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December 5th 2007 : Heave Ho!
	Alton Towers have released some more news about the new £6million ‘Mutiny Bay’ area in 2008. The previously unknown third ride for the area will be a children’s attraction under the name of ‘Heave Ho’ – a rocking tug ride manufactured by Zamperla. Click 'more' for further new details!		MORE >>>

November 13th 2007 : 2007 Season Comes to a Thrilling Conclusion
	With the end of Adrenalin Week on Sunday, the 2007 season has come to a close. And so this also means the end of Merrie England, the area of the park which has supplied guests with more food and gaming experiences then they could possibly handle since as far back as 1994. Fortunately the area's main rides will survive its retheme in the new year, though the much maligned Splash Kart Challenge has already become the first confirmed casualty of the makeover, and it's not likely to be the last with the Flume's Remote Controlled Ducks also looking to have made an early exit from the park.		MORE >>>

November 7th 2007 : Battle Galleons Approved with Conditions
	Planning permission for a new 'splash battle' attraction on the boating lake was granted Wednesday. The new ride, to be called "Battle Galleons", will feature interactive boats whereby riders can soak theming as well as other guests. The attraction, themed around Pirates, will include mock stone work and wooden features to cover dryers and kiosks in keeping with nearby listed buildings. The tea cups are expected to receive a make-over into "Marauders Mayhem" along with the rest of the present Merrie England area which will be renamed "Mutiny Bay". A mystery third ride will also be installed. Battle Galleons will be built under strict conditions as a result of planning permission. Click 'more' for further details.		MORE >>>

November 5th 2007 : Adrenalin Week Kicks In
	As the bell tolls midnight the haunting of Alton Towers comes to an untimely end. The close of the Scarefest also marks the end of the season for much of the park, with all of the children's rides and many family rides now closed for the rest of the 2007 season. For the final week of the season only the most thrilling rides will be open, as part of the third and final Adrenalin Week of the year. For as little as £14 guest can enjoy eleven of the park's most hair-raising attractions between 12pm and 6pm, allowing ample time for a little night riding as well.

October 28th 2007 : Fire in Forbidden Valley
	At 7:35pm this evening a fire broke out in the roof of the Sky Ride station in the Forbidden Valley area of the park. Luckily there was no one in the area and the transportation ride had closed for the day several hours earlier. 8 fire crews were brought to the scene to put the blaze out, whilst guests were evacuated from the imediate area. Click 'more' for an as-it-happened account of the story. The park has now reopened as normal, with the exception of the Skyride, which will be closed until at least next season.		MORE >>>

October 22nd 2007 : New for 2008 - Battle Galleons
	The name of the main new attraction for the 2008 season was revealed Monday on a promotional poster near to the boating lake. The lake has recently been drained to allow for maintenance and preparations for a new attraction after the Splash Karts were removed earlier this month. Click on 'more' to see the full poster...		MORE >>>

October 14th 2007 : Let The Scarefest Begin
	Alton Towers' Scarefest has begun in style this weekend with the resort becoming home to all sorts of ghosts and ghouls. Check out the TowersTimes Scarefest section for a full run down of the myriad of new attractions that have opened for the event, as well as the official Scarefest map produced by the resort. Keep you eyes peeled as more information and pictures will be added throughout the event!!

October 10th 2007 : Splash Kart Challenge Closes
	Today was the last day of operation of the Splash Kart Challenge pay-per-play attraction before it is to be removed from the boating lake in preperation for next season...		MORE >>>

September 20th 2007 : New Ride Plans Submitted to Council
	Alton Towers have submitted a planning application to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council for the “installation of new boat ride and ancillary structures.” If approved, this proposal would replace the Splash Kart Challenge pay attraction on the lake alongside the Courtyard Tavern. It is almost certain that the new ride will be part of Project Penzance, a plan to modify the Merrie England area to what is likely to be a pirate theme for 2008. Click more to see the planning application area...		MORE >>>

August 30th 2007 : ScareFest Update!
	Work is now well underway across the Alton Towers resort for the Scarefest event, which begins on 13th October. Click more for details...		MORE >>>

August 29th 2007 : This September: The Oblivion Thrill Laboratory
	If you’ve ever wondered how roller coasters manage to get your heart racing so vehemently, now’s the time to find out with a series of psychological and physiological experiments designed to calculate the scale of Oblivion’s ‘thrill factor’.		MORE >>>

August 22nd 2007 : Prestbury Deal Renews Access Road Fears
	Local residents who have long been campaigning for a new road to ease traffic flow around Alton Towers fear a recent takeover of the theme park could threaten the multi-million transport scheme. They have spent almost 20 years fighting for the bypass which they believe will stop congestion on roads around the theme park.		MORE >>>

