Alton Towers (Staffordshire)

Alton Towers on the hottest day of the year seemed like a good idea going into it. That was until we decided to queue up to to ride Rita as the first ride of the day. The sun was scorching, the queue was winding and it was the worst possible start to the day as this continued for about an hour and a half, with a nice neck tan building up. We eventually got to the front of the queue, only for the ride to suffer a technical difficulty. So with no drink and too much sun, the wait was prolonged by another ten minutes while maintenance fixed the problem. When we did get on the ride, it was worth the wait. Propelling you from 0-100 km/h in 0-2.5 seconds, the opening ...

My only reservation with Alton Towers is that it takes so long and is so far away from Plymouth at nearly 250 miles, 3.5+ hours is the best I've ever done and was accomplished at 4.30am. Typical - I expected bad traffic queues around the M5/M6 interchange and there weren't any! It was originally owned by the Earl of Shrewsbury and originally known as Alton Abbey. It's situated about 15 miles from Stoke on Trent, and about 6-8 from Uttoxeter. This by far is the one theme park in the Merlin group (formerly Tussauds) that is talked about first, and for those that like thrill rides it's not hard to see why. For me, I love the log flume, rapids, ...

Alton Towers can be a good day out when when you can get promotion offers. Look out for promotion offers. Some places to look for are in newspapers, tesco club card point offers, Walkers crisp days out offers. These offers are usually full price free entry of buy one ticket and get another one free. If failing that, book tickets online as there is a good saving of at least £7. A full price adult is at the moment £36 where as online tickets are £29. You can also take advantage of family bookings which can be a big saver.. By paying full price it can be a very expensive day out. Car parking is now £5 per car. After that once you are in it is a very good day. ...