “sails” round part of the Alton Towers lake. The enjoyable half is that there are water cannons on board, which you’ll fireplace at different vessels, in addition to at anybody standing on the shore the place your boats move.

These water cannons are hand operated – you spin a wheel to make the water move.

You don’t must really feel too sorry for the oldsters on the shore although, as a result of they’ve entry to their very own watercannons. There are two variations on the shore – free ones the place you may spin a wheel, and paid cannons. The paid cannons are positively extra highly effective, with 10 “photographs” per £1 once we visited.

This journey was standard with each adults and youngsters in our group however in all probability not a superb one for anybody not eager to get moist.

Assuming there are different folks taking part within the journey, there’s a really excessive probability you will get fairly moist on this journey. There are some drying rooms close by the place you may pay round £5 to have some air blown at you, however this isn’t vastly efficient in our expertise so in all probability not well worth the cash.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Experience kind: Splash Battle
Experience size: 3 minutes
Experience top restriction: 0.9m (1.1 should journey with an grownup)

 

Heave Ho

In the event you or your youngsters like the concept of the Blade however all of the dropping and top looks as if a bit a lot, then it’s best to positively take a look at Heave Ho.

This pirate ship themed journey is discovered, as you would possibly guess, within the Mutiny Bay a part of Alton Towers.

The journey idea is principally a pirate ship which rocks backwards and forwards on rails, however which additionally spins because it goes. The spinning will not be super-fast however it may be a bit disorienting, so in case you aren’t a fan of rides which spin you would possibly wish to watch it first earlier than boarding.

This was a extremely standard journey with our household group on a latest go to. The youngsters actually cherished it, and it’s additionally a superb journey for viewers to look at from the sidelines and get good photographs.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: o/5
Thrill issue: 2/5
Experience kind: Rocking Tug
Experience size: 3 minutes
Experience top restriction: 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)

 

Katanga Canyon Rides

Themed as an African village, this space of the park is dwelling to the next two rides:

 

Congo River Rapids

The Alton Towers theme park doesn’t have a whole lot of water rides, however there are a few choices, one in every of which is Congo River Rapids.

This has been getting park guests moist since 1986, and stays a well-liked and comparatively household pleasant attraction to at the present time.

The journey consists of huge round rafts which seat round seven folks. You begin the journey going up a shallow elevate, and you then float across the river rapids, components of which have sections of uneven water.

There’s an inexpensive probability you’ll get moist on this journey, though it’s usually simply splashes of water quite than a full-on dunking. So simply preserve that in thoughts.

One very nice factor about this journey is that it’s comparatively lengthy by theme park requirements, at 6 minutes. With a minimal top of 1.1m it’s additionally a superb household pleasant possibility for a lot of households.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 2/5
Experience kind: River Rapids
Experience size: 6 minutes
Experience top restriction: 1.1m (1.3 m should journey with an grownup)
Different Notes: Simply bear in mind that you simply would possibly get moist

 

Runaway Mine Prepare

Runaway Mine Prepare is one in every of my favorite family-friendly rollercoasters at Alton Towers. Jess isn’t an enormous fan of massive rollercoasters, however she actually likes Runaway Mine Prepare.

Because the identify suggests, the theme is a mine prepare which has, properly, runaway. Riders board carriages seated in pairs, and the prepare has some fairly good drops and twists because it goes, even pulling a good bit of g-force. It additionally does the monitor twice, which makes for a pleasant lengthy feeling journey.

There are not any inversions or something like that, however it’s positively a reasonably thrilling journey, and one of the crucial thrilling rides on the park with a low top requirement.

We went on it with a 3 yr previous and a six yr previous and so they completely cherished it. Simply be ready to affix the queue once more while you end if your loved ones likes it as a lot as ours did! We rode this one a number of occasions over two days.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Bronze, Gold and Platinum.
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 3/5
Experience kind: Rollercoaster
Experience size: 1 minute 50 seconds
Experience top restriction: 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)

 

Gloomy Wooden Rides

Gloomy Wooden is themed, because the identify suggests, round a darkish, doubtless haunted, forest. It has one journey:

 

The Curse at Alton Manor

The Curse at Alton Manor opened in 2023, making it one of many latest rides in Alton Towers. Nonetheless, it builds on a protracted custom of haunted home rides, with the unique incarnation of this journey opened in the identical location all the best way again in 1992.

The journey tells the story of the long-deceased Emily Alton, who Alton Towers followers will acknowledge from earlier rides on this location. The story goes that Emily was by no means invited to the events her mother and father held, and this aggravated her a lot that evil possessed her, cursing the home and all its occupants.

I assume the ethical of the story right here is to ask your youngsters to your events once in a while.

Anyway, the journey itself has a couple of parts. The queue is the place the story begins, winding by way of the woodland, with varied graves and spooky sculptures.

You then enter the home, and stroll previous varied set items with lights and sound results. Lastly, there’s a six-minute journey which takes you thru the considerably darkish and twisted world of Emily.

The journey is unquestionably darkish, and in case you like darkish rides and haunted home fashion rides you’ll doubtless get pleasure from it. In the event you desire rollercoaster thrills and spins , this in all probability received’t be the journey for you as there aren’t any drops, inversions, or twists.

By way of being child pleasant, the journey is fairly scary with various darkish themes of loss of life and revenge. So while the journey top restriction is pretty low, some youngsters would possibly discover the content material quite terrifying. The youngsters we have been with (age 3 and 6) hated this journey and located it too scary. The three-year-old wouldn’t get on the journey in any respect.

General, one to take a look at in case you like darkish, haunted home kind rides. Personally, Jess and I didn’t actually prefer it as we by no means actually received the total story for the journey and it isn’t a thrill journey.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Bronze, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 4/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Experience kind: Darkish journey / haunted home
Experience size: 6 minutes 15 seconds
Experience top restriction: 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)

 

The World of David Walliams Rides

This a part of the park focuses on the world created by the creator David Walliams. It’s a really family-friendly a part of the park, and many of the rides have low top necessities. Rides are as follows:

 

Gangsta Granny the Experience

Opened in 2021, Gangsta Ganny the Experience is among the fundamental rides within the space of the park dedicated to the world created by author David Walliams.

The journey is principally a carriage-based darkish journey with a whole lot of particular results that has you serving to the principle characters try and steal the Crown Jewels from Buckingham Palace.

Everybody in our group on a latest journey to Alton Towers loved this journey. The story is fascinating and interesting for teenagers particularly, and the expertise is enjoyable for adults as properly. There’s additionally fairly a little bit of humour all through the journey which ought to deliver a smile to your face.

It’s neither an exciting curler coaster nor a scary journey, however we expect it’s properly value doing, even in case you aren’t in any respect aware of the characters within the books. All of us loved it.

One factor to notice is that the theme of the journey does have characters stealing and committing a criminal offense which could not sit proper with all mother and father with youthful kids.

Included on Fastrack: Sure, Gold and Platinum
Scare issue: 1/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Experience kind: Darkish journey
Experience size: 4 minutes
Experience top restriction: 0.9m (underneath 1.2m should journey with an grownup)
Different Notes: This journey has a reasonably low most rider per hour restrict, so queue occasions could be longer than you would possibly anticipate

 

Raj’s Bouncy Backside Burp

Discovered within the David Walliams space of Alton Towers, Raj’s Bouncy Backside Burp is a bouncing drop journey designed for younger youngsters. It’s much like the CBeebies Peter Rabbit Experience however the drops are a bit extra pronounced, making it a bit extra thrilling.

The drops are additionally accompanied by a fart based mostly soundtrack, and truthfully, what child doesn’t discover bathroom humor hilarious? So this journey is unquestionably standard amongst youngsters visiting the park.

