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Alton Towers is located near the village of Alton in Staffordshire, England. The former country estate was a former seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury. It is now a major theme park in the United Kingdom. In 2012, it attracted 2.4 million visitors, making it the most visited theme park in the United Kingdom and 9th most visited theme park in Europe.
Alton Towers Resort (UK: / ˈ ɒ l t ən / ⓘ OL-tən) (often shortened to Alton Towers) is a theme park and resort complex in Staffordshire, England, near the village of Alton. [4] The park is operated by Merlin Entertainments Group and incorporates a theme park , water park , mini golf and hotel complex .
The Smiler is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, United Kingdom.The Infinity Coaster model from Gerstlauer set a world record for most inversions on a roller coaster when it opened in 2013, [3] featuring 14 inversions that include dive loops, sidewinders, corkscrews, and other inverting elements.
The Staffordshire theme park teased that a ‘new weapon’ would be coming to the Forbidden Valley in 2025. ... Alton Towers’ oldest ride is set to close after 44 years, it has been confirmed.
The park area containing Oblivion was redesigned as 'X Sector'. [2] The only surviving ride from the former area was the Black Hole roller coaster, which was externally redesigned to suit the new theme. [5] Alton Towers moved and rethemed two existing rides from other areas of the park to open with X-Sector, Energizer and Enterprise. [6] [7]
Rita was Alton Towers' new attraction for the 2005 season, where it was marketed as "Your best Alton Towers ride ever". The ride starts with the train racing forward from the station area, accelerating from 0 to 98.3 km/h (61.1 mph) in 2.5 seconds, [ 3 ] and negotiates high speed corners and air-time hills (the layout is a figure-of-8) before ...
Dynamo was a Huss Breakdance ride located in the Forbidden Valley area of the Alton Towers theme park. It was the first ride seen to the left when entering the area, and was opposite to Ripsaw, which was a Huss Top Spin. [1]
Alton Towers is building a “highly secretive” new ride which is set to cost £12.5m. The theme park had plans for the new attraction unanimously approved at a meeting with town planners from ...