August 22nd 2007 : YourDay Update
	Venue Solutions, creator of the YourDay system, announced Wednesday that sales of its Alton Towers DVDs have exceeded its expectations.		MORE >>>

August 20th 2007 : Rhythm and Rides Cancelled
	Unfortunately the Rhythm and Rides event which was due to take place on 26th August has been cancelled. The ride close on this day will now no longer be 9:30pm, but 6pm as is usual for this time of year.		MORE >>>

August 16th 2007 : YourDay Goes Live (Partially)!
	The long delayed YourDay souvenir system has finally gone live this week. Or at least it has in part. Guests can now enjoy a DVD of them on four out of the eight rides which the system is due to eventually cover.		MORE >>>

July 23rd 2007 : Alton Towers Winter
	Hot on the heals of announcing more details about the Scarefest, Alton Towers have revealed their plans for the 2007/2008 Winter Season. The resort is set to build upon the success of last years closed season, by introducing several new attractions, including a festive walk-through and an ice slide.		MORE >>>

July 19th 2007 : Be As Scared As You Dare
	Alton Towers have released more information concerning their Scarefest for Halloween this year. As well as confirming the return of attractions, such as the Terror of the Towers and Room 13, they have also announced several innovative new Halloween features, including Scare Rooms at the hotels and a Pumpkin Patch Playground for younger guests in the park.		MORE >>>

July 17th 2007 : Merlin Sells Alton Towers
	The BBC has reported that Alton Towers has changed owners again for the second time in six months as part of a £622 million, in which Merlin has sold four of their UK attractions to entrepreneur Nick Laslau.		MORE >>>

July 15th 2007 : Alton Towers Bares All Again
	After the success of last years event, British Naturism has announced their second naturist weekend at Alton Towers. As with last years event the weekend is due to take place in Splash Landings and Cariba Creek in November, after the park has closed for the season.		MORE >>>

July 13th 2007 : Lights, Camera, Action!
	A new show has now opened in the Cred Street Theatre for the summer season. ATTV: House of Fun, an interactive game show, opened on 30th June and is due to be performed three times a day until September 2nd.		MORE >>>

July 13th 2007 : Alton Towers Perform Weather Ritual
	In their familiar quirky way Alton Towers have reputedly called in a Native American brave because they are fed up with the recent bad weather. The park asked Carlisle Antonio to perform a cloud-chasing ceremony to halt the spate of flash floods and storms.		MORE >>>

July 11th 2007 : New Themed Suites for Alton Towers Hotel
	Alton Towers Hotel will shortly be opening a pair of new suites themed around the loveable greetings card character Tatty Bear. The new suites, which are due to open during July, will join the hotels current selection of themed rooms, bringing the total number up to ten.		MORE >>>

July 10th 2007 : Rhythm and Rides
	Alton Towers have announced that they will be rounding off the Summer with a live music festival, featuring big name artists alongside the thrills and spills of the parks rides and attractions. The event is to be held on Sunday 26th August and entrance will be for ticket holders only, with tickets starting from as little as £35.		MORE >>>

June 21st 2007 : Behind the Scenes Tours 2007 Announced
	Last year Alton Towers held a series of tours that took guests for a unique look at the behind the scenes operations of the theme park. Six dates for this year's tours have now been announced! The dates are as follows: · Saturday July 7th 2007 · Saturday August 11th 2007 · Saturday August 25th 2007 · Saturday September 8th 2007 · Saturday September 15th 2007 · Sunday October 7th 2007 Click more for details of how to apply, FAQ and prices.		MORE >>>

June 21st 2007 : Green Light for Education Facility
	You've seen it on the park maps, you've passed in on Cred Street but now Alton Towers' latest educational facility has revved into full operation with a week-long Road Safety event.		MORE >>>

June 11th 2007 : Cariba Creek Splashes its way to Two Million
	Cariba Creek has recently welcomed its two millionth visitor, who was presented with a year’s free pass for the water park. It is a busy time for the park as plans for the proposed new slide have also recently come to light, showing the slide running around the current Flash Flood outdoor slides.		MORE >>>

