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I love alton towers i have been on every ride in the park lol i don't find it hard and confusing at all but i can see what you mean you could easily get lost if you didn't know your way around. I think it's good once or twice but once you've done everything the rides are fairly tame. Thorpe Park is amazing rides and everything
Alton towers is great, but i suppose knowing it helps.
My top 3 tips would probably be;
1) Get a map - then you wont be lost.
2) Use the skylift, the park itself is huge -you could spend a day in the gardens alone (which is bad when you do so after a wrong turn)
3) Do the big rides ether at the very begining (when the park opens) or the very end. The ques are shortest then.
@luccy - yea Thorpe Park's really come along, alot of nice new rides (stealth is great + tidel wave is epic) - saw ive yet to get on. Although nemisis is still probs my favorite ride, reita and oblivion are both a bit of a let down IMO though, stealth combines both and is much more worth it :P
The reason Alton Towers stays afloat is:
1) Cram in people for half price, equals the same amount as paying full price;
2) More people = more queues, people buy fast track then;
3) Whilst waiting people will buy food, more monies;
4) They give out those photo tokens for people who want pictures of themselves for free, cash in on good photos throughout the park.
Mmm I'll think of a few others, but this is basically how they earn money and why they'll never stop forcing people in. It's a good theme park n all, but yknow thats the problem, nowadays you're better to go to a less popular theme park, or get up proper early and leave there proper late.
I noticed with Fast track in Thorpe Park, wait till nearer the end of the day and cram in all your rides. I went on every ride in the space of 2 hours cuz of Fast Track, went on a few of the rollercoasters twice, went on Stealth like 5 times LMAO. You just gotta time it right, most of the fast track ppl go home earlier.
Would probably be the same for Alton Towers tbh. You should even try checking when they sell Fast Track cuz I bought Fast Track for Alton Towers on eBay (vouchers are valid for all year tbh) and they wern't selling it on the day, so I got into Fast Track for free. They can't deny you it cuz yknow, you've bought it. :]]]
Hm theme park lecture, niice.
It was really good when I went, the queues weren't that big and the rides were fantastic. Try and go when it isn't summer time lol.
Yeah it is lolQuote:
Originally Posted by innitbbs
Then how is it fast track? Everyone will get free fast track tickets and it wouldn't be a fast track anymore! -.-"Quote:
Originally Posted by Naruto!
I've been to Alton Towers a couple of times, tbh the best bit is just being able to hang out with your mates and persaude the scared ******** people to get on rides LOL
At Disney they are free you go to the machine, and it gives u a time say 2 hours from then you go at the time on your ticket. they only give a small amount for each time to regulate the que'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr.Android
I so wanna go to Alton Towers, never been :(
Go to disney. It makes alton towers look like yer local playgroundQuote:
Originally Posted by Wahey
Alton towers is cool.. But the queues are horrible, we spent an hour queueing for rita, and it's over in like seconds, Best thing to do is get the tickets when they'reon special with like the sun or something, because then you get in an hour before opening, get the good rides over with, and then the rest of the day to queue for the not so popular rides, or the rides you've already been on!