Entrance looks cool, I presume they're going to cover those charlie decorations with SOMETHING before opening day..

Sad AT aren't running the 3 days short break offer this year. Last year was brilliant at Scarefest taking a big group of friends up there for 3 days, especially when the parks is that busy it gives you plenty of time to do everything and make the most of it.

I had this same experience, on my 3rd and final day at scarefest, sunday 21st, me and my brother had bought tickets for the Welcoming at 8pm so we could come out and queue for Wickerman. At 6pm I really wanted to get one more night ride of the Smiler in so we split up, it had 90 min queue but became...

PhNx Survivor wrote:Whoa.. 15 minutes.. must be a very slow news day for the media..

Thousands of riders stuck on Stealth ride for over a minute throughout the day!

So the question is to me, looking at it from a first time guest or infrequent visitor, Why should I pay extra to go into the Alton Towers Dungeon when I have loads of other major rides that I don't have to pay more for? I second this. Maybe I would do it once since I've never been to one of the Dun...

Don't use the word breakdown, a Mirror 'reporter' might be around! :P

Justin wrote:Smiler in the dark only 9th. I'm really surprised!

Indeed! I love the light of the marmaliser and screens being cast across the whole area.

1. The Smiler
2. Wicker Man
3. Nemesis
4. Air :P
5. Thirteen
6. Spinball Whizzer
7. Rita
8. Oblivion

Seen a bit of a Scarefest video showing the board outside Project 42 and noticed it mentions the use of latex. Is this just for the actor prosthetics? I ask since I've bought my mum tickets and she is allergic to latex.

Can't keep a good clown down.

I've never been to Fright Nights but there's always people at Scarefest in costume, so I say go for it!

The park has posted a picture of the scarefest map on their facebook page. The towers courtyard looks very busy!

Seems they put minimum effort in with that teaser, hope there's something a bit more substantial soon. Or not, it's quite nice going into an attraction totally clueless.

Think I know the chap you mean, he's great. Shakes your hand if you've got Smiler merch on

Been to towers 8 times this year, been TP, BPB, DM a few times too... Yesterday at Alton Towers was the best!!! Haven’t seen any park that busy outside Scarefest / Fireworks for well over a decade. The atmosphere was great, queues were long despite all rides having all trains on, and very little do...

The way of social media is to find the most cynical train of thought and board it without a moments thought, seeing the phrase ' infected by a mutant antidote' and concluding it will be the same as Sub Species. To me, the alien infection part of Sub Species never came through at all in the actual ma...

I find Love Island far more horrifying than any Saw movie on a very fundamental level.

I was wondering exactly that, if they're not planning to reopen the ride they could do anything they wanted with the hole. Only rode it once but I seem to remember it being quite a large space. Anything could be lurking in the pit below...

I'm glad they're doing something with that site, being right at the entrance of Forbidden Valley made the area seem dejected but during Scarefest this year it's going to give it much more life towards the back of the park having a live attraction there.

Only thing they need to do is make sure the mazes are staffed enough. TOTT was a classic, but my last run the finale seemed much shorter and the conga line was a big handicap compared to the way the other mazes are done. Excited to find out the story behind the new maze, could well be connected to P...