The Sun / Alton Towers Deal (not all it seems!)

shellsuit

thor wrote: »

If you thiink about it this is the way they have to do it. Given that they will be giving away thousands of tickets it is obvious that families would want to go during school holidays so there is a chance that on certain days you could get swamped.
Btw they charge you to park at A T : I did not expect that:eek:

When did you go? We all went in the school holidays last year and we didn't have to pay to park.

modgit

shellsuit wrote: »

When did you go? We all went in the school holidays last year and we didn't have to pay to park.

We went in the Easter holidays last year and we paid, it's a token barrier release system and was £4 I think. You pay before you leave the park and the machine gives you a token for the car park barrier.

shellsuit

modgit wrote: »

We went in the Easter holidays last year and we paid, it's a token barrier release system and was £4 I think. You pay before you leave the park and the machine gives you a token for the car park barrier.

I'm sure we didn't have to pay, but I've just checked on the website and found this :

Q Do I need to pay for parking?
AYes, there is nominal charge of £5 for those guests choosing to travel by car.


Still be a cheap day out though with getting the tickets free : I'd use what we would normally spend on tickets to get fast track passes.

rosatoso_2

jposh wrote: »

what about swping tickets on here for dates required?

I think that's a good idea! Let's start up a swap shop. I sent off for mine yesterday.

nikkit72

its been pay for car park for last 4 years now ,,, i go evry year

shellsuit

jposh & rosatoso, you won't be able to swap tickets on here I'm afraid.

englandcrew

I went with the SUN tickets last year, parking was £4. In total on snacks and parking we spent £10, very good value for money. Well recommended

rosatoso_2

shellsuit wrote: »

jposh & rosatoso, you won't be able to swap tickets on here I'm afraid.

I wasn't suggesting we do it on the the Grabbit board.

Probably the best place is 'I wanna buy-it or do-it board' or 'Travel, Trips & Holidays'. It was just a suggestion to people reading this thread that we could swap tickets if we are allocated dates we can't use and could be of use to someone else.

shellsuit

rosatoso wrote: »

I wasn't suggesting we do it on the the Grabbit board.

Probably the best place is 'I wanna buy-it or do-it board' or 'Travel, Trips & Holidays'. It was just a suggestion to people reading this thread that we could swap tickets if we are allocated dates we can't use and could be of use to someone else.

Sorry, you've misunderstood me - you can't swap anything (nor sell) on the whole of the MSE forum ~ I didn't mean this board in particular.

Martin's rules I'm afraid!

rosatoso_2

Sorry, didn't realise. Have seen people asking for things on the Buy-it-do-it board, so presumed it could be done.