Alton Towers cuts Scarefest opening hours
Alton Towers has reduced the opening times of the Halloween Scarefest event by two hours across a third of its 16 nights. Days between 21 and 25 October have been…
Big Dipper 90th anniversary to be celebrated
Blackpool Pleasure Beach is to celebrate the 90th anniversary of one its most famous rides this summer. The wooden Big Dipper rollercoaster will reach the milestone on 23 August this…
Runaway Mine Train out of action at Alton Towers
Alton Towers’ powered rollercoaster Runaway Mine Train yesterday suffered a breakdown and stopped mid-cycle. A Twitter user described how the Mack-manufactured ride stopped “mid run and at a 45-degree angle”.
In quotes: How the media reported on The Smiler
It is always interesting how varied in style television and newspaper reports regarding a theme park ride incident can be. We take a glance at how the papers and news…
Alton Towers reopens The Smiler after bolt fall
Alton Towers this morning reopened The Smiler rollercoaster following a falling bolt causing a partial track detachment on Sunday. The Gerstlauer-manufactured ride was showed queue times of approximately 90 minutes…
Smiler incident caused by ‘small piece of debris’
Alton Towers has described yesterday’s incident with The Smiler rollercoaster as a “small piece of debris” falling from the track. The park’s spokeswoman Liz West said that no one was…
Smiler rollercoaster track partially detaches
A section of track on Alton Towers’ latest rollercoaster The Smiler has partially detached, causing the ride to close. A bolt assembly has come loose the ride’s triangular frame track,…
Electronic cigarettes restricted by Alton Towers
Alton Towers is restricting the use of electronic cigarettes in the same manner it controls conventional smoking.