After four long months, Alton Towers Resort opened its gates for the 2015 season this weekend. From the new Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure, to changes to the queues and operations of the Resort’s attractions, TowersTimes examines all the developments from opening weekend. The first day of the main season [...]
The full map for the 2015 season has been released on the Alton Towers Resort website today, featuring the new attraction for this season – Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure – but also, in a surprise move, suggests that The Blade will not be operating for the main season. The [...]
After planning permission was granted earlier this year, construction has now commenced on the third new addition at Alton Towers Resort for the 2015 season – Enchanted Forest Tree Top Quest.Clearance work is well underway across the site which has seen the ground being landscaped and various trees being wither [...]
Ticket prices for the 2015 season have been updated on the Alton Towers Resort Website, with the on the day cost of admission breaking the £50 barrier for the first time.As in previous years, the resort has retained the pricing structure of having an adult, child, family and senior ticket, [...]
With just over six weeks to go until the Enchanted Village opens at Alton Towers Resort, construction of the latest accommodation is beginning to enter the final stages ready for the grand opening on April 18th.Scaffolding has now been taken down from the first three luxury treehouses indicating that the [...]
It may have seemed like a long three months since the end of the 2014 season last November, but Alton Towers Resort threw open its gates once again this weekend for 2015’s February Half Term event. TowersTimes takes a look at all the latest changes and updates. The [...]
The Great British Winter might have been throwing everything it has got at the Enchanted Village construction site at Alton Towers Resort, but that hasn’t stopped steady progress being made on 2015’s new accommodation.Having now completed the clusters nearest to the hotel, the main construction activity has moved across to [...]
Captain Barnacles and the Octonauts are set to join CBeebies Land as it has been confirmed that Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure will be joining the rides and attractions from 21st March 2015. Located on the former site of the Beastie, the new attraction will see young guests exploring the [...]
The proposed new high ropes course – Enchanted Village Tree Top Quest – has been given the go ahead to swing into Alton Towers Resort by Staffordshire Moorlands District Council. Located on the site of the former Nicklin’s Farm to the north of the Alton Towers Hotel overflow car park, [...]
Despite the recent spell of cold weather construction has been steadily progressing on the Enchanted Village at the Alton Towers Resort. TowersTimes takes a look at the latest developments. With the opening of the new accommodation now less than three months away work on each individual cluster is [...]
For the third and final time in this latest set of aerial updates MI7 has provided some spectacular shots of Alton Towers Resort from above. Following on from the previous update featuring the Enchanted Village, this time we take a look at the closed season developments across the theme park. [...]
MI7 has once again provided TowersTimes with an exclusive set of aerial photos from the Alton Towers Resort. Following on yesterday’s first update covering the site of the rumoured new attraction on the former Beastie site, this second update focuses on the new accommodation for 2015 – The Enchanted Village. [...]
