Let's make a list of pros/cons of Alton towers, hoping to see maybe 2:5 cons:pros because we need to be honest

Pros
It's Alton towers = Coasters <3
Amazing atmosphere
Awesome staff
Hotel too
Alton towers app gives ride times.

Cons
Some d****ebag chavs
Ride ops get grumpy after long shifts. Grumpy ride ops = Unhappy riders.

Do continue! Get creative and help others come up with ideas to negate the bad things

Only the ones I can think of off the top of my head

Pros
-Amazing Coasters
-Amazing Towers
-More jolly staff this year (Merlin are finally making staff friendlier )
-Amazing Theaming


Cons
-Idiots who are only there to be grumpy and make us enthusiasts angry and don't care about anything but the rides and just want to be show-offs
-John Wardley retiring

Pro everything except too much walking and queues

pro - it gets me away from where I live (inverness) for a week.

con - too expensive to go if you don't get one of the hotel offers.

Pros:
1. Not too far from home.
2. Nicely maintained grounds and gardens, and has a very magical feel to it that a lot of other theme parks cannot compete with.
3. A good selection of attractions, from thrilling rollercoasters to gentle rides.
4. Excellent staff who are always up for a chat.
5. Good food and drink.

Cons.
1. Expensive...
2. Car park is a huge ripoff.

Pros:
Works for all ages
Fab coasters
Makes you feel like a kid

Cons:
Cost of the hotel, the Alton Towers hotel is £280 for a regular room on a Saturday night in September
I've stayed in deluxe rooms in a five star for quite a bit less.

Pro:
-good coasters
- different rides to thorpe
-no reserve and ride
-restrictions lead to interesting layouts
-oblivion

Con:
-4 hours away
-lack of decent theming (compared to rest of world)
-horrible food outlets
-fastrack
-no thrilling flat rides
-rides really far apart
-stupid restrictions for coasters ruin layouts
-amazingly expensive
-car park rip off
-leaving traffic jams
-amazingly expensive hotel

Pros:
Friendly staff
Good customer service
Staff that arrange Air control room tours
It is awesome

Cons:
1 and a half hours away
The Smiler breaks every 30 minutes
Misleading queue times

Pros.
Merchandise!!!!
The rides obviously
Scarefest
The hotel on (when on a deal)

Cons.
Car park is a massive rip off
Queues
Food used to be better, gone way down hill.
Not a value for money day out if it's busy

Pros:
The rides
It looks great
Big rides are spread out, you're always 10 minutes maximum from a thrill
Queues not too bad compared to Thorpe Park

Cons:
4 hours away
Fastrack (but fair enough, it's a good money maker)
Bad food

Pro
It's in the midlands so within a 90 mins drive away.

King Nemesis

Con
Poor value for money

Lack of rides compared to the 90's

Paying for parking but none of the money gone to improve it

Lack of good thrill flat rides compared to 10 years ago

Lots of rides removed and not replaced straight away( ug swinger,beastie and submission) or rides just rethemed.

Fast track

Boring queue lines

Pro

Air and Nemesis
Lovely scenery
Free parking with my hotel suite
The great atmosphere
Free gold fast tracks every year :-)
I could keep going on but wont.

Cons
3.5 hours drive
No more corkscrew or black hole
Single photo prices to expensive

Pros:
1. The Smiler
2. Nemesis
3. Oblivion
4. Merchandise
5. The music
6. The atmosphere
7. The Spa
8. The hotels

Cons:
1. 400 miles away
2. Can be ridiculously busy
3. Queue times
4. Rides breaking down