alton towers feb half term

COUSCOUS_3

was just wandering if anybody has been this half term and what it was like, how many rides open etc. am thinking of booking but just thought it was worth an ask before i did incase anybody had any feedback. thanks a lot

mumontherun

We were there on Sat.

Reading from the list they gave out then, rides open are:-

all the Old MacDonald kids rides.

Squirrel Nutty Ride
Spinball Whizzer
Oblivion
Hex
Runaway Mine Train
Duel
Air
Blade

Had 3 and 5 year old kids with us so only went on the kids rides. No idea what the queues were like for the big rides.

Booked through lastminute.com so got a ticket for a free return visit after main park opens in March which can be used until I think end June (except few dates like Bank Hols).

Was pretty busy - had to queue for 10 - 15 mins for some kiddy rides at some points in the day, though tended to be quieter later in the day.

Hope that helps

ymgirl

Was there in monday. Queues were fine in the morning - straight on spinball whizzer and Hex. Short queue for the Runaway Mine train - about 5 mins. About 25 mins queue for Air. Heard quite a few people muttering that lots of rides were closed and it seeems they were not aware in advance but the ticket prices reflect this and it was certaily no secret. Staff in one of the restaurants said there were a lot more visitors than they were expecting and they were running low on provisions. We were lucky with the weather - limited queues and probably went on more rides than we would on a visit at peak times so were very pleased.