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8th Mar 2012

SW7 to go before planning committee next week

By |2014-01-15T18:33:10+00:008th March 2012|Resort News|

One month after it was originally planned the Secret Weapon 7 planning application will finally be going in front of the Staffordshire Moorlands Council Planning Committee. Next Thursday (15/03/12) the commitee will meet and discuss the planning application. The meeting agenda recommends that the planning application should be approved, but [...]

20th Feb 2012

Submission and Enterprise to open in 2012

By |2014-01-15T18:34:15+00:0020th February 2012|Resort News|

Both Submission and Enterprise, which were set to be closed during the 2012 season due to Secret Weapon 7 construction will now open, according to a Alton Towers statement which was sent to TowersTimes. The statement reads: We are delighted to confirm that both Submission and Enterprise in X-Sector will [...]

12th Feb 2012

February Half Term News Update

By |2023-02-11T13:52:35+00:0012th February 2012|Events, Resort News|

TowersTimes braved a cold Alton Towers yesterday to check out what has been happening around the park over the closed season. With issues revolving around ride closures due to the extreme temperatures Alton Towers offered 4 fastrack tickets to annual pass holders and free entry to normal ticket holders (to [...]

10th Feb 2012

Theming Plans released for SW7

By |2017-02-26T15:48:07+00:0010th February 2012|Resort News|

The new plans, which are available on the Staffordshire Moorlands Council Planning Portal, give us new insight of what the Secret Weapon 7 theme will be. The new documents show the previously unreleased large theming object that will be in the middle of the ride area. The planning documents describe [...]

10th Feb 2012

Cold weather potentially affecting Feb Half Term

By |2023-02-11T13:52:35+00:0010th February 2012|Events, Resort News|

As temperatures have dropped below freezing in recent days, Alton Towers have announced the following on their website: Regrettably owing to the extremely low temperatures experienced recently the following rides may be unavailable tomorrow (Saturday 11th): • Air • Nemesis • Oblivion • Runaway Mine Train • Sonic Spinball • [...]

17th Jan 2012

Confirmed: X Sector ride lineup reduced for 2012

By |2014-01-16T15:59:44+00:0017th January 2012|Resort News|

In response to a Facebook post on their fanpage, Alton Towers have just confirmed that X Sector flat rides Submission and Enterprise will not operate during the 2012 season.  According to the post, the closure will allow ground works to commence away from the public in preparation for the proposed [...]

16th Jan 2012

Submission and Enterprise set for closure in 2012?

By |2017-02-26T15:48:07+00:0016th January 2012|Resort News|

Several rumours have been circulating in recent weeks that Alton Towers have taken the decision to close the Enterprise and Submission rides located in the 'X Sector' area of the park for the duration of the 2012 season.  These rumours, in addition to the absence of both rides on the [...]

23rd Dec 2011

Planning Applications updated briefly for New Ride

By |2014-01-16T16:25:18+00:0023rd December 2011|Resort News|

Today, the two recent planning applications have been updated on the Staffordshire Moorlands Council Planning Portal to include descriptions of each of the applications which both appear to be relating to the Blackhole Tent Site. The first planning application (11/01205/CONSER) is a Conservation Area Consent has now been updated with the [...]

21st Dec 2011

What Lies Beneath site updated

By |2014-01-16T16:26:28+00:0021st December 2011|Resort News|

Today, Alton Towers updated the 2012 Attraction Minisite with a new header, reading "18 years later...revealed here 18:18 31.12.11". This suggests that more information on the new ride will be revealed at this time on New Year's Eve. Both the nature of the ride system itself, and whetherWhat Lies Beneath is the ride's [...]

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