Alton Towers FearFest

www.hauntedattractions.co.uk have revealed the following about Alton Towers grand plans for Halloween 2007! Thanks to marky.com at TTF for bringing this to light.

"There has been a lot of speculation recently, but Haunted Attractions UK can exclusively reveal the amazing plans that the Alton Towers Resort has for the Halloween season.

Running for 3 weeks starting from 13th October, we will see new and improved Halloween activities across the whole resort. There are many ideas in the pipeline but the following attractions have all been approved and are currently being designed:

Terror of the Towers

The gothic ruins of the Towers themselves will once again ring with the screams of terrified guests as Terror of the Towers returns after a 3 year absence. There is no news yet whether this is a new version of the attraction or a return of the fantastic Bloodfeast Banquet of 2003.

Haunted Hollow - Live

Opening in March, the Haunted Hollow is an interactive walkthrough featuring spooky statues, a haunted graveyard, a crypt and some ghostly special effects. Although this has already been announced and is suitable for the whole family, the haunted hollow will go “live” during Halloween where the addition of extra effects and some lively actors will crank up the scare factor.

Unnamed Haunted Attraction

The resort has committed to include another major walkthrough attraction within the park and at the moment, locations and themes are still being worked on. As soon as we have more information then we will post it here.

Various Children’s attractions

As the mazes will all be aimed at a teenager/adult audience, the resort also hopes to entertain its smaller guests with their own haunted attractions possibly including two different children’s mazes and other interactive attractions.

Park Wide Atmosphere

Halloween will be celebrated around the park itself with Towers Street especially decorated for the occasion, as well as some possible re-theming of some of the big rides. Each night at the event is excepted to finish with a lakeside finale which could included water, fire and laser effects (to be confirmed).

The theme park is not the only one going over the top for Halloween. There will be special events held at the resort hotels which although primarily designed for hotel guests will be available to non-residents for a small extra fee.

Room 13 at the Alton Towers Hotel

Following the tremendous success of last years maze (click here for 2006 review and click here for 2006 "Behind the Scenes" article), the Alton towers Hotel will be holding an all new Room 13 event. Instead of utilising the old Terror of the Towers sets and props, Room 13 will be a brand new design, set and infrastructure, featuring a whole new level of terrifying fun.

Haunted Cornfield at the Alton Towers Hotel

Work has started on planting a two acre field full of corn to be used as a Halloween haunted maze. Ideas and themes are being worked on at the moment but it is believed that a “homage” to George A Romero’s classic “Night of the Living Dead” is currently planned.

Of course Halloween is a long way off yet, and things are liable to change but at the moment all the attractions above are expected to be at least the minimum the park will receive. If this year proves successful then, we can expect the event to grow each year with new attractions and shows added. This is fantastic news for lovers of all things scary as well as a great chance for Alton Towers to host a world class seasonal event and boost attendance to the park during a quiet time of year.

Over the upcoming months, we plan to bring you more information on the event as it is finalised and cover some of the preparations along the way. Of course, we will also post full detailed reviews of the attractions once we have visited them.