O/T - ALTON TOWERS

You'll all have an amazing time...alton towers is amazing.

it's worth queueing up for the front seat of "Air" - it makes the ride a million times better on the front seat at it really feels like you are flying!

have fun!!!

I love alton towers! We always pay the extra for the fast pass ticket to the bigger rides (air, nemesis, oblivion and one more...). check online for voucher codes before you go, you can often get bogof vouchers which save a load!

Ooo do they charge extra for the fast pass...cheeky so and so's, they dont at disney for fast track..hmmmm

To be honest the only reason we are going is because I have got a few BOGOF vouchers, so it will be so much cheaper.

Will try take some pics so you can all laugh at how scared we look on the rides

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Have a fab time! I want to come! Take snacks for the journey so you're not hungry when you get here. Last time we went we stopped for a Burger King at 8.30am and it was so required as we were starved!

My fave bit: when the voice at the top of oblivion says...

DON'T LOOK DOWN!!!!

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Ohhhhh if you register with this site: www.raring2go.co.uk you can get a voucher to get adult tickets for £17 each and cheaper childrens ones savings you more than 50% ?

The new ride '13' is supposed to be brilliant...a friend of mine went not long ago and said it was really worth the 2hr wait!

Omg we went last weekend and I love it there! We go every year! We used our tesco vouchers to get tickets and only took about 5 days to come thru.

Totally rate the new ride thirteen - defo worth the wait! Make sure you tell us what you thought when you get back xx

Ooooh have fun, i have been to Alton Towers a few times and went to Florida in 2008 thats actually where H2B proposed on my 30th birthday!!!! enjoy!!!!!!!!!

Hey Kihli,

Thanks so muchfor pointing us to these vouchers, we used these in the end & they worked out cheaper than the vouchers I already had. £17 for adults!!

Well as you can see, I am back from the towers!!

Got there just after 10am, took us about 2 hrs 15 mins, weather was gorgeous, so that helped.

My son is 13 & up till last year, the only roller coaster he had been on was the Ultimate at Lightwater valley, which is about 30 mins from our house. He loved that & for his first big roller coaster, I think it was a pretty good one to try.

Yesterday, I took him onto Oblivion first, my thinking was.. well if he will go on that ride (which I think is the biggest heart stopping ride at alton towers) then he will go on anything. He was scared at first on Oblivion but once you are strapped in, there is not much you can do... anyway, he LOVED it. got straight on there & after that decided to go que for the new "13" roller coaster.

We queued for about 2 hrs & sorry for all of those that love that ride..We were ALL really really disappointed with it & no way do any of us think it was worth the wait. The whole hype surrounding it being a Psycho (sp) coaster is a complete let down. It was just ok but certainly not worth the wait..

As we had wasted 2 hrs in the que for that, it did not leave us that much time to go on much else, my son & his friend went off to go on a few other rides but he didnt really fancy trying much more, which means that although I love florida & really really really wanted to go back again this year & take Calum, I dont think we will be.

I am not saying that Florida is all about the rides, there are other things to do there but I feel for what it is going to cost us to get there & then what we will spend once there, as Calum did not go on so many rides at Alton Towers, I dont think spending that amount of money is such a great idea.. He actually said that he woud perfer to go back to Cyprus than go to Florida.. At least we know & although its not all about him, it would have been better if he had wanted to go. I dont want to get over there & then have to put up with a moaning teenager..lol

At least we will save a fortune & that means we can have more than 1 holiday this year as a family, so back to the drawing board..

Debbie

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Glad you had a nice time.

I am going June 26th. We go every year with Friends.

We usually get on most things apart from the kids things, my favourite is the oblivion!

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You are going on my wedding Anniversary!!

Hope you have a great time

Debbie

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Hi - abit late on this thread I know but glad you had a good time. I only live about 12 miles from Alton Towers its lucky you didnt go a week ago.....my friend went and the whole place had a power outage people were stuck on the rides and everything...apprantly a girl I work with said that when she worked at ALton towers back when she was a student the RAF have to rescue people from certain rides!!! altho she said she had never known that to happen and Ive lived here 5 years and never heard of the RAF coming to rescue anyone.

I like Rita!!! and Air! I dont like nemises!!

Oooh, we could have popped in for a cuppa!! ha ha

never got time to go on rita, the que was an estimated 2 hr wait 7 after the 2 hour wait for 13, we didnt want to waste any more time in ques.

It's such a shame that they dont have the same "fast track" system in place like they do at disney/universal. You go to the the ride you want to go on, get a ticker stamped with a later time on to visit that ride, then you get time to go on the other rides. At least everybody gets a fair chance of going on all of the rides then.

The fast track pass they have in place at the moment at Alton towers, costs a fortune on top of your entrance fee, plus it does not cover 13 yet anyway. People were being told that as long as they were in line by 5.30pm, they would be guaranteed a place on 13 but it closed at 5pm, so that never happened for the poor people who were going back later to get on.

My hubby & I went on AIR... we loved that one!! Whilst we were waiting one of the carraiges broke down as it got into the station & the people on it were suspended face down in the carts for about 15 mins till somebody came round and released them manually!! didnt put us off going on it though.

We all enjoyed our day as a whole but not sure we would go back again soon.

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Lol I would have put the kettle on had I of known!! lol

I def agree with the fast track system - would make so much more sense and really make it much more enjoyable! I have hip and back problems so I find it difficult to walk around all day and wait hours in ques!!!

I only go every few years or so!! I do enjoy it but I couldnt go very often!!! lol

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We went in the begining of October and it was brilliant! We had a lovely day, all the halloween decs were up and there wasnt any ques!

The weather was good, it wasnt cold at all. We done all the big rides first I,e, Rita and then we had beeen on everything by about 3! We went on air about 3 times in a row, just ran back round and got straight back on it. I deffo recomend going in off peak times!

Glad you used the vouchers and saved yourself some money ?