Alton Towers Opening Day 2025
Alton Towers Opening Day - Saturday 15th March On Saturday, 15th March, I spent over 12 hours at Alton Towers for their opening day. We arrived around 7:45 AM—early, yes—but given it was a sold-out opening day featuring a highly anticipated new flat ride, the group I was with wanted to secure a good spot in the queue at the entrance. I arrived first, noticing the toilets in the front plaza weren't open yet—not ideal for those who'd driven far. Around 8:15, security began preparing their bag-check stations, so we felt hopeful we'd chosen a good queue. But at 8:30, we saw only four security guards having a briefing, despite there being six stations. At about 8:40, with still no guard at our queue, I asked and was assured one would arrive at 9. Thankfully, they began checking bags slightly earlier, around 8:45, but due to understaffing, some visitors started jumping the flower beds to skip queues. Eventually, at 9 AM, they finally let us into the park—hooray! Our first ...