I had two visits to Thorpe this week and both days the park was absolutely rammed. The big 5 spent most of the day either on 90 mins plus or closed. There seemed to be little space on the main pathways to social distance and I queued nearly 45 mins for Amity Kebabs on one day. Really not a great exp...

LbranchieAnya wrote:

At the park today, has anyone noticed a loud banging sound as the smiler climbs it’s vertical lift before? Wondering if it’s a new problem or just something I haven’t noticed before.

I noticed this over the weekend. It wasn’t doing it for every train but it was for most. It was a very loud bang too

There’s also been signage hinting that the closure of N:ST was a temporary measure but look what happened there

I may be looking too far into it but could the upside down arrows on the Towers box be a reference to Hex? 

Going off the sub area idea, Spinball could be easily placed down near Galactica on the car park and themed to something like asteroids. could even be dug down with a few tunnels. I’ve always thought the few bits of track leading to and from the vertical hairpin turn would be great as a tunnel with ...

Staff handled it perfectly too. They kept us updated, handed out water, and when they started evacing the ride, they told us over the PA that we could all go to Oblivion (at about 18:35) for our last ride as they had kept it open for us. These things happen, nobody was injured and staff did exactly ...

Very disappointing to read about the smilers issues today. Can anybody shed any light as to why 2 carriages were on the lift hill at the same time? They weren’t. I joined the queue as Lift 2 stopped. There was another train on section 1 that stopped as normal at the block breaks before lift 2 due t...

I thought of STRONG straight away. They seem to be becoming a little bit predictable if that is the case...

Swarm Chris wrote:

Tom170499 wrote:

I’m not sure if this has already been asked, but is there MAP discount on the Coke Freestyle cups? 

There sure is. I can't remember exactly the price of the cup (although off the top of my head it's about £2 cheaper than standard), then refills are £4 (£6 without MAP) per visit.

Thanks Chris!

I’m not sure if this has already been asked, but is there MAP discount on the Coke Freestyle cups? 

1 The Smiler 
2 Wicker Man 
3 Air 
4 Oblivion
5 Nemesis 
6 Rita 
7 Spinball
8 Th13teen 
9 RMT

I find quite the opposite really. I had the smoothest ride I’ve ever had on nemesis yesterday, even in the cold wind and rain. Don’t forget, roughness also has a lot to do with how you sit on a coaster, not just where you sit. I find that if you relax and aren’t tense, the ride will be more enjoyable.

Wayne Burton confirmed on Facebook that it’s awaiting a part from HUSS and the park themselves confirmed that they hope to have it sorted and reopened by June.

Here in Leeds, the Easter holidays finished today and kids were back. They’re having a long weekend over Easter instead.

I love The Smiler’s soundtrack and I also noticed the quieter Lift 1 SFX earlier this week. I would love the whole ride area to return to 2013 levels of volume and to have the reference to correction return but I feel it’s unlikely. However, it’s nice to see all the effects working again, the mist s...

It’s my first season as a MAP holder and I was never one for pin badges, but I found myself purchasing the generic Alton Towers 2019 badge and The Smiler (with it being my favourite ride) and I feel that’s enough for my lanyard. I couldn’t be one of those people who have a full lanyard of them as th...

Yet more disappointment. There’s nothing else really to say, just more and more reasons for me to doubt buying a MAP this year.

I get the feeling management now consider people as walking wallets, rather than guests. I’ve felt like this for many years now. It’s very obvious that guest satisfaction is a very low priority. How can it be justified that the Alton Towers Premium Season Pass include free entry to the Dungeon yet ...

One thing I’ve never understood is the re-Ride policy at AT. TP allow it so it would be good to see consistency across the Merlin parks with a definitive yes or no. Re-rides on a quiet day for Oblivion would improve the ride experince drastically, not that it’s a bad ride, just as others have said, ...

I’ve noticed that the member of staff on batching always seems to be rude. Whether in character or not, there’s no need for it. To be honest, I don’t see the point if batching anyway, many parks around the world manage without it just fine. It’s just a waste of money to have a staff member there.