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Absolutely amazing time once again at Alton Towers. First time at the ScareFest and was brilliant to ride in the dark especially The Wicker Man as a family. We booked the trick n treat in the town - good costumes, friendly - was NOT worth £10 each for a family of 4 - music very loud inside so you couldn't hear any the actors speaking, was in about 10 minutes!Very busy, queuing was long as some rides were closed during the day but we still had a very good time .The Crakes

Great experience this scarefeast great actors and amazing friendly staff team its great to see that they have made the scare mazes more thrilling, overall great experience and definitely worth the price.

Amazing very good rides, highly recommend nemesis reborn and galacticor

Two day park stay No ride longer than 20 mins wait - most were 5-10 mins - every ride open Open 10-4 its the best time of year to go its very quiet Stayed in enchanted village its quite far from park that was adequate but all hotels as well have to use monorail Ate at Secret Garden in main hotel just dont its expensive and poor quality Recommend coming here late September before fright night

Very nice water park, we enjoyed so much

We stayed with the 'kids swim free' offer from 18th - 19th August which included an overnight stay, park access and breakfast. We paid about £478 which included bronze fast track for 2 people. This is the 6th time we have done an overnight trip with our children and they are now 5 years old and 9 years old. Over the years we have stayed in the Cbeebies Hotel and now that they are older the last couple of times the Splash Landings Hotel and we absolutely love it. It's not cheap but it does make wonderful memories! We got to the theme park on the first day for when it opened. The boys went to The Smiler first as this isn't included in the bronze package and they got on it within 20 minutes. Then used their fast track for Oblivion, Thirteen, Rita, Nemesis and Galactica. Meanwhile my little girl and I took at trip to Cbeebies and we bought the fastrack option for £10 each which gave you 3 rides. We queued up for Bluey straight away which meant we could then go on it again and use our Fast track to skip the queue the second time. We got on the Go Jetters in 5 minutes, then Peter Rabbit within 20 minutes then used the fast track for In the Night Garden and the Tree Top Ride. We then met up for lunch and went to the restaurant Oak in Chains by Hex, the food was lovely.... but it was very expensive especially the drinks. As a family of 4 we then went on Hex, The Runaway Mine Train and River Rapids and we queued for these rides which was fine as they boys had already done most of the bigger rides before lunch! Fast Track is a game changer... If you can save up to treat yourself I would 100% recommend it. We did the Spinball Whizzer and the Smiler again later on in the afternoon and queued for about 40 minutes each for these rides. We left the park at 7pm but we took a trip in the car to go and pick up some snacks from a local Spar for the children. I don't rate the evening meal at the Splash Landings hotel and after a big lunch they didn't need much to eat. Then we made out way back to the hotel and chilled out ready for the next day at the waterpark. The children and Mum and Dad love the waterpark, there are plenty of slides to choose from 'Master Blaster' is our fave, lazy river and we love being able to enjoy the outdoor section too! After a morning in the Waterpark we made use of the free mini golf which we have done a couple of times over the years. It can get busy but this time we went at about 12:30pm and it was quite quiet which was a nice surprise. The course does look a little tired so it could use a little attention and care as it's a great benefit with it being included in the price! Hopefully Alton Towers will spruce it up a little and keep it as an added extra for hotel bookings. Overall we had a lovely time and we will be back to do it all over again next year :)

Had a great day. It was relatively quiet so got on 16 rides, including a dinner break. Rides where staggered openings and thirteen shut early (4pm) but we got on it first thing so wanted to re ride but understandable maintenance happens so can't complain. Que times where 10/15 mins on average except for Rita 40mins and toxicator and sub terror (pretty much walk on) food was good from just chicken but on the primum price side. I'd advice biting the bullet and getting the refill cup for £18. We had 10 drinks on our day and each paid drink would be 3.50+ so if u don't mind sharing a drink it's a good investment. All in all a good solid day out as long as you don't compare weekends with this as it was a Monday we went. Weekends over 2hours some times for ques so may be lucky for 4 or 5 rides so take note.

Fantastic time at Alton Towers. Friendly staff and a great day out! Highly recommend for any adrenaline seekers!! Much nicer going out of peak season, as the ride times were lower than in the school holidays.

Amazing theme park, it is my favourite place to go and I always have an amazing time. The offers and deals are really good and my average price per ride was only £1.28 per ride. (considering that these rides are all major coasters.) I highly recommend this holiday to all with plenty to do for all ages but it would be nice if park food was a little bit cheaper as £40 for 2 chicken burger meals is quite expensive. My favourite ride is The Smiler soon followed by Nemesis Reborn.

Had a great 2 night stay in arctic explorer room of the hotel. Breakfast was cooked really well and was topped up regularly. Staff were friendly and helpful. Only negative was there wasn’t much gluten free options in the hotel or park. The park was not that busy as the schools had gone back after summer break, so easily got on all the rides we wanted. Longest wait was around 30 minutes. Disappointed that the Congo river rapids was closed and no notice to explain why. We also paid entry to the water park on our last morning. A nice way to relax after a busy couple of days. The outside area was closed which was a bit of a shame, but we still had a fun time on the slides and lazy river. The hot tub/jacuzzi was closed off too because it had too much chlorine in it. They said it might open up later, but didn’t whilst we were there. We were impressed by the cleanliness of the whole water park, including changing area.

We will visit again. There are lots of fun experiences. My toddlers really had lots of fun and didn't want to leave😩😂

Very nice. However, the ques were massive; which was the only downside of it.

