Alton Towers Pictures


A new view of the Courtyard

And a nice view of the Towers,Also you might be wondering why the new ride didnt take up all the lake, well apparently from the Courtyard, you cant have an unrestrictive view of the Towers so they had to slighty downsize the ride so it didnt upset the view,Interesting

Here's the new Rocking Tug, It was'nt ready when I visited

It seems every park wants one of these rides suddently, although I really dont know why,They are OK Rides, but never anything special IMO

More views through Mutiny Bay,The New Panning for Gold attraction

The Tea Cups have had a refit,Its now called Marauder's Mayhem

The Cool themeing of the Cars, It all look rather nice

More themeing inside, There's also a new soundtrack which is good

More new look games to fit into the new area

More new Themeing

Oh Dear, well it was rumoured to happen, and sadly it has, Burger King has now moved into Alton, and gone in McDonalds

The New Mutiny Bay Shoppe

They have changed the coin operated speedboats into Pirate Ships to again fit into the theme of the new area,Clever and nice

There's a new show in the Courtyard, Shows were going on Daily, I only saw a little bit of one show,and it looked OK, I think they preform a few different shows

One final look down Mutiny Bay

And now we say Goodbye to Mutiny Bay to have a little look around the rest of the park at whats new

So in other news, Alton have put up new maps, they look nice, and fix a few things over the old maps which looked bad, However It now seems to show Oblivion Floorless(which sadly it isnt) and AIR as a full inverted Coaster, so its not quite perfect

New Advertising has gone around the park,I think it looks good how they have displayed most of the rides in one shot clever inserted into a picture of the Towers

More new Themeing, Why no Rita for this Fasttrack Option??

There will be another new show in the Theatre, Dont think it was happening Opening Day, but nice to see It will be put to good use again this season

I cant believe they have ruined the best looking McDonalds in the UK,Inside it now looks horrible, and turned into an american diner Burger King(Shudders)

The Entrance of the Blade has now moved over to where the Helix of Nemesis is, Its a good change as it was always a pain to walk around to the entrance, only to again walk back round in a circle and down to the ride

I cant believe I have never noticed this on all the years Ripsaw has been installed, Can you Spot the spelling Mistake ;)

After a busy 2007 Season, You might have thought Alton would take it easy this year, but Oh NO, they have been extremly busy again creating Mutiny Bay, the area replaceing Merrie England which desperatly needed a refit, and what a great refit it is as well, I must admit I didnt give Alton much hope of having the new area ready for offical opening day as the new ride and area looked far from ready when I visited in a February Half Term Week, but WOW they pulled it off in fashion, OK so the Rocking Tug was'nt ready,but thats only a small issue. Overall I enjoyed the new ride that replaced the Splash Karts even though I got absolutly soaked which was'nt pleasent, and the new area is great,Overall Well done Alton on a good job well done.

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