Alton Towers, Behind the Scenes
You can probably tell from some of my previous blog entries that I’m quite a regular visitor at Alton Towers, being a theme park junkie and all. This morning I got an email from the towers advertising the first three long awaited “behind the scenes” tours.
On 22nd July, Andy and I will be arriving at the park for 8 in the morning…it’s going to be an early start, but worth it in the end we hope. On arrival we join some of the technical teams preparing the rides for the day ahead, running the various daily checks and so on. Then we continue to one of my favourite attractions, Hex, to see exactly how it works. It’s then up the old flag tower for a stunning view of the surrounding countryside. All this in just the first part of the day!
We then get the rest of the day free to enjoy the park, with a priority pass for some rides I believe. At the end of the day we get a quick bite , the tour group meet up again and it’s off to see what happens at night, how the attractions are closed up for the night and so on. I also understand there will be an opportunity to look over some of the park archive material.
It really does sound like an interesting day and we’re both looking forward to it. It will indeed be a long day, on the park for 12 hours, with nearly two hours worth of driving at the start and end of the day. Hopefully it should be a great day though, and we’re hoping to take along some cameras, so keep an eye out for some rather rare photography… 
Darren Straight said,
June 27, 2006 @ 19:47
Hey I saw this on the Alton Towers site, do you have an email you could forward to with more information on it, I really would like to do this and as of yet havent heard anything from an email I sent to Alton Towers about it.
Thanks,
Darren
musicalmidget said,
June 27, 2006 @ 22:04
Unfortunately, I believe that the three tour dates have now sold out, although I may be wrong about that.
If you send an email to behindthescenestour@alton-towers.com to register your interest, you will be added to the mailing list and informed about any future tours as soon as they are announced.
Darren Straight said,
July 1, 2006 @ 12:01
Thanks I already did that a while back!
Musicalmidget’s Blog » Blog Archive » Behind the Scenes Tour, Alton Towers said,
July 23, 2006 @ 17:31
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