We went to Alton towers for the weekend for birthday celebrations. We went to the theme park on the Saturday- which does have some amazing rollercoasters. Large and small. However, there were so many broken down rides for part of the day which made the queues for the open rides really long. On 3 occasions we made it close to the front, to be told the ride had broken down and they had called for support but didn’t know how long or if it would reopen. There were a few rides we missed out on due to long queues, rides being closed, the sky line transport was closed and it takes a long time to walk to different areas of the park. Smiler was one because it closed for the afternoon which was disappointing for the birthday girls. We also had to pay for a fast track for oblivion because there was an hour and half queue and there was not enough time left until closing. This was £120 on top of the weekend cost. We stayed in the enchanted village which was a lovely pod and had lots for children to do outside. We parked there in the morning but did have to walk to and back from the theme park as the monorail was broken. For the evening we booked the rollercoaster restaurant which was a really nice and different experience to eat out. It is a small menu but very tasty and good portion size. Delivery of food on the rollercoaster made it a different and fun experience for the kids. It’s only around a 15 minute walk which was great. They made the kids feel special with a birthday song delivering the pudding. The Sunday we booked mini golf which is good value for money -18 holes with the parks theme through out. Followed by splash landings which is also very good value we had 3 hours which was plenty of time to get all the slides in and enjoy the outdoor part too. Overall lovely and fun weekend, just disappointing technical issues at the park.

I have stayed at Alton Towers many times in the past. I always travel out of season and arrive on a Sunday evening, giving us two full days in the park. I find that this gives you the best opportunity to make the most of the park when queue times are reduced. Fast track passes are expensive, and not always required if you are joining a queue at 1030 on a Tuesday morning. But a pass can really benefit when queue times exceed 30 minutes. Less queuing, more riding.The standard of the evening meal at the Secret Garden Restaurant was good during our last trip. Sunday evening being much busier than Monday evening. The staff were pleasant and welcoming. Breakfast feels like a cost cutting exercise, with the products on offer feeling basic and limited.There was evening entertainment with a singer who hosted a pub quiz. This was light, engaging and enjoyable.The hotel hard product however, is tired, dated and in serious need of an entire, extensive refit. Consideration should be given to the range of clientele that use the hotel. The same could be said of the range of packages available.We had a great time in the park itself, with multiple rides on all of the ‘thrill’ rides over two days. Loads of walking, tired feet but well worth it.

I purchased the twice the fun ticket where we got 2 days out at the price of 1. I paid £70 for 2 tickets for 2 days which I thought was good value.Our first day: Was at the start of July on a Monday so didn't expect big queues, however the amount of school trips was crazy. We arrived and the amount of coaches and school trips that were allowed in the park was insane. We only managed to do the curse at alton manor and sub terra as all the queues were 90 minutes + due to amount of school trips, therefore we ended up buying fast passes for the smiler, wicker man and thirteen. It was a disappointing trip to only do a few rides. But I knew I had a 2nd day to visit the park.Our second day: Was Sunday 20th September which was much more enjoyable. We arrived at 9.30am before ride opening and managed to do most rides, queuing 30 minutes or less for each. The smiler was advertised at 50 minutes but we waited around 90 minutes. We managed to do all the rides except wicker man ,as had issues throughout the day, without fast track. The park was busy but this didn't stop us from enjoying our day as we managed to move through the ride queues quickly and didn't wait longer than 30 minutes for the big rides. We managed to take time out of our day to walk through the gardens which was lovely as during our first visit it was chaos with the amount of school trips. We even managed to re-ride some of the coasters and queue for front row.We ate at the wrap place in dark forest and got a doner wrap and cheesy chips and the wraps were huge, me and my partner shared and we were full after, these cost £17 but we were both full as the portions were a good size. We also purchased a refillable cup which was well worth doing as me and my partner shared the cup and we refilled it around 8 times throughout the day. Drinks were around £4 each so it was well worth purchasing a cup and it could be filled at each area of the park.The toilet facilities were clean, no issues here and had cleaners regularly cleaning the toilets throughout the day.I would definitely recommend the sky ride to get around the park as at some points of the day there was several rides closed or broken down so caused us to walk from one end of the park to the other several times to ensure we completed all the rides.Overall: Our 2nd visit was amazing! But I was very glad I had the 2 for 1 tickets as I would of been extremely disappointed if we had only booked the 1st day. So I can see why people are upset in previous reviews about the crowd levels. I would recommend visiting midweek during term time if possible or Sundays. Avoid Saturdays and school trip season unless you want to wait in 90 minute queues. I would have rated the 1st day a 2/5 stars and the 2nd day 5/5.

We had bronze fast track which worked well even though the park was busy. We have an 8 year old and a 12 year old and had composed a To Do list. Sad that the water rides like Congo Rapids and Battle Galleons were closed as they were on the list. There was also nothing to advise us in advance or on the day that they would be closed which was a disappointment.The park was visually beautiful, very clean, tidy and well looked after. The car park is a good old walk away but there is a monorail - albeit with a long wait to help with this.The rides were good fun- Galactica was fantastic. My 12 year old was nervous but loved it and wanted to go on it again.We all went on Wicker man but wow it was a bit much for my 8 year old.The food area near HEX was busy and had lots to offer but the wait was insane. There was no consistency with following order numbers and number 67 would appear way before 52 leaving a massive swarm of people waiting over 40 mins for food service. This was not the staff fault though- they were working hard and fast but looks like they just couldn’t cope with the lack of staff and seemed so stressed. I thoroughly enjoyed the park having never been in my 38 years but would love to come back. Huge ground to cover but we did well- you NEED a plan though!