Alton Towers have announced that they will be holding a special preview event for Annual Pass holders at this year's Scarefest. The event takes place on October 15th. 2011 Sees the return of the Carnival of Scream and The Boiler House which again are paid mazes. Tickets can be bought online at £12 per person for both mazes with pass holders receiving the standard 20% off: Alton Towers and Merlin Annual Pass ...

On August 28th the Sky Safari at Chessington World of Adventures broke down, leaving guests stranded until the park's evacuation team could safely rescue the 30 passengers. Mark Coates, 37, a teacher from Slough, was stuck for an hour-and-a-half with his son, five, daughter, two, and teenage niece on the attraction. Mr Coates said his family and about 30 other passengers were "left increasingly anxious" as ...

It has just been announced via the Towers Times website that the new indoor attraction for 2012 at Alton Towers will be located in Forbidden Valley. This replaces the initial thoughts that the indoor attraction will be housed in the existing Black Hole Tent in X Sector. Planning documents have been updated revealing further details - the attraction is to be located on the existing Lava Lump/Body Zorb site, ...

Flamingo Land have released their latest Zoo attraction - Captive Humans! The men and women are on display at the Park's zoo until Monday. They are hoping to raise cash for Forest Conservation while informing guests about zoos across Europe and the Aquaria Great Ape Campaign. The four people involved have been provided by the University of York. Dr Andy Marshall, one of those involved in the event, said: “H ...

In a recent survey carried out by price comparisons site Go Compare, Alton Towers was ranked as the number one theme park amongst Brits, ranking higher than the likes of Thorpe Park, Disneyworld and Universal Studios in Florida! The survey also studied pricing and revealed that less than five per cent of consumers think theme parks offer good value for money and more than half of Brits feel theme parks have ...