The drop will not be so terrifying (it’s extra of a bounce actually), and Jess who doesn’t actually like drop rides didn’t thoughts this. Though accompanying a 3-year-old in hysterics on the sound results in all probability helped!

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Experience kind: Bouncy drop
Experience size: 1 minute 45 seconds
Experience top restriction: 0.9m (underneath 1.1m should journey with an grownup)

 

Royal Carousel

Have you ever even been to a theme park in case you haven’t ridden the carousel? Jess will surely argue no. It’s all the time a journey that we like to journey not less than as soon as at any theme park, honest, or carnival because it’s such a traditional.

The Royal Carousel in Alton Towers is discovered within the David Walliams a part of the park, and options quite a lot of horses and carriages. A few of the horses go up and down (these with poles to the roof) and a few are static.

It has a royal theme, with a crown on high and a voiceover soundtrack to match. Certain, it’s not essentially the most thrilling journey within the park, however it’s enjoyable for teenagers and adults who love a little bit of theme park nostalgia.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Experience kind: Carousel
Experience size: 2 minutes
Experience top restriction: no top restriction however these underneath 1.3m should journey with an grownup

 

Flavio’s Fabulous Fandango

This carnival fashion tornado journey discovered within the David Walliam’s part of the park is nice for these of you who love being spun round. It’s really one in every of Jess’s favorite rides at Alton Towers as a result of she loves being spun round however doesn’t like being dropped.

The journey consists of twelve units of chairs that are in teams of 4. The teams of 4 spin collectively, after which all of the teams additionally spin round a central level. This leads to various spinning, which at factors can appear fairly quick as you whiz previous gondolas coming the wrong way.

It’s positively a whole lot of enjoyable. Simply bear in mind that the minimal journey top of 1.2m is a bit increased than many of the different rides on this space. I’d additionally add that that is technically a brief carnival fashion journey, however we’re included it because it’s themed and appears more likely to keep.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 2/5
Experience kind: Tornado
Experience size: ~2 minutes
Experience top restriction: 1.2m

 

CBeebies Land Rides

CBeebies Land is a extremely household pleasant a part of Alton Towers with rides, reveals and actions designed to entertain youthful guests to the park. It has an enormous quantity of rides and actions. The principle rides are as follows:

 

Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop

Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop is a delicate drop fashion journey designed for youthful riders. The journey is themed round Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit character, with enjoyable sound results and music.

This journey is unquestionably not a loopy drop journey, it’s extra of a delicate drop and bounce. So even adults who don’t like drop rides will get pleasure from driving this one with their youngsters.

It’s in all probability not a journey that thrill seekers are going to be heading for, however in case you are in Alton Towers with youthful members of the family you’ll positively wish to test this one out.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Experience kind: Drop
Experience size: ~ 90 seconds
Experience top restriction: 0.9m (underneath 1.1m should journey with an grownup)

 

Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Experience

The Go Jetters Vroomster journey is one other enjoyable household journey. This one is themed across the Go Jetters, with journey contributors boarding their very personal Vroomster.

A Vroomster, for these of you not acquainted, is principally a jet powered flying automotive. And the Alton Tower reproduction is fairly correct!

The journey consists of quite a lot of Vroomster vehicles, which might seat as much as 4 folks, which rotate round a central pod. The vehicles are hooked up to the pod by a yellow arm, and the riders can management the peak of the automotive with a lever contained in the automotive. This provides the riders the impression of controlling their very personal flying automotive, which is fairly cool.

The journey will not be significantly quick, so while it does go spherical in circles, it’s about the identical pace as a carousel so it shoudln’t make you dizzy. The up and down movement can also be fairly light, so all in all it’s a reasonably relaxed journey.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Experience kind: Aerial Roundabout
Experience size: 2 minutes
Experience top restriction: 0.9m (underneath 1.25m should journey with grownup)

 

Octonauts Rollercoaster Journey

Octonauts is a household targeted rollercoaster which is more likely to be one of many first rollercoasters youthful guests to Alton Towers are going to expertise.

The rollercoaster, which is themed after The Octonauts present, presents in all probability the gentlest rollercoaster expertise at Alton Towers. It’s a good start line for teenagers who meet the peak restrictions and wish to attempt a rollercoaster.

In the event that they find it irresistible, the Runaway Mine prepare has related journey necessities and is a little more thrilling, with a sooner journey and far larger drops and pace.

Nonetheless, Octonauts is unquestionably a superb starter coaster, with no inversions or significantly steep drops or curves.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Experience kind: Rollercoaster
Experience size: 2 minutes 30 seconds
Experience top restriction: 0.9m (underneath 1.1m should journey with an grownup)

 

Get Set Go Treetop Journey

This journey in CBeebies Land takes you excessive above the bushes (okay, 12 ft) in your very personal bug formed automotive. It’s a enjoyable journey for youthful youngsters for certain and provides good views of CBeebies land.

It’s additionally good and enjoyable for adults in case you’re in search of a soothing journey with no loopy thrills or scares.

One factor to concentrate on is that this journey is kind of standard and because it’s pretty sluggish transferring the queue can get fairly lengthy. In actual fact, of all of the rides on the park, this was the one the place we had the longest wait on a latest go to!

So attempt to time your go to for very first thing within the morning or afterward within the day. There are actions within the queue to maintain youngsters busy, however they’ll solely go to this point.

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: o/5
Thrill issue: 1/5
Experience kind: Flat monitor
Experience size: 4 minutes
Experience top restriction: No minimal however underneath 1.1m should journey with an grownup.

 

Within the Night time Backyard Magical Boat Experience

It is a standard water journey in CBeebies Land which has you boarding a ship for a magical tour across the Night time Backyard. The boat floats peacefully round a river, and while it’s a water journey you might be most unlikely to get moist.

This journey has you passing by lots of the characters and scenes from the “Within the Night time Backyard” TV sequence, together with the Tombliboos, Upsy Daisy and Iggle Piggle.

It’s a pleasant enjoyable journey which ought to amuse youthful guests and be good and enjoyable for adults. It’s additionally a comparatively lengthy journey at 6 minutes.

ncluded on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 0/5
Experience kind: Boat journey
Experience size: 6 minutes
Experience top restriction: No top restriction however these underneath 1m should journey with an grownup

 

Postman Pat Parcel Submit

Postman Pat has been a stalwart determine on kids’s tv because the Nineteen Eighties. I keep in mind watching him delivering mail across the Yorkshire Dales together with his trusty helper Jess the cat as a toddler, and youngsters at the moment nonetheless get to look at Pat on CBeebies.

Now, you can also expertise the lifetime of Pat on the Alton Towers Postman Pat Parcel Submit journey in CBeebies Land. It is a flat journey on rails which has you boarding Pat’s signature purple put up van and go trundling round a course.

The van has varied buttons on the dashboard, which you’ll press to make sure you ship the fitting parcel to the fitting particular person, giving it a superb aspect of interactivity. There are additionally lights and a horn that you would be able to management.

General it is a enjoyable household expertise for youthful guests and particularly followers of Postman Pat. It’s not at all a thrill journey, however not all the things must be!

Included on Fastrack: No
Scare issue: 0/5
Thrill issue: 0/5
Experience kind: Monitor Experience
Experience size: 2 minutes 45 seconds
Experience top restriction: No top restriction however these underneath 1.1m should journey with an grownup

 

 

Thrill Rides at Alton Towers

Now that we’ve coated all of the rides by space, we’ll listing the rides divided into varied classes. Beginning with thrill rides.