May 7th 2007 : Extraordinary Golf Opens Extraordinary Golf is now fully open between Splash Landings and the Monorail station. Just a month after the East Course opened the West Course is now complete as well, featuring holes themed around Oblivion, Rita and the Farm, amongst others. As the course is now fully open the regular pricing system is in place of £8/£7 for 18 holes or £5/£4 for 9 holes, though there are various special offers as well.
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May 6th 2007 : All Your Latest Park News All the latest news from around the park including: Old MacDonald's Singing Barn Shocker | Your Day | Extraordinary Golf | The Ultimate Event | Towers and Gardens | Katanga Construction | Waffles and Ice Cream | Cariba Creek News Click here for more!
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April 7th 2007 : Skyride Returns Carrying on the theme for the weekend it seems that the Skyride has now also reopened for the season. It has received a fair amount of TLC over the closed season, with the stations having been painted and the gondolas cleaned. It is also sporting a new soundtrack. In other news the first 9 holes of Extraordinary Golf have now opened as well at £3 a round.
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April 6th 2007 : Runaway Mine Train Reopens This morning the Runaway Mine Train operated for the first time since it crash in July last year. Since then the ride has undergone much refurbishment before finally being ready to reopen to the public today. Currently the ride is running a shortened train of only the first 8 carriages, as the park is waiting for the last 4 to be returned by Mack...
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March 29th 2007 : More late openings Last week we reported that the Haunted Hollow hadn't yet opened for business, well one week on The Dung Heap seems to have joined it. The new playground was due to open today, but the park have now pushed the opening back to the 30th. That means that neither new attraction is open yet, though the park hope to have them both available by the end of the weekend.
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March 29th 2007 : Alton Towers Turns Easter on Its Head! The park have released more information about Chocolate Towers. It seems that this year they will be turning the traditional Easter Egg hunt on its head, when the chocolate comes looking for the guests. The park will also be home to a chocolate circus during the event, where their pink Easter Bunnies will perform. Meanwhile the hotel will have a walk-thru rabbit warren.
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MARCH 19TH 2007 : HAUNTED HOLLOW NOT YET OPEN Despite being due to open on open day the Haunted Hollow has not yet officially opened to the public. It seems that the hold up is due to some of the interactive effects not yet being interactive. Hopefully the attraction will be open soon, in the mean time it has not been unusual for the park to leave certain entrances open allowing guests a sneak peak of the new attraction. Hop over to our Haunted Hollow page for a look at what is in store for guests...
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MARCH 17TH 2007 : ALTON TOWERS OPEN FOR THE 2007 SEASON That's right folks, the wait is finally over, the Closed Season has finished and the park has officially reopened for the 2007 season. The Haunted Hollow is the only new attraction due to open today, with all of the other new additions due to open in the coming month. The Skyride and Mine Train are also currently shut. With the Mine Train due to re-open at Easter after it's accident last year...
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MARCH 5TH 2007 : BLACKSTONE BUY TUSSAUDS FOR A BILLION POUNDS The Blackstone Group have agreed to buy the Tussauds Group, owner of London's Madame Tussauds waxworks museum and Alton Towers Resort, for 1 billion pounds ($1.9 billion) to create the world's second-biggest operator of tourist attractions after the Walt Disney Company.
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FEBRUARY 26TH 2007 :  WINTER WEEKENDS RETURN It seems like we will be seeing some Winter Weekends at the park this closed season after all, as certain areas of the park will be opened up to hotel guests in the weekends running up to the new season...
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FEBRUARY 25TH 2007 :  JOB OPPORTUNITIES WITH HB LEISURE HB Leisure are currently seeking part-time games operators to work with them throughout 2007 at Alton Towers. If you’re fun, outgoing, and energetic and fancy the chance of earning up to £200.00 a week then you’re just what they’re looking for. For information on how to apply, click below.
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FEBRUARY 25TH 2007 : NEW FOR 2007 UPDATED *Update* A small update, in that we have now added much higher quality logos for both Haunted Hollow and The Dung Heap. You can also now follow the construction of all the new attractions for 2007 on TowersTimes.
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FEBRUARY 24TH 2007 : BLACKHOLE DEPARTS AT LAST The Blackhole, which closed in 2005, has finally left the X Sector this week. It is not known where the ride is destined to end up, but it is good to see the park finally remove the coaster which had spent much of 2006 sitting in pieces outside of its tent. When the The Blackhole closed in 2005 it had thrilled riders for 21 years, being one of the first coasters to be built at the park arriving in 1984.
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FEBRUARY 22ND 2007 : NEW BROCHURE RELEASED The park have this week launched their 2007 resort brochure. The brochure makes strong use of the parks new Extraordinary Font, as well as subtly interweaving the parks new stripy imagery. Plus of course the brochure contains a little on the parks three new attractions for 2007, as well as all the classic rides you'd expect to see.
