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Alton Towers

Stoke, United Kingdom

Last edited by Oliver Preece
Operated by Merlin Entertainments
www.altontowers.com

THEME PARK: OPEN
WATERPARK: OPEN (Closed 25 Dec)
HOTELS & SPA: OPEN (Closed 24 & 25 Dec)
EXTRAORDINARY GOLF: OPEN (Closed 25 Dec)

What's New in 2010?
Th13teen is another world first rollercoaster to come to the Alton Towers resort. Along with the ride has come a retheme of UG Land to become the Dark Forest. Also new this year is a retheme of Spinball Whizzer to Sonic Spinball.

Theme Park
The park is jam-packed with family fun great for everyone, whatever their age! There is something for the whole family, with tons of terrific roller coasters, rides, amazing live shows and weird and wonderful costume characters. The park is home to Air, Oblivion, Rita Queen of the Forest and Nemesis- One of the world's most intense rollercoasters- but is also full of attractions for the family and children, including Duel, Spinball Whizzer, Beastie, Driving School and Berry Bish Bash just to name a few! If you're looking for a fantastical day out, visit Alton Towers!

Theme Park Fastrack
Skip the queues on some of the best rides.
One-shot (1 ride) - £2-£5
Fastrack Scream (Nemesis, Air, Oblivion) - £9
Fastrack Adventurer (Select family rides) - £5
Fastrack Ultimate (1 fastrack on every ride) - £40
Fastrack Platinum (Unlimited on every ride) - £80

Hotels
Enjoy a great short break at the Alton Towers Resort, there's so much too do, amazingly themed hotels provide the perfect base for your preparation for every days marvellous adventures. All hotel guests benefit from unlimted access to the water park and the theme park for the duration of their stay when staying as part of a package deal. PLUS World class evening entertainment every night and early access to some of the best theme park rides too!

Extraordinary Golf
Test your skills at Extraordinary Golf located near Splash Landings Hotel. Two Wacky 9-hole courses with outrageous obstacles themed around some of the most famous and iconic Alton Towers rides. The courses can be played as one long 18 hole course aswell as two 9 hole courses. Opening times and rates online at altontowers.com

Waterpark
Open all year round, the great value Caribbean lagoon-style Waterpark is gallons of excitement for kids and grown-ups and is now open to non-residents of the Alton Towers Hotels after 12pm. Whether your soaring down the Master Blaster or Rush, playing in the wacky waterworks or chilling out in the bubbly wubbly pool, you'll have a great time - no matter what the weather's like outside!
Opening times and rates at altontowers.com

Spa
Sometimes there's nothing more enjoyable than escaping for a while, at the Alton Towers Spa you can do just that. The luxurious award-winning Spa, featuring Decléor and Elemis products, is open all year round.

Location
Alton Towers is located in the middle of the countryside, but is still clearly signposted from
M1 North: Junction 23a or M6 N: Junction 15
M1 South: Junction 24a or M6 S: Junction 16.

Upcoming Events & Offers:
Scarefest 2010-
16-31 October 2010, late night rides until 9pm and lots of spooky surprises. More details to be confirmed.

Opening times & latest prices
Visit the Alton Towers website (altontowers.com) for the latest opening times of all the attractions.

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Attractions

Adventure Land(Rating)(Height)
Spinball Whizzer8
The Beastie5
Adventure Land Play Rides4
Cloud Cuckoo Land(Rating)(Height)
Playground7
Gallopers Carousel536
Frog Hopper4
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory4
Driving School2
Dark Forest(Rating)(Height)
Rita: Queen Of Speed855
Thirteen735
Forbidden Valley(Rating)(Height)
Nemesis955
AIR8
Ripsaw855
Blade755
Gloomy Wood(Rating)(Height)
Haunted Hollow7
Duel7
Katanga Canyon(Rating)(Height)
Runaway Mine Train735
Congo River Rapids735
Mutiny Bay(Rating)(Height)
Sharkbait Reef10
The Flume: Unplugged8
Battle Galleons7
Heave Ho!1
Marauders Mayhem1
Old Macdonald's Farm(Rating)(Height)
Riverbank Eye Spy8
Singing Barn7
Ribena Berry Bish Bash6
Doodle Doo Derby5
Tractor Ride3
Dung Heap
Storybook Land(Rating)(Height)
Squirrel Nutty's Ride4
The Gardens(Rating)(Height)
Hex - The Legend of the Towers7
Towers Street(Rating)(Height)
Sky-Ride9
X-Sector(Rating)(Height)
Oblivion855
Submission7
Enterprise635

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