This morning we revealed the news that The Smiler was going to be sponsored by Colgate Toothpaste, with chances to win trips to The Resort. But don’t get too excited... Now that midday has come and gone, it’s time to come clean and admit that it was all an April [...]
Saturday 23rd March 2013 The Alton Towers theme park has once again fallen victim to the predicted snowfall this weekend. For the second day in a row, the park has been forced to close due to the snow that has fallen overnight. Alton Towers have posted this on their official [...]
Friday 22nd March 2013 The predicted heavy snowfall over Alton Towers this weekend has forced the park to close. Alton Towers had previously reported that they intended to keep the park open, however due to the snowfall overnight, this is no longer a forseeable option. Any guests who pre-booked tickets [...]
TowersTimes is pleased to reveal a few changes in X Sector for the 2013 season. Earlier this year we revealed the area was set to undergo a full refurbishment including an Oblivion repaint, an extensive mechanical parts replacement on Enterprise and much more. The majority of this is now complete ready for [...]
The opening and closing times for the 2013 season at Alton Towers have been published. The majority of days will see a 5:00pm closing, with several days featuring 5:30pm and 6:00pm closings. The earliest ride close now sees the removal of last years 4:00pm closings, which caused a large wave [...]
The Sanctuary, which was first introduced as the brand new scare maze for the 2012 Scarefest, is returning for part of the 2013 season. As the park reopens next Saturday for the beginning of the 2013 season, guests can check into The Sanctuary once again, for free. Previously, The Sanctuary required [...]
TowersTimes reported last year that Burger King would be leaving the resort and be replaced with a new outlet for 2013, The Burger Kitchen. Ahead of the new season starting next week we can offer this first look inside the totally refurbished Cloud Cuckoo Land outlet. Many thanks to TowersTimes fan [...]
During this time each year, The Sun newspaper publish a pull out guide to the Alton Towers Resort for the current season, including the greatly anticipated park map. This year is no different, and the Alton Towers 2013 resort map has been revealed: As predicted throughout the enthusiast community, the [...]
The Alton Towers Resort have sent out a press release regarding The Smiler. Whilst this does not present any new information, we have included the entire press release below for you: Alton Towers Resort announced today that its new 2013 roller-coaster, The Smiler, is going to ‘marmalise’ the minds of [...]
Ever since the announcement of The Smiler, members of the TowersTimes Forum have been speculating as to the meaning of the taglines 'World First' and 'World Beating' used when advertising this years major new rollercoaster. Back in October 2012, TowersTimes received information which led us to believe the ride would be going for [...]
The Daily Mail have reported that The Smiler was created by pyschology experts using a wide knowledge of mind tricks. The Smiler, which was revealed in the game to contain hypnotic swirls, flashing lights, and various other potential effects is set to push thrill-seekers to the limit by the pyschological effects [...]
Earlier this year we revealed that The Alton Towers Resort was starting an extensive refurbishment of the X Sector area of the park which is home to the new attraction for 2013, The Smiler. Earlier today during a flight for our upcoming aerial construction update for The Smiler, we managed to get some shots [...]
