It felt like forever since we visited Alton Towers, yet it was only just over a month ago. I must admit I did book this visit with the intentions of checking out the newest event; Festival of the Thrills but I was a day late. Therefore, it was an event free day unfortunately for us, but we will be back for Mardi Gras later this month. I also have some fab news regarding the Merlin Annual Pass sale which will be shared at the end of this posts.
I’ll be honest about the fact I do not enjoy that walk from the car park to the entrance. Today was a promising day from the get-go with the monorail being open. Exiting onto the plaza and it was nice, easy & timely to get into the park. Simply scanning your Merlin Annual Pass then you’re in. Of course, there is security checks as normal but with the number of staff doing the searches it just flows well.
Once we got into the park, we did our little tradition of heading straight to Nemesis. We must give this some extra loving ahead of the re-tracking that is about to happen. From there we headed to ride Duel which is always a blast (pardon the pun). After Duel & a bite to eat it was time to embark on The Smiler. Some may have seen my tweet about this but wow we had the most amazing ride! We feel lucky to have bagged a front row ride and it was riding pretty amazingly & all told itwas a very enjoyable ride.
Onto Thirteen next & it was our first time doing front row like ever, believe it or not? I never knew there was aeerie dummy directly in front on the last drop and I genuinely jumped out of my skin! But that eerie moment aside it was yet another amazing ride. Lastly, one of our must do rollercoasters for each visit is Wickerman. Again, it was riding like an actual beast towards closing time. Every rollercoaster & ride we did today were at their best in my opinion.
All in all, we had such a lovely and relaxing day. The queues didn’t surpass 65 minutes at the push & for aSaturday that’s good. It appears the Mardi Gras preparation is in full swing which is very exciting. As always, we can’t wait to experience that event in a few weeks. The staff did an amazing job today, especially at keeping queues to the minimum & ride throughputs to their maximum. We can’t wait to return very soon!
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You could be having all these kinds of adventures with the Merlin Annual Pass which is currently on sale! This pass grants you access to 25+ attractions & 50+ events this year not to forget you gain access to 4 of the major UK theme parks including Thorpe Park, Legoland Windsor, Chessington World of Adventures & Alton Towers. Here are all the details regarding this sale that you need to know!
*Based on the Discovery Pass.
**Based on the Platinum Pass.
Purchase yours today HERE!
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Thank you for reading & I’ll be sharing more from our trip over on my socials!