Alton Towers (Staffordshire) Reviews

The OBLIVION ride is, for me, the main attraction at alton towers. To feel that force pressing against your chest for a few seconds - its the nearest thing to skydiving or jumping off a tall building or something. Although the queues are sometimes long, I feel that the way that you do queue for rides at AT is very cool. They intice you ...  Read the complete review

Alton Towers is in my opinion the only British Theme Park worth visiting. I've been to the three main ones in Britain, Thorpe Park, Chessington World of Adventures and Alton Towers and the other two are not as good. Alton Towers is larger, cleaner, with bigger, faster and more exciting rides (for a start, it actually has rollercoasters which ...  Read the complete review

I recently visited Alton Towers for a birthday treat there were 16 of us. 2 of which were disabled they were very accomodating for disabled people they gave them a special wristband and used different entrances for the rides and allowed them on first. My favourite ride had to be the oblivion which is a vertical drop into the ground. This was ...  Read the complete review

If I had to sum up this ride in one word, I’d have to say ‘Ooer!’ – that’s the feeling you get when you take the plunge. You start off by slowly moving up the track, getting a birds-eye view of the park. Then you turn, and move towards the top. You start to tilt, then you stop. “Don’t look ...  Read the complete review

Okay, so you get to Alton Towers, get off the skyride, and are greeted by a sign saying that virtual queues are in operation today. Fantastic! Perhaps you'll get chance to look around the place a bit more instead of doing the usual queue-for-hours, ride-for-seconds, run-to-next-queue business. Unfortunately, you'd be mistaken. ...  Read the complete review

I've visited Alton Towers regularly over the last few years and am always amazed at the price hike each time I have visited. For the number of adult rides available I do not think it justifies the admission fee. Admitedly the site is very clean and well organised and run very professionally, I do feel the hype is bigger than the theme ...  Read the complete review

No wonder Alton Towers is the most popular attraction in the whole of the UK, it has everything u could ever wish for. The last time I went was about a year ago, and I honestly had an excellent time. You would be suprised to know that the queues were small, even for the major rides. If u were to put Alton Towers down, it would be because, their ...  Read the complete review

The new ride at Alton Towers is a very clever, but an anti climax based on the hype surrounding it. A good family ride though, you would have no problems taking small children on it, or adults who aren't keen on the thrills of rides such as Oblivian. However the waiting time is deceptive, with a long walk through the castle, a stalling video ...  Read the complete review

The last time I went to Alton Towers I thourghly enjoyed it. I think that it's a brilliant place to go to enjoy yourself on a day out. At the theme park there is a vast selection of rides which range from the fearsome Oblivion to the less scarry Ug Land which encorporates a variety of childrens rides. The theme park ...  Read the complete review

I have visited Alton Towers on so many occasions that I could consider my visit to be an annual event. The first thing I would say is that if possible go on a school day especially towards the end of the season in October. This is because the vast majority of visitors are young children. Secondly regardless of when you visit ...  Read the complete review

It is official, alton towers is THE most popular tourist attraction in Britain. Why? Because it only has the best attractions in the country! Nemesis, oblivion, ripsaw, corkscrew, the list goes on!! i last went to Alton towers in march on a school-day, and i have to say that the queues were very impressive. Seriously, you could WALK on to the ...  Read the complete review

I love alton towers, but it can get far too busy sometimes. My advise is to go early, get there for when the park opens - around 10am in the summer me thinks. Then go straight for the big rides for an hour or two b4 relaxing over some lunch. After that the best time to go on the rides again is 4:30 or later. If you stay until the park ...  Read the complete review

I have to admit that up until a few weeks ago, I had never visited Alton Towers before because I’m a bit of a wimp when it comes to scary rides. However, I have to say that I really enjoyed myself despite having to spend most of the day queuing. My friends showed me no mercy as the first ride they dragged me on was the Nemesis which I ...  Read the complete review

I live within an hours drive of chessington World of adventures and yet, given the choice, I would still rather travel to Staffordshire to visit Alton Towers. Oblivion is just the most mad experience you can imagine... you hover metres over a gaping pit, and then free-fall into the darkness. Its strange, but i enjoy that kind of terror. ...  Read the complete review

Having visted the Theme Park as both a single person and with children and i confirm Alton Towers has alot to offer families. The addition in recent years of the hotel has enabled vistors form further afield to not worry about long journeys and make the trip into a long weekend. If the hotel is to expensive thet are many b&b locally. ...  Read the complete review

Alton Towers is a brilliant day, especially for the youngsters, but please make sure they are high enough for some of the more popular rides! It gets full very quickly, and I suggest that if you are going to visit there, set off early, and get there early, beating all the traffic! Head straight for the most popular rides, which are located ...  Read the complete review

Of all the theme parks in the UK that I have visited, and believe me that is quite a lot as I am a thrill seeker!, I reckon Alton Towers is easily the best. Nemesis for one is the only ride of its type, a suspended rollercoaster, in the UK. These are my favourite type of rollercoasters because they are such a smooth ride. I have to add though that ...  Read the complete review

I went to Alton Towers before I got pregnant, and I loved it! When I went, it was peak season, and it was heaving with people! I think Alton Towers has got to be one of, if not the biggest theme parks in the UK, I did not really see much of it as it was really busy, and we kept getting lost!! First, I'd definatly say, leave ...  Read the complete review

I recently visited Alton Towers for the first time with a party of 65 school children from Glasgow. The journey was a bit gruelling (we left at 3.30am), but the park was well worth the early rise! The staff are very friendly and genuine, even though they have probably been asked the same question 5,000 times previously. The gardens are ...  Read the complete review

I have visited Alton Towers a total of about 5 times. As a rollercoaster enthusiast since I was 6, I am very interested in rollercoasters and enjoy riding them very much. Alton Towers have 2 world class rollercoasters, both manufactured by Bollinger + Mabillard, named Oblivion + Nemesis. The Oblivion was a world-first ride when it opened in ...  Read the complete review