In the event you’re in search of a listing of the joys rides at Alton Towers, I’d counsel the next all classify:

• The Smiler
• Oblivion
• Galactica
• Rita
• TH13TEEN
• Wicker Man
• Spinball Whizzer
• Runaway Mine Prepare
• Marauders Mayhem
• The Blade

After all, how thrilling you discover a journey shall be private desire, however we expect most individuals would discover the above rides pretty thrilling!

 

Rides for Toddlers and Children at Alton Towers

In the event you’re visiting Alton Towers with youthful members of the family, you is perhaps questioning what the most effective rides for them are going to be.

For the overwhelming majority of rides, the principle factor will not be going to be the age of your little one, however quite their top. That is positively one thing to concentrate on when you have kids of differing heights, as a few of them might be able to expertise rides that the others might not. This could result in difficult conditions, as nobody likes to be not noted!

It’s subsequently a good suggestion to have an concept of which rides on the park are going to be appropriate for which members of your group and which aren’t. That manner you can also make a plan for which rides to take who to. The Alton Towers app and web site has a filter system so you may present solely these rides that are going to be appropriate.

The final time we visited Alton Towers we had 4 adults, a 3-year previous who was 1.1m and a 6-year previous who was 1.25m. So this meant they couldn’t journey each journey collectively.

We dealt with this by sharing duties between the adults, and splitting the rides we rode collectively. This was made lots simpler with the Fastrack passes we had because it meant we weren’t away for very lengthy.

The excellent news is that there are additionally plenty of nice rides which are appropriate for all ages and heights. We’d particularly advocate the next:

• Gangsta Granny the Experience
• Get Set Go Tree High Journey
• Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop
• Octonauts Rollercoaster Journey
• Postman Pat Parcel Submit
• Battle Galleons
• Cuckoo Vehicles Driving Faculty

For barely taller and extra adventurous youngsters, the next are sure to get their pulses going a bit extra:

• Blade (1m)
• Wicker Man (1.2m)
• Spinball Whizzer (1.2m)
• TH13TEEN (1.2m)
• Marauders Mayhem (1.1m)
• Congo River Rapids (1.1m)
• Heave Ho  (0.9m)
• Runaway Mine Prepare (0.9m)

The 2 extra scary rides (haunted home fashion) may additionally be appropriate for teenagers however truthfully that is going to be a private resolution as a mum or dad relying on the child. These are:

• Hex (0.9m)
• The Curse at Alton Manor (0.9m)

Once we visited with a 3-year previous and a 6-year previous their journey highlights have been Runaway Mine Prepare, Blade, Octonauts, Get Set Go Tree High Journey, Cuckoo Vehicles Driving Faculty, and Heave Ho. The 6-year-old additionally actually appreciated Spinball Whizzer, Marauders Mayhem, and Wicker Man.

In addition they actually cherished the interactive reveals and experiences in CBeebies Land, in addition to enjoying the video games the place you may win a toy like Hook-a-Duck.

Simply bear in mind that the Hook-a-Duck and related video games usually are not free. The temptation of an enormous toy is tough to withstand although.

 

Experience Top Necessities at Alton Towers

Right here’s a fast listing of all of the rides at Alton Towers with their minimal journey heights, ordered from excessive to low.

Some rides even have a distinct minimal top if driving with out an grownup, which is indicated in brackets if relevant.

The vast majority of rides with top restrictions have a measurement stick subsequent to the journey entrance so you may confirm riders’ heights. Whenever you get to the journey, employees will often test heights if they’re not sure, so that you’ll wish to be certain everyone seems to be the fitting top to keep away from disappointment.

You can too get a bracelet which has the rider’s top on it at a number of the rides to avoid wasting having to be measured a number of occasions.

Right here’s a listing of all of the rides which have a restriction, ordered from highest to lowest.

• Nemesis Sub-Terra – 1.4m
• The Smiler – 1.4m
• Oblivion – 1.4m
• Galactica – 1.4m
• Rita – 1.4m
• Spinball Whizzer – 1.2m
• TH13TEEN – 1.2m (most 1.96m)
• Wicker Man – 1.2m
• Marauders Mayhem – 1.1m (1.3m should journey with an grownup)
• Congo River Rapids – 1.1m (1.3m should journey with an grownup)
• The Blade – 1m (1.3m should journey with an grownup)
• Hex – 0.9m (1.2m should journey with an grownup)
• The Curse at Alton Manor – 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)
• Gangsta Granny The Experience – 0.9m (1.2m should journey with an grownup)
• Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop – 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)
• Battle Galleons – 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)
• Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Experience – 0.9m (1.25m should journey with an grownup)
• Octonauts Rollercoaster Journey – 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)
• Heave Ho – 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)
• Runaway Mine Prepare – 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)
• Raj’s Bouncy Backside Burp – 0.9m (1.1m should journey with an grownup)
• Royal Carousel – no top restriction however these underneath 1.3m should journey with an grownup
• Postman Pat Parcel Submit – no top restriction however these underneath 1.1m should journey with an grownup
• Within the Night time Backyard Magical Boat Experience – no top restriction however these underneath 1m should journey with an grownup
• Cuckoo Vehicles – 1m. Moreover, most of 1.4m and minimal of 4 years previous.

 

Areas at Alton Towers

Alton Towers is split into 11 areas. Every space is themed in a different way, with some areas extra targeted on high-octane thrill rides (like X-Sector) while others are extra aimed toward youthful households (resembling CBeebies Land).

Right here’s a listing of all of the areas at Alton Towers and the rides they comprise. When planning your day, it’s a good suggestion to try to do all of the rides you have an interest in in every space, to keep away from spending a whole lot of time strolling between areas.

 

X-Sector

This part of the park incorporates a number of the extra excessive rides within the park, all of which have a minimal top restriction of 1.4m. The rides are:

• Oblivion
• The Smiler
• Spinjam (non permanent carnival fashion journey)
• Twistatron (non permanent carnival fashion journey)

X-Sector is themed like a secret authorities testing facility, so anticipate plenty of metallic fencing and concrete.

 

Darkish Forest

This part of the park is dwelling to 2 rides, each of which supply fast-paced thrills. These are:

The Darkish Forest space is themed as a kind of haunted woodland. The thought is you may solely escape by driving the deserted drag racer Rita. I’m not fairly certain the way you get out in case you’re underneath the 1.4m top restriction for Rita.

 

Forbidden Valley

This space of the park has quite a lot of completely different rides which embrace some rides appropriate for smaller visitors. That is the world of the park you enter in case you come within the lodge visitor entrance.

Forbidden valley is the place you’ll discover the Blade, which is the oldest journey in Alton Towers, initially opening in 1980!

The rides in Forbidden Valley are:

• The Blade
• Galactica
• Nemesis Sub-Terra
• Funk n’Fly (non permanent carnival fashion journey)

Forbidden Valley has a post-apocalyptic theme, with hints of alien infestation all through linked to the Nemesis creature. Nemesis was a journey at Alton Towers till 2022, when it closed for refurbishment. It’s as a result of relaunch with a major overhaul in 2024.

 

Gloomy Wooden

Discovered between Katanga Canyon and Forbidden Valley, Gloomy Wooden solely incorporates one journey:

Nonetheless it does have a walkthrough themed footpath which is dwelling to numerous statues, gravestones and different installations, titled Haunted Hole. A few of these make noises, together with telling jokes.

As you’ll guess from the identify, the theme of the world is a haunted woodland.

 

Katanga Canyon

Katanga Canyon is the place you’ll discover the park’s oldest rollercoaster in addition to a water journey. Each these rides are a whole lot of enjoyable, with the rollercoaster appropriate for a lot of youthful guests as properly.

