There was an incident of sorts on park today (25/04), Towers Street and the Entrance area were evacuated and anybody wishing to enter or leave the park had to do so via the gates in Mutiny Bay (which was an unusual experience).
Staff were not allowing anyone onto any area of Towers Street by lining the bottom, and were escorting guests from the monorail exit to the coach park, where they were told to wait if they hadnt got advanced tickets as there were no facilities to purchase tickets - which wasnt the best of circumstances considering the rain was relentless!

Interestingly, whenever a staff member was asked what was happening, they each responded with an urgency to get you out of the area and claimed they were not allowed to tell. There were no signs of any trouble from what could be seen.
Is there anybody in the know who is in a position to tell, and what kind of reasons cause such urgency to evacuate guests from park areas?

jmc wrote:

There was an incident of sorts on park today (25/04), Towers Street and the Entrance area were evacuated and anybody wishing to enter or leave the park had to do so via the gates in Mutiny Bay (which was an unusual experience).
Staff were not allowing anyone onto any area of Towers Street by lining the bottom, and were escorting guests from the monorail exit to the coach park, where they were told to wait if they hadnt got advanced tickets as there were no facilities to purchase tickets - which wasnt the best of circumstances considering the rain was relentless!

Interestingly, whenever a staff member was asked what was happening, they each responded with an urgency to get you out of the area and claimed they were not allowed to tell. There were no signs of any trouble from what could be seen.
Is there anybody in the know who is in a position to tell, and what kind of reasons cause such urgency to evacuate guests from park areas?

Wow. This Is A First. Any news i get i will post right here.

Maybe It Was the Nemesis Monster?

SW7 is coming...


Nahhr, I don't know. This sounds very weird... Bomb scare probably?

Well, without wanting to cause panic (this is MY theory with no proof) it sounds like a bomb scare.

Well Towers is, what, the second highest at risk in the country for bomb scares?

However, if staff were not permitted to give a reason it's highly unlikely you'll get one on here

What ever it was it was probably just a matter of safety first as Towers Street is still standing. These things happen.

Fire drill?

From what I have heard, it was indeed a bomb scare...

Wow so im presuming the panick of an unatended bag! has caused this evacuation

We had one of those in the Bingo Hall i worked in once, they happen quite a lot around the country. Nothing to get too dramatic over :-)

starbugger1303 wrote:

From what I have heard, it was indeed a bomb scare...

That's what I would of assumed. They did it in 05 with X-Sector so if there were a bomb scare today, u'm sure that would be it. Anyone see any police around?

Its stange because I had a very very graphic dream of a terrorist attack at Alton a few days ago
with people blowing up on rides (Oblivion being the most scary) and being evacuated from the park.

This was clearly an attack on the fountains. Were any of the frogs hurt?

ATJoseph wrote:

Its stange because I had a very very graphic dream of a terrorist attack at Alton a few days ago
with people blowing up on rides (Oblivion being the most scary) and being evacuated from the park.

I think it's best that you should of kept that one to yourself Joe.

It could have been bomb scare but around here (local to towers) we have had really high winds and weather similar to conditions to when the park closed maybe something on Towers street was under threat from breaking if it was a bomb scare why would the monorail still be running ??

The Nemesis Monster has finally been Unleashed!

And you all thought Terry was just a ride. That egg was real, man!

Blaze wrote:

And you all thought Terry was just a ride. That egg was real, man!

How wrong could we be...

This is my first post on here!!

I was at the park today and after Tower Street was evacuated I saw a notice on the information boards asking if the owner of an unattended suitcase left at the front entrance lockers to contact security ASAP.

I'm guessing this might be the reason for the closure etc.