Free Alton Towers ticket during May (Merged)

Midget_Karen

Considering buying the £8 one in Asda that does meet most of the requirements...looking after it all day, then returning it to Asda and gettting a refund!

That's cheating.

bylromarha

Midget_Karen wrote:

That's cheating.

Is it? If Asda will take back the product with their no quibble guarantee and Alton Towers don't want to keep the gnome, then I don't see its a problem.

What do others think?

foxfev

First time post, so please forgive me if its wrong

bylromarha I have just returned from a great day at Alton Towers after gaining free admission with the £8.95 gnome ( one with pick ). I then got a locker for it at £3 and have just returned it to Asda. So it really was a freebie
I just paid for the locker and parking

There was no problem getting in with the gnome. Also one of the staff said that there is a guy in the village before you get to alton towers selling gnomes from the back of his van for £4 so you could stop there if you see him.

One more bit of Info from the staff if you are up for a laugh. They are having a Sound Of Music week soon and if you come dressed as a Nun you get in free. He told me to keep checking the website for the actual week

ajbrynoffa

My gnomes bore no resemblance to the descriptions..............get down to poundland!!

andrew_b6k

http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/050513/250/firdz.html

probably a lot stricter now that touts are selling them!!

DazzaMc

so you show your gnome and if its good enough you get in free? so its not buy one get one free? im confused

this is mixed up but brilliant! ive gotta go!

DazzaMc

anyone?

and if you and your friends all stood in the same queue with gnomes, but each did a seperate transaction, would you all get in free? or should u all stand in seperate queues?

daz

bylromarha

andrew_b6k wrote:

http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/050513/250/firdz.html

probably a lot stricter now that touts are selling them!!

Went today and my gnomes were too short and made of plastci. No probs getting in at all...and no touts visable either.

Daz- it is a completely free entry on production of the gnome. Not BOGOF. We stood at the pay window all together, showed our 4 gnomes and got 4 complimentary tickets issued. No credit card saw the light of day.

Had a grand day, although the essential costs added up, like car park charges and diesel. Also took M6 toll road to make sure we got there for 9.30 as recommended by staff when I rang.

BTW toll road charge going up by 50p for cars. Fun!

ogulski

Re Gnomes at Alton Towers : we went yesterday Friday 20th gnomes in hand and were a little worried as we were the only people carrying gnomes (we were quized by loads of passengers as to why we were carrying gnomes) as soon as we got off the monorail we were met by Alton Towers greeters and taken into the park the gnomes stayed in customer services and came home with us great day!!!!

jellyhead

we were there today. no gnome touts in sight but there was a BOGOF ticket tout. only saw one person with a gnome out of a massive queue to get through the gates. we've got passes but went with a big bunch of lads in their 20's and none of them would try the gnome thing, too embarassed about being turned away!

nice to see the park decorated with gnomes, they were on all the grassy areas, along the riverbank (a baby ride behind squirrel nutty) - even on islands populated by ducks. very sweet :-) i don't know if all those gnomes had been discarded or were part of AT's own decoration programme but at least half were dwarf types, not meeting the specifications.