Alton Towers

[CHEK]

We're off to Alton Towers for the day tomorrow :goodvibes , Just hope the rain stay's away!! ;)

[The Fetherstons]

Have a great day:thumbsup2

[wideeyes]

have fun,:)

[CHEK]

Have a great day:thumbsup2

Many thanks :thumbsup2 . I'm pretty sure we will, our DD's have never been here, just hope it lives up to their expections (especially after WDW) :lmao:

[jjk]

Have a great time:goodvibes

[Goofysmate]

wishing you all a great day out Karen & weather is good for you :woohoo: :woohoo:

[natalielongstaff]

Hope you have a great time :cool1:

[T16GEM]

Have a great time!

[Snowy-girls]

Hope you have fun today-let us all know how it went.x.

[Belle68]

have a great time.:yay:

[Chilly]

The weather has been nice here, hope it was for you.

[arieljasmine]

Hope you are having a lovely day. The weather is nice here in Lancashire, hope it has stayed nice for you too.

Laur's princess:

[CHEK]

Well were back and had a wonderful sunny day :goodvibes. The park was really quite quiet I think!!, got straight onto most of the rides we wanted to go on, but of course that wasn't the most popular one's as our DD's aren't tall enough yet!. But what they did go on they thoroughly enjoyed. The problem is after going to Disney you just have to compare :stir: , well the designated smoking area......why bother when nobody does it? and nobody say's anything to anyone who's smoking in undesignated areas :confused3, there was one Mother who decided to sit on the play area smoking away whilst all the children were happily playing :eek: . The foul language that people decide to use as everyday language, and not even quietly they have to shout it sooo loud :furious: . And then on the River rapids today the amount of teenagers standing up throughout the ride!, must be because they don't want to get their designer gear wet, but on our way out of the park my youngest DD told me that there was a man on the rapids who was showing his bottom, and do you know what she was right :furious: , how bad is that. :scared1:, just hope he was escorted fromt the park but I bet he wasn't. But apart from that we had a lovely time :thumbsup2

[Danauk]

Glad you had a fab time. DH and I have AP to Alton Towers and a few years ago we did a backstage tour and we spend a good portion of the day with the park managers. I believe several times I referenced examples of how Disney does things to them!! lol Unfortunately the bad language and silly behaviour you see everywhere these days (including Disney parks, Splash Mountain doesn't have the nickname Flash Mountain without a reason!!) Hope it didn't spoil your day too much.

[Belle68]

Im glad to hear you had a great time and the weather was good too, we have had a lovely sunny day in Lincolnshire. As far as the comparing goes :stir: its just so embarracing to be British sometimes isnt it:(

[Haworthfamily]

Hi Karen

We went on Monday, DD had inservice day!
tell me about it the smoking! flipping everywhere.
The cues weren't too bad for us either, we took the twins, who are three months now and a friend to help out.
Air was fab and Rita wow.
but as I walked round I did think I must come on hear and moan about there staff lol - not a patch on Disney CM's.
Sarah X

[CHEK]

Glad you had a fab time. DH and I have AP to Alton Towers and a few years ago we did a backstage tour and we spend a good portion of the day with the park managers. I believe several times I referenced examples of how Disney does things to them!! lol Unfortunately the bad language and silly behaviour you see everywhere these days (including Disney parks, Splash Mountain doesn't have the nickname Flash Mountain without a reason!!) Hope it didn't spoil your day too much.

I never knew Splash Mountain had that nickname :confused3

[CHEK]

Hi Karen

We went on Monday, DD had inservice day!
tell me about it the smoking! flipping everywhere.
The cues weren't too bad for us either, we took the twins, who are three months now and a friend to help out.
Air was fab and Rita wow.
but as I walked round I did think I must come on hear and moan about there staff lol - not a patch on Disney CM's.
Sarah X

Totally agree with you Sarah ::yes:: , the smoking was dreadful, I think they need a few big burley security men walking around the park :)

[Danauk]

I never knew Splash Mountain had that nickname :confused3

There is a section on it in the Unofficial Guide to Disneyland!!

[Snowy-girls]

Glad you had a great time,apart from a few hic-ups.Any pics?.x.

[CHEK]

Glad you had a great time,apart from a few hic-ups.Any pics?.x.

Took loads of pics, I'll try and post some tomorrow ;)

[Snowy-girls]

Took loads of pics, I'll try and post some tomorrow ;)

Look forward to them:thumbsup2 .x.

[Strommie]

Looking forward to seeing the pics. I haven't been to Alton Towers for years.

[CHEK]

Here's a few pics from yesterday :goodvibes
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u207/CHEK_photo/schoolholsandferraridrive139.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u207/CHEK_photo/schoolholsandferraridrive120.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u207/CHEK_photo/schoolholsandferraridrive109.jpg

[natalielongstaff]

Oooh hot donuts !! yum :thumbsup2

Great pictures, shame about the smoking though :smokin:

[CHEK]

Oooh hot donuts !! yum :thumbsup2

Great pictures, shame about the smoking though :smokin:

Ooooh they were lovely....., but a few too many calories, hey but we did walk miles ::yes:: , ok maybe not but it did seem like it;) . All I can say now though is roll on Feb :thumbsup2

[Snowy-girls]

Great pics:thumbsup2 .Oooh i love hot doughnuts.x.

[jjk]

Great photos:thumbsup2
My youngest DS loved the Pirate Boats at Munity bay,just one slight problem with that it was snowing when we went we ende up spending a fortune in the hot air driers:rotfl:

[Chilly]

Lovely photos, I agree, hot donuts are the best!