Gsus Posted July 29, 2006 Posted July 29, 2006 Hey all TPR'ers First off sorry for not uploading these sooner but been busy donng nothing this week as it's my week off! Anywho on with the show..... and what a show i have in store! Okay i stayed at the AT hotel 22n and 24th of July, both being two completely seperate trips. The first with my best mate Emma and the second with my family. Trip 1: This was my first long distance drive and i was really looking forward to it. Set-off to pick Emma up at 11:30 in Winchester (southern England) and arrived at the hotels for 3 having taken a wrong turn at a roundabout accidently on purpose..... Checked in and had a bit of a gander around the hotel. Having been to the hotels before i showed her the sights such as the outdoor chess board, waterpark, evelevators, etc. We hung out in the room for a bit chatting and showered. Dinner was awesome and basically spent most of the night chattin and getting drunk, not to mention an houir in the waterpark squeezed in for good measure. Got up early for the ERT on Nemesis and Air which we managed two rides on each before 9:30. Walked over to Rita and got our front row ride on that before the queue's got too big. The rest of teh day was then taken at our own pace and we did eveything we wanted to at least twice. Trip 2 - the bigger one: Having dropped Emma home Sunday night, i was up again the next morning for the second trip up with the family. Arrived earlier (arouind miday) and spent hours in the waterpark. Met up with my Cousins family and went for dinner at Flambos again (buffet) which again, was awesome. Next day was up again for ERT but i was more interested in picture taking considering i had ridden most things only a day before...........and here are the best ones! Hope you enjoy and sorry for any spelling mistakes becuase i'm in a rush! Gareth Insert rude Rita caption Extremely painful now (especially now i'm 6ft 6"!) Anywho some actual rollercoasters...... and a bit further out speaking of Hex.... so was this This came out really well, it's on the way out from Hex not a great pic but meh, felt this PTR needed more and from far away The towers in the morning....spoilt by one person in the way! Some of the themeing inside Splash landings facade And heres the last! I took way too many shots of the drop, thank god you only get a small percentage erm running out of comments now yeh its G5 pretty easy to guess now can you guess yet? what is it? lovely B&M Goodness Air through the trees Flumeness and the exclusive shot that took me hours to set-up signature shot OOoooo Fleshy cannon
Ork1927 Posted July 29, 2006 Posted July 29, 2006 Cool Photos. Alton Towers twice in three days can't be bad.
tinhead Posted July 29, 2006 Posted July 29, 2006 Very nice photos, good TR too, nice to see some pics of the castle it get over looked in most TR's.
okinawaboy11 Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 Wow, your photos are really really good. Almost professional looking. Great Job!
eggzter Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 Great TR, quick question, what are the queue times like these days, I haven't been here for years and was looking to take my son and niece there before the end of the summer hols, cheers.
Gsus Posted July 30, 2006 Author Posted July 30, 2006 Well surprisingly the queues weren't that bad, the longest queue over the 2 trips was between 35-40mins. It all depends on: a) if you stay in the hotels or have an AP so you get the ERT b) when in the summer hols becuase i think the queues will get longer towards the end as people return from abroad. c) How well you know the park. If you know how to work the park you can skip the major queues. For more info try www.towerstimes.co.uk and www.towersalmanac.co.uk They have calendars witht eh busiest days predicted, up to date trip reports giving an indication to queue lengths and tips on how to tackle the park.
eggzter Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 Thanks Gsus, that is some great info, will certainly check out those web links, thanks again.
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