Entry to The Sanctuary and Terror of the Towers is £14. Theme park tickets are available from £36.90 for adults and £32.40 for children. Entry to the waterpark is included and a good night's sleep guaranteed. Thankfully you don't have to book a bed in the Towers to have the fright of your life this Hallowe'en.The resort's Alton Towers and Splash Landings hotels offer overnight breaks with Hallowe'en-themed menus, cocktails, entertainment and pumpkins a plenty. And hurtling at high speed through the woods is without a scary shadow of a doubt extra-exhilarating at night. Queuing up for psychocoaster Th13teen the tension is palpable. The park's picturesque grounds are a pumpkin paradise – while the brooding crows add a distinctly menacing air.īut Scarefest's real trump card is its extended 9pm closing time which give guests a rare opportunity to experience Alton Towers' adrenaline-pumping big rides in the dark. Nemesis, now 10 years old but as popular as ever, reaches G-forces greater than a space shuttle launch while Rita Queen of Speed does 0-61mph in 2.5 seconds – faster than a Porsche 911 Turbo S – it would give many Formula 1 cars a run for their money.Īnd as darkness falls the Towers themselves look suitably spooky swathed in dramatic green and purple hues. The first vertical-drop roller coaster when it opened in 1998, riders plunge 180ft face-first into a simmering black hole. Mess-with-your-mind Smiler, a mass of twisted metal and Alton Towers' number 1 ride, boasts a world-beating 14 loops. Stumbling blindly through the Towers in the dead of night is not for the faint-hearted because you never know who, or what, may be lurking around the corner.
But if you're no ghoul fool there's always the rides to put the fear of God in you. Little Horrors can get their Hallowe'en kicks at Phil and Franklyn's Ghoul School, be scared silly during Skelvin's Spooky Storytime and let their witchy hair down at Patch's Trick or Treat Party with more treats than tricks for young guests.ĭuring Scarefest the distracted undead roam the vast 800 acres estate preying on victims who wander into the Scary Tales and Zombies! Scare zones. So far there've been no reports of zombie-induced nightmares. But bold and brazen 11-year-old Eva and BFF Marnie face their demons and live to tell the tale. Both attractions come with a maximum five pumpkin scare rate and are really recommended for the over 12s. The neighbouring Terror of the Towers, where in 2011 two urban explorers reportedly disappeared, is a violent, strobetastic assault on the senses. Try dodging the demented doctors, supernatural nurses and petrifying medical facility patients as you shuffle single-file through the cavernous corridors of scare maze The Sanctuary. Scarefest runs until November 12 and while the sleepover may be new there are plenty of freakish, old favourites returning for 2014 all guaranteed to give you goosebumps. But with the Saturday night sleepover already fully booked it appears Alton Towers is onto another Hallowe'en winner. Believe it or not there are people crazy enough to pay good money, £280 to be exact, to have a bad night's sleep. Prepare to be petrified and pray for the morning. Without giving the game, or the story, away it's fair to assume there are a fair few twists and turns and you won't rest easy in one of the 50 narrow beds which make up the Towers' demonic dormitory.
And while the bumbling ghostbusters may be good company – with the exception of truly-terrifying apprentice Eric - I fear they are no match for the spirits we summon in a séance staged deep in the bowels of this historic hall - nor the horrors that lie within. And this year the brains behind Scarefest have excelled themselves making a sleepover in the supposedly haunted ruins of this 19th century Gothic-style stately home a Hallowe'en must-do for hardcore horror lovers. The Staffordshire theme park has long embraced All Hallows Eve making it the number one destination for freak fans fascinated with ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night. Instead you'll need courage, guile and nerves of steel if you're planning to check into Alton Towers' hotel of horrors this Hallowe'en. But there's really no need to pack your onesie for this fright overnighter. IT'S the 'Ultimate Sleepover' promise the amateur spook sleuths leading this paranormal mission.
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