Opened 40 Years Ago Today

Hex was originally to have an extra pre-show before the cinema, with anamatronic chandeliers bats etc... but it was dropped shortly before construction due to cost and time restraints.

1001 Nights - 1988

Park Railway - 1989

TurboStar - Fantasy World (Oblivion Site) - 1988

The Astrodancer and Pirate Ship (1994)

The Alton Towers Beast (1989)

The Birmingham Mail have also descended into Gutter Journalism, for some reason they are trying to compare 30 minor accidents mostly non ride related that have occurred at Alton Towers in the past 3 years with last weeks incident. http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/thirty-accidents-a...

tallicay2k wrote:

timmy1372 wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/10/kay-burley-interview-with-alton-towers-chief-gets-more-than-1100-complaints

This has seriously made my day!!

Also 27,000 people have now signed the petition condemning her performance in the Varney interview.

Staff training and technical upgrades were mentioned and Merlin's reaction to close rides and talk about procedural changes and training suggest human error was almost certainly the contributing factor. That sounds like Merlin's Senior Management pointing the finger at AT's Ride and Technical Staff...

It was a classic Burley interview, ranting about a subject that she knows nothing about and not letting the actual facts get in the way of her rant. She is a first class idiot.

@TowersTimes: As a result of today's incident, @altontowers will not open tomorrow (3/6/15). The park will either re-validate tickets, or refund guests. I'm not sure what to make of this, there have been very serious accidents on rides at AT before, but they have never taken this measure. Makes me ...

The BBC News Helicopter is now on site and live pictures are on their channel now.

A short article on the BBC Website about some of the now defunct Theme and Amusement Parks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29816153

BBC 5Live Breakfast has just aired a live interview with one of the riders who were on the ride when the incident occurred.

Found this short film on YouTube filmed during last week's fair.

http://youtu.be/zvmr-lz_NtU

Report in today Guardian...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/ju ... lercoaster