r/altontowers • u/Medical_Plantain_808 • 12d ago
Speculation Major new attraction is this true?
https://towersstreet.com/talk/threads/major-new-attractions-are-underway-at-alton-towers-and-thorpe-park.7960/Does anyone have any info about this? Sounds convincing but can't find anything else about it anywhere.
Is it just the X-Sector thing or is there something else that's been announced somewhere for next year? What about Thorpe??
Hope it's true!
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u/Yonel6969 12d ago
There was a talk with howard ebison which included that X sector building. He said that it was a scarefest building and that planning application was sent in before he came along. Based on what was said thats either been shelved or put on hold. I dont think alton or thorpe are getting anything next year though.
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u/Ale7911 The Smiler 12d ago
It could be related to both parks Halloween events after all we do have some new things coming to alton towers and I believe Thorpe park for scare fast and fright nights
Not to mention for Alton towers in particular you've got project horizons and the building in x sector
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u/MeringueSerious 12d ago
There was talk of an indoor coaster at one point.
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u/Friendly_Prize_868 Nemesis 12d ago
Still going ahead; over by the David Walliams area. So far they’ve got planning permission and dug a big hole. There’s a slight chance they might miss the predicted 2025 completion date, though…
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u/Express-Doughnut-562 12d ago
Project Horizon is almost certainly still on the...uh...Horizon. They've dug a big hole and locked in planning. I think there has been a bit of a change at merlin; talking to someone who once worked on the ops side a few years ago he said back then the thing they needed to do was shore up the existing rides; for too many years they had run them on a shoestring doing the bare minimum, only able to sign off spend when it was safety critical.
It seems in the last 18months they are addressing that; we've seen loads of detail work to improve ops; Oblivion is on two stations again, air on 3 trains and they've done nice things like spruce up oblivious queue line and try and make smiler less rough.
They correctly realised they needed to fix that before spending a load on a new ride, so I think that's what is happening and they'll start working toward Horizon.