Alton Towers Photos *VERY PICTURE HEAVY*

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After looking through the search I found there was no actual topic for just general Alton Towers photos. (If there is an existing one though, could someone on the team merge this into that topic as I can't find it).

This thread is just for any Alton Towers photos you have taken when at the park and want to share with the community.

My first set of 21 photos were taken on the 14th of February in the February Half Term Event.

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The Octonauts coaster is finished and awaiting theming.

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An empty X Sector, a rare sight recently!

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The Twirling toadstool without the seats.

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Rita, with the cars in pieces for maintenance. Notice the front of the train in the centre of the photo.

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Again, notice the trains with the seats covered.

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Nemesis in all her glory.

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The Flume cars, Rapids cars and pirate ships
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Those are some great photos, NR! :)
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Thanks, I've been doing some amateur photography and the Towers seemed like the place to try doing some photos.
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A few decent photos I got yesterday :)

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Great photos Jack! Just out of curiosity, what camera are you using?

I guess it must be pretty good if you can get Nemmy in motion without a blur :lol
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haha! I'm just using a GoPro Hero :)
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I use iPhone 5c and :D handycam, will post in here after Friday
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I await more photos with eagerness ATL! :lol
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Wait a minute aree you part of theme park nerds or did you use some of there pictures!!!
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Credit to nemesis rider for this awesome pic :D
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I've just scrolled through Theme Park Nerds coverage of the event, there wasn't anything that was there that NR used :) I don't have anything to do with TPN anyway :)
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Ignore that then because i had a look too and you are right I just have seen these pics before and i dont know where.
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Credit to nemesis rider for this awesome pic :D
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Yes, I have no affiliation with Theme Park Nerds. To be honest, I reckon we just chose similar pictures to upload :D
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Ill send mine a bit later but they are literally the worst quality you can get
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Credit to NemesisRider for an amazing signature!
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Thanks NemesisRider for the photos. They're so great I set one as my pc wallpaper!
I got some decent shots of The Smiler on my phone, so I will upload that soon!
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Credit to NemesisRider for this awsome signature! :moj
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ok here is some of my pics back in 2006 closed season

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Wow, I only just remember AT looking like that, it makes me feel like im ten years old again, when towers seemed so much more magical that it does today.

I miss how X Sector looked back then, I love the Smiler, I really do, however I feel that it completely ruined X Sector.
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A few snaps from yesterday:
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Taken on a Sony Xperia E3
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A few extra photos I got at Smilefest which are more general shots of Rita.

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And finally, a picture of a duck in Dark Forest. Quack!

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Next visit I will take more photos as I didn't on my visit yesterday. Expect more X-Sector photos than in previous posts.
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I know this post has a lot of images, and I'm sorry for adding to the already bad loading times of this topic :)

At SmileFest a decided to take a ton of photos, I got around to editing a few of the better ones (for better or for worse :P) and these are the ones I am most pleased with :) (I'm still learning, so a lot of these aren't nearly as good as they could be :))

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Nemesis and the tower shots of xsector and surrounding hills jack look absolutely stunning mate. Great work pal.
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