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FEBRUARY 18TH 2007 :NEW DIMENSION TO THE RIVERBANK EYE-SPY News has been churning in Old MacDonald's farm so far this year, but in case you haven't heard the Dung Heap is not the only thing to look out for in 2007. The Riverbank Eye-Spy is going 3D for the new season, as the old 2D theming is replaced with all new models, in a style similar to that seen on the Driving School. Farming has never looked so good...
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FEBRUARY 16TH 2007 : CHOCOLATE TOWERS RETURNS For the second year in a row the Towers will be hosting their Easter event, Chocolate Towers. This year the event promises to be a choctastic as even, even including an appearance by the Easter Bunny herself...
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FEBRUARY 15TH 2007 : THE ALTON TOWERS FEARFEST! After the recent announcement that the Halloween event would return to the park after several years absence, more information has now come to light about the event, thanks to Haunted Attractions UK.  The event is to run from 13th October to 4th November and is promising to be a scarefest for the young and a fearfest for the fearless...
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FEBRUARY 15TH 2007 : ADRENALIN WEEK UPDATE The park has now announced the price of tickets for the Adrenalin Week event which will run from Monday March 19th to Friday March 23rd. Tickets are available from the official website from just £20 for adults and £12 for children...
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FEBRUARY 14TH 2007 : THE PERFECT WAY TO SAY YOU LOVE THEM! Nothing says 'I love you' quite like an annual pass, and this year sees the return of the Alton Towers Annual pass, after several years absence. This year, if you don't fancy splashing out for a Tussauds Annual pass you can get one just for the Towers for as little as £65, good value in anyone's book...
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FEBRUARY 13TH 2007 : YOURDAY EXPLAINED One of the big news items this closed season has been the parks new souvenir option, which offers guests a DVD of their day. So far the YourDay scheme has seen new cameras popping up all over the park, as well as some excellent new film footage of the park emerge. The park has now also released some information concerning the YourDay DVDs, including an FAQ about the system...
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FEBRUARY 12TH 2007 : NEW FOR 2007 More information has come to light concerning the new attractions for 2007, including their new logos.
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FEBRUARY 11TH 2007 : THINGS THAT GO BUMP... After the recent appearance of the Towers on Most Haunted it seems that ghost hunting in the park is very much in vogue. Even the District Council is now getting in on the act, hosting their very own ghost hunt in order to raise funds for a range of civic charities.
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FEBRUARY 4TH 2007 : ADRENALIN WEEK RETURNS! Another Alton Towers favourite will be returning to the park in 2007. The ever popular Adrenalin Week, is back for the new season with a twist. The event will be running from Monday March 19th to Friday March 23rd, featuring a Triple Ride Promise. The park is guaranteeing that all guests, height restrictions permitting, will get onto onto four of its most popular rides at least three times in one day. A brave pledge, if ever we heard one!
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JANUARY 25TH 2007 : ALTON TOWERS ON MOST HAUNTED Alton Towers is to feature on an upcoming episode of the popular Living TV show, Most Haunted. The episode is to be aired on Tuesday 30th January at 9pm and promises to be filled with unexplained bumps and bangs, as the team explore the ruins, as well as Hex...
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JANUARY 25TH 2007 : TOWERS, TREATS AND TRAILS UPDATE It now looks like Oblivion will also be open for the Towers Treats and Trails event, which is to take place over the February half term. There is no word yet as to whether guests will have to pay to ride the coaster. *Update* There will be a charge for riding Oblivion! For a full line up for the event, please see our Towers Treats and Trails page...
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JANUARY 24TH 2007 : NEMESIS ROCKS MITCH HAWKER'S SOCKS! Proving itself a worthy foe for even the most modern of rollercoasters, Nemesis has been voted as the world's third best Steel Rollercoaster in 2006, by the Mitch Hawker poll, despite being over 10 years old ...
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JANUARY 17TH 2007 : RECRUITMENT POLICY SHAKEUP 2007 will see Alton Towers using new methods to recruit staff using "assessment centres" instead of interviews in order to ensure a high quality intake of staff for the new season. For more information please check out our forum where Phil Sterne, the Strategic Recruitment Manager for Alton Towers, has provided an FAQ for getting a job at the Towers in 2007.
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JANUARY 17TH 2007 : NEW FOR 2007 As the Towers get busy preparing for the new season and their February half term 'Towers Treats and Trails' event, TowersTimes thought we would have a look at what we can look forward to in 2007 from the UK's number one theme park...
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JANUARY 10TH 2007 : TOWERS, TREATS AND TRAILS During the February half term, Alton Towers will be hosting a brand new event aimed at the youngsters who will be off school. Towers, Treats and Trails will be a fun event for all the family, with a wide range of attractions open, including Old MacDonald's Farm, the Ruins and Gardens and an old fashioned Steam Fair...
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