• Runaway Mine Prepare
• Congo River Rapids

Katanga Canyon is themed as an African village. The Runaway Mine journey has one of many lowest top necessities of any rollercoaster within the park (the identical as Octonauts), and may be very standard with households.

 

CBeebies Land

CBeebies Land is among the most household pleasant areas in Alton Towers, with rides, reveals and actions targeted round entertaining youthful guests.

Truthfully, in case you are visiting with toddlers and younger guests there’s just about sufficient to do right here to fill a day. It’s a extremely enjoyable space and you may inform a whole lot of thought has gone into creating an immersive world. As you may see there’s lots to do right here:

• Within the Night time Backyard Magical Boat Experience
• Postman Pat’s Parcel Submit
• Get Set Go Treetop Journey
• One thing Particular Sensory Backyard
• Bugbie Go Spherical
• Octonauts Curler Coaster Journey
• Justin’s Home: Pie-O-Matic Manufacturing facility
• Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Experience
• Large Enjoyable Showtime
• CBeebies Picture Studio
• JoJo & Gran Gran at House
• Andy’s Adventures Dinosaur Dig
• Hey Duggee’s Reside

If we needed to criticize CBeebies Land for something, it’s that queue occasions for a number of the rides is usually a bit lengthy on busy days.

In actual fact, the longest queue we had on a latest go to to Alton Towers was for Get Set Go Tree High Journey.

Apart from that although, this park, which is themed round an entire vary of CBeebies applications, is a extremely enjoyable spot for households visiting Alton Towers providing all the things from rides to dwell reveals to enjoyable photograph alternatives.

 

The Towers

The Towers are literally the ruins of the unique home at Alton Towers, and is the place the park will get its identify from. It’s dwelling to quite a lot of rides, that are discovered round the principle constructing.

The Towers space is a bit unfold out, with a part of it proper subsequent to CBeebies Land and the remaining near the World of David Walliams. Rides are as follows:

• Hex – The Legend of the Towers
• Cuckoo Vehicles Driving Faculty
• Spinball Whizzer

There’s no specific theming across the rides to be trustworthy, they simply occur to be within the space of the unique home.

This space can also be the place you can see the Alton Towers Dungeon. It is a separate attraction which requires its personal ticket, which you should buy right here. It is a stroll by way of attraction with costumed actors.

We haven’t visited the Alton Towers Dungeon however we now have visited the dungeon in Edinburgh, London and San Francisco, which supply an identical expertise.

It’s enjoyable, nevertheless there’s already quite a bit to do at Alton Towers so we wouldn’t say it was a must-see attraction. That stated, it’s a good worth particularly in case you guide upfront and it’s a enjoyable expertise.

 

The World of David Walliams

Discovered simply past The Towers, the World of David Walliams presents a variety of rides that are primarily aimed toward major faculty aged youngsters.

In our expertise although youthful youngsters additionally get pleasure from the vast majority of the rides right here as they aren’t significantly excessive and the journey heights usually are not overly restrictive. The rides listed here are:

• Gangsta Granny: The Experience
• Raj’s Bouncy Backside Burp
• Royal Carousel
• Flavio’s Fabulous Fandango

This space is themed around the globe and characters created by David Walliams and is one other great spot for households visiting Alton Towers.

 

Mutiny Bay

Discovered close to the principle park entrance, Mutiny Bay is dwelling to a whole lot of family-friendly rides in addition to quite a lot of paid fairground fashion video games like Hook-a-Duck and toss the ball kind of video games. The rides are:

• Battle Galleons
• Heave-Ho
• Marauders Mayhem
• Wicker Man

Apart from Wicker Man, all of the rides right here have a nautical / pirate theme, and that is one other nice location within the park for households as the bulk rides have low top restrictions and the queues usually are not usually too lengthy (apart from Wicker Man).

That is additionally the place you’ll discover Sharkbait Reef by Sea Life Aquarium, an aquarium you may go to which is included as a part of your ticket. That is a wholly indoor attraction so is an effective possibility whether it is raining.

Lastly, there’s additionally a bar serving drinks in addition to a seating space at Mutiny Bay.

 

Towers Avenue

Whenever you enter the park by way of the principle entrance you’ll arrive onto Towers Avenue. This space is themed like a city excessive avenue and is dwelling to numerous companies and services, together with meals and drinks shops and customer support.

There’s a Skyride station right here, however no precise rides. From this space you may see throughout the lake to the Towers. To your left as you face away from the doorway is Mutiny Bay, and in your proper is CBeebies Land.

So in case you are visiting with youngsters you don’t must go far to seek out your first rides.

 

The Gardens

One of many oldest areas at Alton Towers, and one which has been drawing guests for years, are the gardens. These take up a big space of the park between Mutiny Bay and the Darkish Forest.

Many guests solely expertise the gardens from above, because the Skyride passes over them, however it’s value taking a while to discover them as they’re fairly pretty and make for a pleasant spot for a break.

You’ll discover all kinds of options, from neatly trimmed topiary hedges, fountains, previous bushes, greenhouses, and follies.

Simply bear in mind that the gardens are set throughout a valley, and there could be fairly a couple of steps to navigate. So that is value allowing for when you have restricted mobility or are navigating a kids’s buggy.

 

Accessibility at Alton Towers

Alton Towers gives a whole lot of info and choices for folks with varied incapacity and mobility wants, and this info is roofed intimately on the web page devoted to accessibility on the Alton Towers web site.

The accessibility method at Alton Towers is designed to help anybody with accessibility wants have a secure and pleasant go to to the park, and the positioning has info that can assist you plan your go to in addition to what to anticipate on web site.

Usually, the park and the resort lodging choices cater properly for accessibility necessities. All of the bogs have accessible wheelchair options in addition to accessible altering rooms. Wheelchairs can be found at no cost, and mobility scooters could be employed for the day. The latter could be booked on-line upfront right here.

Alton Towers additionally presents a Experience Entry Move, which is designed for guests who discover it tough to face for extended durations of time. This provides entry to a separate line and a digital queuing system.

Experience Entry Move holders don’t get to skip the road per se, however they don’t have to face in a line for a protracted interval. This course of is defined right here.

For Experience Entry move entry this must be booked upfront of your go to as functions are permitted by a third-party who assesses guests’ wants on a person foundation.

 

Images at Alton Towers

Images is mostly allowed at Alton Towers, nevertheless for essentially the most half images will not be allowed on the rides (with some exceptions).

So if you wish to get photographs of your self and your loved ones having fun with the rides, you’ll want to think about investing in a photograph bundle.

On a latest journey to Alton Towers we purchased the digital photograph move for each of the times we have been there. This was £20, and we thought it was fairly superb.

The way in which it really works is as follows. As you end a journey, all of the journey photographs are displayed on a display screen with a quantity. Utilizing the Alton Towers app, you may kind in that quantity, and the photograph will seem within the app in your machine.

You can too choose up a QR code that hyperlinks to your account and have the photograph attendant scan it for automated supply to your app.

In the event you haven’t purchased the digital photograph move, the photograph seems within the app with a giant watermark and you may’t obtain it. Nonetheless, while you pay for the photograph move (both in app on in particular person), the photographs all change into accessible with out watermark, and you may obtain them to your cellphone for sharing.

The good factor about this method is that even with six of us, we nonetheless solely wanted to purchase one photograph move. I simply had all of the photographs delivered to my cellphone after which shared them. Over the 2 days we have been there we had round 80 photographs, a lot of which you’ll see on this information.

It’s additionally value noting that there are extra photograph alternatives than simply journey photographs. One good instance is the The CBeebies Land photograph cease. It is a actually enjoyable expertise, the place a inexperienced display screen is used so as to add you and your group to many CBeebies Land scenes.

