r/altontowers

What's overall the quietest days to visit before schools go back? I heard Sundays, but the crowd calendar seems to suggest otherwise.

Would appreciate people's thoughts.

Thanks

Okay, I'm doing it. I've booked my ticket, I'm still pretty nervous, but I know I can do what I want and take my time. I've never really explored the gardens before so I know I want to do that. Hopefully I can get some cool merch too :D

Hi all, planning on going to alton towers with my little brother and 2 friends, would anyone have a discount code of any sort please? Thank you!

I don't see this ride getting much love. I went in with no idea what it would be and I liked it! It gave me some vibes similar to ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter. The drop was more then I expected and I liked the wailing alarms and general panic at the end.

It's not winning any awards but I thought it was a decent use of the space and it added to the Nemesis story.

Put together a delightfully dull piece that asks the question of what parts of Alton Towers can be seen from outside the park - it's more than you think.

Hi, I really want to head back to AT before the month ends to actually spend time around the minecraft areas and get some more merch, however, I don't think I have anyone to go with and I'm pretty anxious about going alone. I know ALOT of people do go solo, but as someone that's on the larger side (I can get on everything I like), I'm just worried that I would squash someone I don't know lmao, any advice if you've been solo before?

Does the weather seem good enough this week for rides to open, without closures?

Im flying into Manchester on Sat for a day trip to Alton Towers, im renting a car for the day would it be better to go down the M6 and through Stoke or am I better using the A523. Google maps has the time roughly the same. Id prefer Motorway driving even though its a tad longer but the A523 is shorter .

any thoughts ?

if so is it significant and would it be worth queuing a long time for (sad that I didn’t get to go on any rollercoasters today as it’s world rollercoaster day and I got to my Alton towers hotel room today :( )

Hi all did anyone manage to get a rap allocation in October I was in at 10:10 and nothing was available.

Went on the smiler earlier, today it left me in more pain than usual. It’s so tight around my thighs by the end that it just becomes unenjoyable. To be fair, when the worker pushed it down it felt too tight, but it got even tighter. Same thing happens on Saw the ride at Thorpe park.
Any tips to prevent it again because I was in a lot of pain?

Been to all the other Merlin’s but not Alton Towers.

Considering going bank holiday weekend, doing the park on the saturday and water park sunday. Or doing Sun/Mon.

Considering the silver fast pass.

Am I crazy to attempt this over bank holiday in the summer holidays? Will we even get on much even with the fast passes? No idea what fast pass queues are like at this time as I only tend to go may/june/september.

All advice appreciated.

In queue at Rita it shuts we wait until it's back up again guy tries the old I went to the loo gambit fails his mate comes back tries to get through we hold our ground and he gets reported I go front seats they follow us and i point them out to security and they immediately get escorted