Article: VOICE OF SCOTLAND THEME PARK IS TAKING US FOR A COSTLY RIDE.(Features)

AT Easter I took my family to Alton Towers, which we are now convinced should be re-named rip-off valley.

Knowing it was the holiday weekend we set off at 6am to get there for opening, but still had to queue for one and a half hours and paid pounds 56 for a family ticket. We believed that queuing would be minimal after reading about their virtual queuing system.

For our entrance fee we managed only five rides - hardly great value for money. Total queuing time was six hours. Maybe the advertising should be changed from Alton Towers, where the magic never ...

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