In addition to digital photographs, you may also pay for printouts of journey photographs, though it is a separate charge.

You should buy the digital photograph move on-line upfront of your go to right here. You can too purchase it on web site in particular person, or by way of the app. The price is similar.

Truthfully, whereas it’s handy to purchase it upfront, you would possibly wish to wait till the tip of the day so you may evaluation the images within the app after which resolve if you wish to purchase them.

I imagine the images can be found for buy for as much as 90 days within the app, and as soon as bought they are often downloaded from the app for as much as a yr from once they have been taken.

 

Eating places at Alton Towers

Alton Towers has fairly a large alternative of eating choices throughout the park. There are eating places within the theme park space itself, in addition to eating places on the lodge resorts which serve breakfast and dinner.

There are additionally picnic areas and quite a lot of locations promoting snacks which could be discovered throughout the park.

The principle eating choices are as follows.

 

Eating places within the Theme Park

• Woodcutter’s Bar and Grill (close to Darkish Forest / Towers)- focuses on grilled meals
• Rollercoaster Restaurant (Forbidden Valley) – has a wide range of choices, with the twist that each one the meals is delivered through a mini rollercoaster.
• Explorers Pizza Pasta (Katanga Canyon) – buffet restaurant with a variety of pizza, pasta and a salad bar
• The Burger Kitchen (close to David Walliams space & Alton Towers Dungeon, additionally Mutiny Bay) – Primarily burgers, as you’ll think about
• Simply Hen (X-Sector) – Primarily focuses on fried rooster
• Nook Espresso (Towers Avenue) – In addition to espresso it additionally has sandwiches, pastries, and truffles

 

 

 

 

 

Eating places within the Resort Space

Word these usually solely serve breakfast and dinner. It’s additionally good to know that the Rollercoaster Restaurant can also be open after the theme park closes, though reservations are required.

Secret Backyard Restaurant Meals

Secret Backyard Restaurant Meals

 

Lodging at Alton Towers

For an prolonged Alton Towers expertise, you may really keep on web site at one of many resort lodging choices. There are six completely different lodging choices at Alton Towers throughout a variety of various worth factors.

We expect staying on web site could make sense, particularly in case you are visiting with youngsters because the on-site lodging is absolutely arrange in the direction of enhancing their expertise with extra actions and themed rooms.

Nonetheless if you wish to keep someplace a bit quieter with extra flexibility in alternative by way of worth, eating choices and so forth, then take a look at the part on close by lodging additional on on this information.

All of the lodging is discovered to the east of the principle park. Relying on which possibility you select, the lodging is a couple of 5-10 minute stroll from the monorail, which can whisk you to the principle park entrance in a couple of minutes.

You can too stroll to the principle park entrance in 20 – half-hour, or to the unique lodge visitor entrance which is about 5 – 10 minutes’ stroll from many of the lodges.

Right here’s a rundown of all of the lodging choices at Alton Towers to offer you an concept of what to anticipate.

 

Alton Towers Lodge

Alton Towers Lodge was the primary lodge to be constructed on the park, opening in 1996. It’s a 4* lodge with a big restaurant, bar and virtually 200 rooms.

The lodge is themed after the fictional character Sir Algenon Alton, a famed explorer and inventor. Totally different areas of the lodge are themed to match his completely different exploits, together with a hot-air balloon pirate ship within the bar space which doubles as a stage.

Varied room varieties can be found. On our latest go to we stayed in an Arctic Explorer room which was very snug and fairly giant, particularly for 2 of us. It had an en-suite toilet with bathtub, air-conditioning, a small fridge and tea/espresso making services.

Many of the rooms can sleep as much as 4 folks – two adults and two youngsters. They’re pretty giant rooms and despite the fact that we visited when it was busy the rooms have been quiet.

We actually appreciated the theming within the rooms, which has a whole lot of considerate particulars all through, from the carpet to the huge stuffed polar bear on the mattress. Totally different rooms have completely different themes, in addition to completely different facilities.

Air-con for instance will not be accessible in all of the room, so do test if that’s vital to you.

You possibly can see all of the room varieties and their facilities right here– there are a whole lot of choices to select from!

 

Splash Landings Resort

Opened in 2003, Splash Landings Lodge can also be a 4* lodge. It’s the closest lodge to the Monorail station and lodge visitor theme park entrance. It’s additionally the place you’ll discover the Alton Towers Waterpark.

Splash Landings is themed, as you may think, round water, with a sunny Carribean theme operating all through. There are water options and themed installations, and the rooms are additionally themed alongside varied nautical types.

On web site there’s an all you may eat restaurant, Flambo’s Jambo, which has a Carribean theme. There’s additionally a Caribbean themed bar on web site, in addition to common leisure.

Splash Landings is unquestionably a superb possibility, particularly with youngsters. The one factor to concentrate on is that it may possibly get fairly heat within the lodge because the waterpark is on web site, and the rooms don’t have air con. So the rooms could be fairly heat, even within the cooler months of the yr.

You possibly can see all of the room varieties and their facilities at Splash Landings Resort right here.

 

CBeebies Land Lodge

CBeebies Land Lodge is the most recent lodge at Alton Towers Resort, opening in 2017. On a latest go to to Alton Towers with buddies they stayed right here with their two youngsters ages 3 and 6 years previous.

CBeebies Land is firmly aimed toward youthful guests to the park and is themed across the characters present in CBeebies reveals. This theming extends all through, from the rooms to the restaurant and reception.

There are additionally many CBeebies reveals and leisure experiences which occur right here that are included for visitors. There’s additionally a restaurant and bar on web site.

There’s a variety of rooms accessible, our buddies stayed within the Swashbuckle themed pirate room which slept as much as 5 and had two TVs in addition to pirate theming all through.

The outline for CBeebies Land Lodge means that it’s best for guests with youngsters aged as much as round three. Nonetheless, we’d say that this very a lot is determined by your youngsters and what they’re into, and youngsters as much as 9 or 10 will in all probability find it irresistible.

Our buddies’ youngsters truthfully thought the lodge was superb. They cherished just about all the things about it. Their mother and father significantly appreciated the room structure which had the youngsters in their very own alcove in bunk beds, which means they felt virtually like that they had their very own room while nonetheless being in the identical room.

In addition they loved the meals, the leisure, and the theming all through.

One vital factor to concentrate on with this lodge and its services is that it’s only open to visitors staying within the lodge itself.

So in case you are visiting the park as a bunch and a few of you might be staying in CBeebies Lodge and a few of you might be in different lodging, that is one thing to remember in case you plan on eating collectively or watching leisure.

Friends of the opposite lodging choices can’t go to CBeebies Land Lodge or use its services.

We received round this by having our meals on the Alton Towers Lodge on a latest go to, however the youngsters did nonetheless get to have their breakfast in CBeebies and likewise they took half in a number of the actions just like the night Stargazing.

General, in case you are visiting Alton Towers with a youthful household the CBeebies Land Lodge can be my primary choose if it’s accessible. You possibly can see all of the room varieties right here.

 

Stargazing Pods

The remaining three lodging choices at Alton Towers fall into the Enchanted Village space of the park, which presents a variety of much less conventional lodging choices.

The primary of those we’ll cowl are the Stargazing pods, which opened to the general public in 2019. In the event you’ve ever been glamping, then these pods shall be fairly acquainted.

They’re principally small wood buildings that provide an expertise much like tenting however with the advantage of actual beds, lighting and heating. Every pod can sleep as much as 4, with one double mattress and two single beds. Linen is offered.

There are not any bogs, showers or different washing services within the pods themselves, these are all centrally positioned at a separate block which presents bogs, showers and child change areas.

