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Alton Towers

Stoke, United Kingdom

About Alton Towers

Operated by Merlin Entertainments
www.altontowers.com

THEME PARK: Open
WATERPARK: OPEN
HOTELS & SPA: OPEN
EXTRAORDINARY GOLF: OPEN

What's New in 2009?
New for 2009 is the brand new area, Cloud Cuckoo Land featuring the Driving School, Toadstool Swinger and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. Also new is Sharkbait Reef - a new SEALIFE centre in the Mutiny Bay area and the new Explorers buffet restraunt.

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 Speed 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 Pricing
2009 Open dated ticket - £29 online
2009 Child's Open Dated Ticket - £22 online
2009 Annual Pass - £75 online
2009 Merlin Annual Pass - From £100


Theme Park Q-Cutters
Available in the new year at the park only, details to be confirmed.

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. 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:
February Half Term Hullabaloo-
Theme park open during half term from the 14th-22nd February. Rides include Nemesis, Spinball Whizzer, Oblivion, Duel & loads of family rides too! As always the waterpark & golf are open for guests to enjoy. Overnight stays start from £29pppn including theme park & waterpark tickets.

George Sampson Weekender-
Learn to street dance with the winner of 2008's 'Britain's Got Talent' George Sampson! During this fantastically unique weekend opportunity, you will be taught one of George's favourite routines by professional dance coaches before meeting George and dancing together with him in the evening. 6-8 and 13-15 March only. Prices from £219 for a family of 4 including waterpark, golf and breakfast.

£55 rooms-
Escape to the Alton Towers Resort and stay in one of our two fantastically themed hotels for just £55 per room! The price includes bed and breakfast for up to four people and is valid Sunday to Friday until March 27 2009, excluding 14 to 21 February 2009.

Scarefest-
In 2009 Scarefest is back between 17th October and 1st November and features late night rides, spooky shows, scare mazes, trick or treat doors, scary movies and plenty of live actors. The event is suitable for all the family but certain attractions may not be suitable for the little ones.

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

Coming in 2010
Alton Towers have confirmed that a new "world first" rollercoaster will replace Corkscrew in 2010. Code named SW6 (secret weapon 6), the coaster, believed to be built by Intamin AG, will be themed around a haunted wood, much like Hex. Groundwork has begun and new advertising sign have been put up around the site.

Please be aware that the skyride will be unavailable for the 2009 season due to a fire destroying the Cloud Cuckoo land station.


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Adventure Land(Rating)(Height)
Spinball Whizzer8
Adventure Land Play Rides6
The Beastie5
Cloud Cuckoo Land(Rating)(Height)
Playground5
Gallopers Carousel536
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory5
Frog Hopper4
Driving School3
Forbidden Valley(Rating)(Height)
Nemesis955
AIR8
Ripsaw755
Blade755
Gloomy Wood(Rating)(Height)
Haunted Hollow7
Duel7
Katanga Canyon(Rating)(Height)
Runaway Mine Train735
Congo River Rapids635
Mutiny Bay(Rating)(Height)
The Flume: Unplugged8
Battle Galleons7
Marauders Mayhem
Heave Ho!
Sharkbait Reef
Old Macdonald's Farm(Rating)(Height)
Riverbank Eye Spy8
Singing Barn7
Tractor Ride6
Doodle Doo Derby5
Ribena Berry Bish Bash5
Dung Heap
Storybook Land(Rating)(Height)
Squirrel Nutty's Ride6
The Gardens(Rating)(Height)
Hex - The Legend of the Towers8
Towers Street(Rating)(Height)
Sky-Ride8
Ug Land(Rating)(Height)
Rita: Queen Of Speed8
X-Sector(Rating)(Height)
Oblivion955
Submission6
Enterprise635

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