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• Good family fun but very busy

  BusyBeeBakes,

  Nov 13, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  4.00

  We visit every Autumn for the Scarefest experience. It has become a firm family favourite for over ten years. Whilst we always have a good day we have noticed over the years how much the cost of parking and indeed things like bottled water have become very expensive, but you have little choice to pay for these things as you are as they say, 'a captive audience'. This year seemed especially busy with I guess, increased ticket availability. By 4 p.m. most of the refreshment huts had run out of coffee, bottled water, etc. and the staff did tell me they had experienced the same issues in the past few days. Considering the park is opened later during this month, perhaps stock control should be reviewed. Also, there still seems to be issues with the sky ride, after four years of not working. The gates for this attraction, closest to the main entrance seemed to be locked all day on the day of our visit. The parks and gardens were beautiful with all of the autumnal colours very vividly on display, and are always a pleasure to have a wander around. Some additional seating in this area would be a welcome addition too. Overall this remains a great day out for all ages of the family, but I would love some thought given to older members of the family, that may not want a 'white knuckle ride' expereience but appreciate the whole attraction for it's natural beauty and splendour.

• Family and friends weekend was such fun, looking forward to 2026

  Sparrac,

  Nov 12, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  I attended Friday and Saturday for the fireworks. Both days were amazing, food was great as always, staff were efficient, would have been nice for them to interact with guests a little more. Tried to ride wickerman at the end of the night on Friday but it broke down and closed operations just as we were next to board, cannot complain as the breakdowns are fixed as quickly as they can so I have a lot of respect for the engineers! Thoroughly enjoyed my weekend, and look forward to 2026 fireworks!

  

  

• I will come back

  254ang licac,

  Nov 11, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  4.00

  The park is huge and very good. It's so big that buying the fast-track pass was worthwhile because the lines are immense. The rides are mostly fantastic roller coasters. Beautiful gardens. Bring good shoes because you'll be walking a lot. The fireworks display was one of the best I've ever seen.

  

  

  

  

  

• Fireworks - amazing / Breakfast really NOT amazing

  dbrown1983,

  Nov 10, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  3.00

  Stayed for fireworks as pass holders - 2nd year running as the fireworks really are spectacular, resort clean and tidy as usual. Overall a good stay. Negatives - booked over a month before attending, when checking prices for friends a week before we noticed that the same hotel deal was £70 cheaper - so didn’t work out for us booking in advance - breakfast was utter shambles - probably the worst breakfast experience have had anywhere, food quality poor, service very poor - constantly running out of items as replenished small quantities despite queues of people - ran out of eggs or the gas had failed (depending on which member of staff you spoke to determined what version you got) alot of customers visibly unhappy and complaining. Considering was our last experience on the trip put a downer on what was otherwise a great experience

• Firework display with rides which was very good

  Y6279TPloganb,

  Nov 10, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Very good experience the fireworks were amazing had fast passes which made the day well worth it and the park was very well managed with all the people there were had a very great day

• Alton towers fireworks

  69macien,

  Nov 10, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Was an amazing experience, I went on the last day of the season and there fire works was the best I have personally ever seen . Que lines wasn't too bad between 30 -70 mins all day . After the fire works the ques were about 15-30 mins . We arrived mid day and it was a good idea as the whole day there would have been to much .

  

  

  

  

  

• Always love the rides, Alton Towers is ready for more additional thrill rides 🙏

  B5452TPstevenl,

  Nov 10, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  4.00

  Rides are great, long queues on certain rides. Money speaks when it comes to any theme parks. To truly experience Alton Towers buy the Premium Fast track. Its not cheap but you will makes the most of the day 👌 Food and drink prices are steep, just like any other theme parks, but at least you can take food and drunk in to offset the addition cost. I believe Alton Towers should increase the download window time for images as 12 hours isn't long enough. I believe if it were increased to 48 hours it would increase revenue. Alton Towers is maybe ready for a new ride or too to keep the experience alive! It's a shame rides like submission and the enterprise were not relocated on site 🤷‍♂️👌 This year it seems there's more renovation works gone ahead to rides, than new attraction. Toxicator is ok, but it is still Ripsaw at the end of the day. Nemesis Reborn is still Nemesis too 🤷‍♂️ It's a shame they revamped Duel to the The curse of Alton Towers and didn't bring back the guns. Duel was all about getting the highest score in your visiting group, now the ride has no draw to it. Hex revamped is good, but new rides needed. Wickerman was a great addition, please bring in more rides to keep the punters coming 🙏

  

  

  

  

  

• Fireworks!!!

  samanthahY8036XC,

  Nov 10, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Had a lovely day with my family & perfect end the firework display!! Wow!! Absolutely amazing!! Well done Alton towers! It really was next level! & so well organised will definitely be back next year ❤️

• Mixed feelings

  janegZ1082TS,

  Nov 9, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  3.00

  We came for the fireworks and a stay in the Alton Towers Hotel. The fireworks were amazing and staff and security were caring and made sure everyone was safe and had a good experience. However we were disappointed with the hotel....parking was none existent as people who came for the day parked in the hotel spaces. We'd paid a lot of money for the privilege but ended up parking in a no parking area!! The hotel was shabby...corridor carpets so worn they had tape over the holes...mould in the bath itself...a lot of money for a basic stay. We wouldn't stay over again.

• Fireworks spectacular at Alton Towers

  Glenroberts44,

  Nov 9, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  What an amazing day! We got there at park opening and spent the day moving between areas getting on some of the most thrilling rides I’ve been on in years. It was close with Wickerman but Smiler wins the day for me. We were there for the Fireworks celebration with some VIP tickets. The hospitality was first rate, from the friendly staff at the meet and greet, to the top notch food and a wonderful live music performance at dinner. The firework display was something else, possibly the best I have ever seen. A 25 minute spectacular that interlaced fireworks, lights and lasers all to a magical little storyline of the Alton AI learning from each and every customer on the park. Nothing short of amazing!

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