There’s additionally no cooking or refrigeration services, you will want to dine at one of many eating places (except you deliver your personal picnic fashion meals).

Stargazing pods are positively essentially the most primary lodging possibility which might make for a extremely funds pleasant camping-like expertise at Alton Towers.

They’re usually the bottom price lodging possibility at Alton Towers Resort, and so they additionally are likely to have the most effective availability each time we’ve seemed for final minute lodging.

 

Woodland Lodges

The unique lodging possibility within the Enchanted Village have been the Woodland Lodges, which opened in 2015.

The Woodland Lodges are styled as log cabins, every of which might sleep as much as 5 folks. There’s a fundamental room for adults, and a separate youngsters sleeping space with bunk beds and a truckle mattress.

All of the rooms have en-suite bogs, flat display screen TVs and free WiFi. For eating, breakfast is obtainable on the Crooked Spoon restaurant within the Enchanted Village, and visitors may also have their night meal right here or at one of many different eating places.

We haven’t personally stayed on the Woodland Lodges however we now have buddies who stayed right here with their youngsters and so they loved it.

These are usually amongst the extra standard choices for lodging at Alton Towers Resort, and might promote out shortly.

 

Luxurious Treehouses

Essentially the most unique lodging possibility within the Enchanted Village space are the Luxurious Treehouses, that are present in a secluded a part of the Enchanted Village.

There are 5 luxurious treehouses, and so they can all sleep as much as eight folks in 4 bedrooms. The luxurious treehouses all include a kitchenette, which features a fridge, kettle, toaster, microwave and dishwasher. So these are at the moment the one lodging possibility at Alton Towers the place you possibly can put together your personal meals.

Different luxuries embrace a 50″ TV with video games console, non-public scorching tub and deck, and using an unique takeaway service for meal supply.

After all, all this luxurious and facilities does imply that the treehouses are the most costly possibility at Alton Towers. Nonetheless in case you are visiting the resort with a bunch or simply need one thing additional particular, then they’re positively value trying out.

 

Lodging Close to Alton Towers

While there are many lodging choices at Alton Towers, it’s not the one possibility to your go to.

We do just like the on-site lodging however in case you are not visiting with youngsters or would similar to a little bit of selection by way of eating choices, then there are many close by options throughout a variety of budgets.

These could make a superb location for staying the night time earlier than Alton Towers, or for additional exploration within the space as a part of an extended journey.

Listed here are some to think about, ordered by driving distance from Alton Towers.

• The White Hart – a well-liked inn within the village of Alton, providing a variety of en-suite rooms. 7 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers
• The Laurel’s B&B – It is a well-rated B&B which serves breakfast. Rooms are en-suite with tea/espresso making services. 8 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers
• The Bay Tree – a really well-reviewed B&B with en-suite lodging and breakfast accessible. 8 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers
• Peakstones Inn – This 3* lodge presents a variety of en-suite rooms and there’s an on-site restaurant and bar. Breakfast is obtainable. 10 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers.
• Heywood Corridor – This property presents quite a lot of self-contained flats, every with a small kitchen an en-suite toilet. There’s additionally a scorching tub and backyard for visitors use. 12 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers.
• Whiston Corridor – An attractive nineteenth century lodge with its personal golf course and landscaped backyard. A variety of en-suite rooms can be found and breakfast is obtainable. 13minutes’ drivee from Alton Towers.
• The Duncombe Arms – This pub/lodge is present in Ellastone and presents air-conditioned rooms with espresso machines and en-suite services. Breakfast is obtainable and there’s a restaurant and bar for different meals. 13 minutes drive from Alton Towers
• The Royal Oak – This inn presents a variety of snug rooms within the city of Ashbourne. There’s a restaurant and bar on web site with meals accessible. 19 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers.
• YHA Ilam Corridor – This youth hostel is present in a gothic corridor set in 84 acres of parkland. There’s an on-site breakfast, kitchen for self-catering, and a alternative of shared or non-public lodging. 22 minutes’ drive from Alton Towers.

After all, there are heaps extra choices to think about. You possibly can see a full vary of lodging choices close to Alton Towers on Reserving.com right here, which incorporates quite a lot of vacation leases as properly.

 

Different Actions at Alton Towers

In addition to the theme park, there are a variety of different actions on the Alton Towers resort that you would be able to get pleasure from. These are as follows.

 

Waterpark

Discovered contained in the Splash Landings Lodge, the Alton Towers Waterpark is open the vast majority of the yr.

There are a variety of swimming pools, each inside and outdoors, in addition to varied water slides. It’s a whole lot of enjoyable and properly value together with as a part of your go to. You possibly can guide tickets on-line right here.

 

Extraordinary Golf

Proper subsequent to the Splash Landings lodge is an 18-hole miniature golf course which is themed round the principle rides at Alton Towers.

That is really a extremely enjoyable mini-golf course which we had a whole lot of enjoyable enjoying. The holes are very distinctive, and it’s a pleasant approach to spend an hour or two.

A complimentary spherical of 9 holes is generally included for resort visitors, and we extremely advocate profiting from this. We did it on the day we left, earlier than visiting the waterpark. It’s additionally open comparatively late, so when you have the stamina you possibly can do it after a day on the theme park!

Discover out extra and guide tickets on-line right here.

 

Spa

Alton Towers may be very a lot designed to be enjoyable for the entire household, and adults will certainly wish to think about a soothing journey to the Alton Towers Spa as a part of their go to!

The Spa is present in Alton Towers Lodge, and is open year-round to everybody, together with non-residents of the lodge and people with out theme park tickets.

A variety of remedies can be found and reserving is suggested. Discover out extra on the web site right here.

 

Alton Towers Dungeon

The Alton Towers Dungeon is definitely discovered contained in the Theme Park, so that you do want theme park tickets to go to. Nonetheless, it’s a further cost to go to, so I believed I must also embrace it on this a part of the information.

The Dungeon is a walk-through expertise with costumed actors, and is much like different Dungeon experiences together with the London Dungeon.

We expect it’s pretty priced, nevertheless given how a lot there already is to do at Alton Towers it’s not a must-see attraction.

Discover out extra and guide tickets right here.

 

Ideas for Visiting Alton Towers

We’ve visited Alton Towers quite a lot of occasions, and based mostly on our experiences we wished to share some ideas that can assist you get essentially the most out of your day on the theme park.

 

Make a Plan

If you wish to take advantage of out of your day at Alton Towers, we extremely advocate placing a plan collectively. This could not less than cowl which rides you and your group are most occupied with driving.

As soon as you understand which rides you wish to do, you may then plan a route across the park. We’d counsel heading for the rides that are more likely to have the longest queues first (often the extra excessive thrill rides), and tackling all of the rides in the identical space collectively to minimise strolling occasions.

If you’re visiting with youngsters who don’t meet the journey top necessities for all of the rides, or people who aren’t occupied with particular rides, you’ll additionally wish to plan for the right way to deal with splitting your group up if crucial so everybody can have the expertise they need. This would possibly require some compromises, so is greatest dealt with upfront.

You can too keep away from the drama of youngsters discovering they aren’t the fitting top to participate in a journey by measuring them upfront, and planning your route in order that they don’t really feel they’re lacking out on something. For instance, you possibly can take them to CBeebies Land or Mutiny Bay after which members of the group may pop off for different rides.

We’d additionally advocate interested by the place you wish to eat and when. You possibly can both deliver your personal picnic or eat at one of many on-site eating places. These clearly get very busy round lunch time on busier days, and reservations usually are not attainable, so that you would possibly wish to eat earlier or later within the day.

