LiamC

It is precisely the same - Mack Free Flow Boat Rides Free Flow It uses layout number two.

Couldn't see a topic for this so thought id open one. Alton Towers new(ish) area opended to the public on Saturday, called Mutiny Bay its themed around Pirates. It is a re theme of the old Merrie England area of the park. Two new rides have been added whilst one has been re themed. The first is a Splash Battle called "Battle Galleons". Riders board a pirate ship 8 at a time and negotiate a meandering course shooting at various targets which then proceed to set of various water features. There are also various water guns set along the queue line and at other points around the ride and this creates great interactivity between the spectators and riders. The ride is excellently themed and will be a good asset to the park. However, I feel that it is more of an end of day ride or summer ride, rather than riding it on a cold Saturday in March, but its excellent non the less. Next up is "Marauders Mayhem", which is the re themed Tea cups of past seasons. Although the ride experience is nothing different to what it was during seasons gone by, the re theme looks excellent. Ride cars are themed around barrels of gunpowder, with barrels in the middle of the ride itself. Overall it looks very impressive and utilizes smoke and lighting effects very well. A much better version of the Tea Cups than the previous version. Also to be added to the area is a Rocking Tug ride called "Heave Ho" However this hasn't been built yet and is expected to be opened on Thursday of this week. However it does look good having been themed around a pirate ship. Overall, the area looks very impressive and has been themed excellently. Easily the best theming work done in the park for the last 7-8 years. This new area will be an asset to the park and if this is what Merlin Entertainments, the new owners of the park, can come up with on their first attempt, then i have high hopes for the future Pictures here - Mutiny Bay

Yep they do, and Towers aswell. Infact, this weekend i was there, and there was a minor one in Ug Land resulting in the Ug Swingers going down and Rita aswell for a short while. On the topic of parkwide power cuts, the last major one at Towers was last year if i recall, when Towers and Alton village went down aswell. I was about to board the Skyride when it happened, quite glad i didn't now!

This ride looks imense. Again, European parks are putting U.K and particually Tussauds rides to shame themeing and layout wise. The thing is, with parks in the U.K the empthasis on most rides seem to be with the layout itself and very little left to theming. Sure, they have stabs at it, but alot of the time, they dont pull it off sucessfully. Sorry for the rant, ill be quite now, but this ride looks fantastic and they've done a brilliant job on it.

Thank god for that, a local!!!!!! Liam

Trust me, thats bloody hot for us brits!!!! And alton do have a thing about trying to bleed every single penny out of you, which explains why they probably wouldnt let them fill the bottles up! But on the runaway mine train incident, this is very serious news for Alton, and they really dont need the bad press at the moment!!! Liam

Probably Rita in the opening week, 2+ hours! Liam

Hey hey hey, im liam! Im 16 and curently residing in the UK near nottingham! Im an avid theme park fan and i enjoy probably alton towers the most, pureley becuase its pretty central to me and has top notch attractions. I am a member of two alton towers forums, coasterforce, and now this site. Im a keen rugby player. Thats like american football, just, well, better I look forward to speaking to you all! Liam