 

Carry a Smartphone Charger

The probabilities are that you’re going to be utilizing your cellphone lots at Alton Towers. From taking photographs to speaking with buddies to utilizing the app to vary journey occasions and discover your manner round, it’s going for use lots.

Having your cellphone go flat partway by way of the day, particularly in case you’re counting on it to seize reminiscences, discover your manner round, or show a Fastrack move, isn’t going to be very best.

Because of this we advocate bringing a USB charger to your cellphone. There are heaps accessible, we at the moment use one like this which labored properly to cost our cellphone and our buddies’ telephones on our final go to to Alton Towers.

 

Obtain the Alton Towers App

Within the days of yore, Alton Towers had a paper map that you possibly can use to seek out your manner across the park. In the event you wished to understand how lengthy a journey queue was, you needed to both bodily go to the journey itself, or try to discover one of many elusive boards displaying journey queue occasions and statuses throughout the park.

These days, just about all the things is dealt with through the Alton Towers App, which is definitely surprisingly good. Though it does require you to have a smartphone in fact.

The App enables you to do lots, together with:

• Navigate across the park, with instructions, estimated strolling occasions and routing accessible. It could additionally counsel routes with fewer steps.
• Discover rides based mostly on a wide range of standards, from journey kind by way of to journey top restrictions
• Show dwell journey queue occasions and open statuses (solely works on web site)
• E-book and use Fastrack passes
• Save and show your Alton Towers ticket
• Discover bogs, eating places, present occasions, buggy parks, water refill stations and much extra
• Get digital previews of your journey photographs which you should buy in-app
• Add any lodge bookings
• Get details about heritage areas within the gardens
• Discover out about parking, attending to the park and accessibility

And much extra! Truthfully, the app is a must have when visiting Alton Towers, and it’s value downloading upfront of your go to so you might be absolutely ready. You’ll find obtain hyperlinks for it right here on the official web site.

 

E-book Your Meals if Staying In a single day

If you’re staying in a single day at one of many on-site lodging choices, it’s actually vital that you simply guide your meals upfront. It’s essential guide a timeslot to your breakfast and night meals.

Usually, your breakfast meal shall be on the lodge the place you might be staying. Even when it’s included, you should make a reservation for a timeslot. These do replenish, so the additional upfront you guide the higher the possibility of getting a superb time.

To your night meal you may select any of the eating places, together with Rollercoaster Restaurant. Nonetheless, relying on the restaurant you should still must guide.

Eating places the place bookings are really helpful for dinner are the Secret Backyard Restaurant, Rollercoaster Restaurant and Windmill Restaurant.

Flambo’s Jambo and the Crooked Spoon solely require reservations for breakfast.

The Rollercoaster Restaurant is often the preferred and has the least seating, so can guide out weeks upfront for dinner.

Word that solely visitors staying within the CBeebies Lodge are capable of dine on the Windmill Restaurant. Reserving hyperlinks for all of the eating places are as follows:

Reserving a reservation is free and solely takes a few minutes. Word {that a} day or so earlier than your reservation you’ll usually be contacted by e-mail to verify your reservation, which simply requires clicking a hyperlink within the e-mail.

 

Go to Splash Landings if Staying A number of Days

If you’re staying in a single day at Alton Towers, think about using a few of your time while you might be on web site to go to Splash Landings, the on-site waterpark.

For instance, we not too long ago spent two nights at Alton Towers. We visited the park on the primary two days, and on the day we departed we spent the morning at Splash Landings. It was a stunning approach to finish our journey and meant even on the day we have been leaving we nonetheless had a whole lot of enjoyable.

Splash Landings tickets are greatest bought upfront, which you are able to do on-line right here. At busier occasions of yr you should choose a timeslot to your go to, so it’s positively greatest to do that upfront to make sure you may go to at a time that fits you.

 

Arrive Early and Go away Late

There’s a big quantity to do at Alton Towers, and your ticket offers you entry for the entire day. So we extremely advocate taking full benefit of that, and attempting to be on the park from opening time to closing.

Usually, the park opens round an hour earlier than the rides begin working. We positively advocate getting right here at opening time so you may head to a well-liked journey you actually wish to do. This fashion you’ll be capable of get within the queue earlier than they get too lengthy.

It’s additionally value staying as near closing time as attainable. Because the day progresses folks begin to depart, and when you have the stamina for it, we advise ready proper till closing time to depart so you may maximise your driving occasions. Queues positively get shorter because the day involves an finish, so that you’ll be capable of squeeze a couple of extra rides in.

 

Alternate options to Alton Towers

You is perhaps questioning if there are any options to Alton Towers within the UK. The reply is sure, there are definitely different theme parks within the UK.

Nonetheless, Alton Towers usually has the widest alternative of rides unfold out throughout the biggest space. Nonetheless, listed here are some options to think about:

• Thorpe Park
• Blackpool Pleasure Seaside
• Chessington World of Adventures
• LEGOLAND Windsor Resort
• Drayton Manor Park

 

Alton Towers Steadily Requested Questions

We’re now going to undergo some generally requested questions on Alton Towers.

 

Are Alton Towers Fastrack Passes Price It?

You is perhaps questioning in case you ought to spend money on an Alton Towers Fastrack Move. Now we have visited Alton Towers each with and with no Fastrack Move, and had a superb expertise each occasions.

The passes can positively be value it, however lots will rely upon how busy the park is in addition to what number of rides (and which rides) you really plan to journey.

If you’re visiting at a quieter time of yr, you then would possibly discover {that a} Fastrack Move will not be crucial as queue occasions won’t be so lengthy.

If you’re visiting at a busy time of yr, resembling throughout faculty holidays, on a weekend, or throughout a time when many faculty journeys are visiting (typically across the final week of faculty), then a Fastrack move is perhaps a superb funding.

Now we have visited throughout a busy time at Alton Towers, when traces for the preferred rides have been in extra of two hours. With the Fastrack, traces have been between 5 minutes and 25 minutes. The latter was extra uncommon and often solely occurred if the journey had paused for a technical motive, inflicting the queue to construct up.

With out the Fastrack, we in all probability would have struggled to journey greater than 3 or 4 rides within the day, and most of our time would have been spent in queues. As we have been visiting in a bunch and taking turns to take care of the youthful members of our group, this wouldn’t have labored out so properly.

Because it was, members of the group may pop off and journey a bigger journey, and be gone and again in round half-hour. We have been additionally capable of journey many rides, I personally did not less than 15 rides in at some point. So for our go to the Fastrack Move was completely value it.

In the event you do resolve to get the Fastrack, you additionally must resolve which one to get. It will rely vastly on which rides you wish to journey Personally I’d advocate the Silver or Gold passes, as these embrace the rides which are likely to have the longest traces.

While these two passes are solely legitimate for one journey on every attraction, in case you handle your time properly on the park you may usually slot in not less than one non Fastrack journey firstly and finish of the day when the park is quieter in case you did wish to journey something a number of occasions. You can too purchase one-off Fastrack passes on a per attraction foundation.

The platinum Fastrack move is greatest for these of you who actually wish to journey a number of rides a number of occasions, wherein case it may possibly make sense.

You should buy Fastrack passes upfront of your go to right here, on web site at buyer companies, or on-site by way of the app.

The worth is similar, nevertheless Fastrack passes do promote out, particularly at busier occasions of yr.

If you’re visiting at a busier time of yr and wish to purchase a Fastrack, it’s extremely really helpful you accomplish that upfront on the web site right here.

If you’re visiting at a quieter time of yr you might desire to buy in particular person while you arrive after you will have seen how busy the park is. Simply keep in mind that passes can promote out.

 

How Lengthy Do You Want at Alton Towers?

I might advocate spending the entire day at Alton Towers, from the time the gates open to the time it closes. It’s a comparatively costly time out, so that you would possibly as properly get your cash’s value.

For an much more complete expertise, you may also plan to remain in a single day on the resort or at a close-by lodge, after which go to for a second day.

You possibly can typically get a second day entry ticket at a lower cost when buying your unique ticket, making this a superb worth possibility.

There may be positively greater than sufficient to do at Alton Towers to fill two full days.

 

Are the Alton Towers Inns Any Good?

We have been really very impressed with the Alton Towers lodges. On our latest go to we stayed on the Alton Towers Lodge, while our buddies with their youthful youngsters stayed at CBeebies Land Lodge.

We thought all the things was properly carried out, the theme all through, the seamless check-in course of, the attentive employees, the night leisure and the meals have been all glorious.

It actually added to the general expertise and felt like an extension of the theme park. The youngsters specifically cherished CBeebies Land, which we are able to advocate for households with youngsters as much as round 9 or 10.

We additionally appreciated that staying on the lodge meant that our parking was included, and that there was a lodge visitors solely entrance just some minutes’ stroll from the lodges. This received us near Galactica and The Blade at entry time, which means we have been amongst the primary riders on board.

The one draw back for our keep was that we needed to guide timeslots for all our meals upfront.

We have been staying for 2 nights so needed to guide breakfast and dinner slots. As we booked final minute there wasn’t a whole lot of availability, and it additionally meant we couldn’t be versatile with our plans.

All of it labored out ultimately and the meals on the eating places we ate at was really superb. Simply bear in mind that you simply do must plan and guide upfront.

 

When is Alton Towers Busiest?

Alton Towers is often busiest on the weekends and through faculty holidays.

There are additionally typically faculty journeys to Alton Towers within the final couple of weeks of the college time period in July, though faculty journeys can go to at any time in fact.

Now we have visited Alton Towers at varied occasions of yr, together with throughout July faculty journey time. It’ll definitely be busier, and you might wish to spend money on a Fastrack ticket on busier days.

 

Is Alton Towers Good for Households?

Sure, Alton Towers is a incredible time out for households. There may be such a large alternative of rides, points of interest and actions that everybody within the household will be capable of have an awesome time out.

 

Is Images Allowed at Alton Towers?

Sure, images is allowed at Alton Towers.

There are some exceptions. You aren’t allowed to take photographs or movies throughout rides as a result of security, and this shall be clearly acknowledged when queuing for and boarding the journey. Utilizing your cellphone or digicam on rides can get you ejected from the park and will shut down the journey quickly. Maintain your self, your cellphone, and different passengers secure by stowing your cellphone and cameras earlier than every journey.

If you wish to get photographs of you and your family and friends having fun with the rides, then we advocate trying out the digital photograph move, which covers many of the rides. We all cherished that and received plenty of photographs that manner on the rides of all of us. You should buy this on-line upfront right here or in particular person on web site.

As well as, images and videography is closely restricted at Splash Landings, for apparent causes. If you’re inside Splash Landings when it’s open you may usually take restricted photographs of your personal family and friends, however that’s about it. You aren’t allowed to take photographs of different visitors. Finest to depart your cellphone or digicam within the locker except you actually need it.

When Splash Landings is closed and empty, you may take photographs of the world.

 

Can I Take My Personal Meals and Drink to Alton Towers?

Sure, you may take your personal foods and drinks to Alton Towers, and there are picnic benches throughout the park the place you may devour your personal foods and drinks.

The one actual restriction to this rule is that you would be able to’t deliver alcohol into the park, though it’s served on web site.

You can also’t take your personal foods and drinks into venues the place they serve foods and drinks, because the tables are just for paying prospects solely.

There are a couple of picnic areas positioned right here and there with picnic benches that you would be able to sit and use, together with on the principle grassy space by the lake in entrance of Towers Avenue, and subsequent to Hex.

 

Are there Ingesting Fountains at Alton Towers?

There are many water refill stations across the park the place you may refill a water bottle. We’d positively advocate bringing your personal refillable water bottle to Alton Towers so you may keep hydrated as you go.

Water refill stations are marked on the map within the Alton Towers app.

 

How do I Eat on the Rollercoaster Restaurant?

The Rollercoaster restaurant is among the most enjoyable eating experiences at Alton Towers, and youngsters specifically love watching the meals fly across the varied tracks earlier than arriving at your desk. Truthfully, adults find it irresistible too!

Sadly, this does imply that the restaurant can also be standard and might get booked up.

For lodge visitors, it’s attainable to dine on the Rollercoaster Restaurant within the evenings. This requires a reservation, and these can promote out months upfront.

The excellent news is that you would be able to nonetheless get the rollercoaster eating expertise. The key is simply to go throughout park opening hours. Throughout this time reservations usually are not attainable, and eating is first come first serve.

In the event you flip up at near opening time (round 11am), and don’t thoughts having an early lunch, you then shouldn’t have any downside getting a desk.

We did this not too long ago on a really busy day at Alton Towers and had no downside getting a desk at round 11.20am. Nonetheless we weren’t capable of guide for dinner because it was absolutely booked out for the entire month.

 

How Lengthy Are the Queues at Alton Towers?

Queue occasions at Alton Towers fluctuate vastly, from a couple of minutes to over two hours.

There may be big variability in queue time which is determined by how busy the park is, the time of day, the variety of Fastrack Move holders and so forth.

Usually in case you go to in off-peak occasions (principally in the course of the week exterior of faculty holidays) the queue occasions shall be shorter.

Moreover, usually within the mornings earlier than round 11am and within the afternoons after 3pm most queue occasions will begin to scale back.

 

Is There Wi-Fi at Alton Towers?

Sure, there’s free Wi-Fi all through the resort together with on the theme park and in all of the lodging choices.

You simply have to enroll to entry it. We advocate doing so as a result of the Alton Towers app works lots higher if you end up related to the Wi-Fi community, and utilizing Wi-Fi tends to empty your cellphone battery slower than utilizing your cellular information.

 

Does Alton Towers Have Tall Rollercoasters?

One factor you’ll discover while you go to Alton Towers is that it doesn’t have very tall rollercoasters resembling you would possibly discover at different theme parks around the globe.

The explanation for that is that Alton Towers will not be allowed to construct any journey that goes above tree top. That is why many rides are cleverly constructed in sunken areas or to even go beneath floor. So there are nonetheless a number of thrilling rollercoasters right here!

 

Does the Climate Have an effect on Rides at Alton Towers?

The UK will not be essentially identified for year-round superb climate, so that you is perhaps questioning how rain and wind can have an effect on the rides at Alton Towers.

The excellent news is that almost all rides will usually run within the rain, except it is rather heavy rain. If there’s thunder or lightning this could additionally influence rides. Excessive wind may also result in journey closures.

In any other case although, visiting on a moist day can really be helpful in some regards as there’ll typically be fewer guests and shorter queues.

Lastly, Alton Towers presents a rainy-day assure. Which means that if the climate leads to journey closures to the purpose that Alton Towers deems it a “Wet Day”, then it is possible for you to to return on a distinct day at no cost.

If this occurs throughout your go to, as a substitute of writing off the day, think about visiting the Waterpark. There’s a charge to take action however as you might be already on web site it’d flip the day round. You’ll simply want to recollect to deliver your swimwear.

You possibly can learn extra in regards to the Wet Day assure and what it covers right here.

 

Additional Studying

That’s it for our information to visiting Alton Towers! We hope you discovered it helpful.

Earlier than you go, we wished to share a couple of of our different guides that you simply would possibly discover helpful.

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