I find that very hard to believe that. They would surely be more concerned that this week is half term in Leicestershire, around an hours drive from Towers, than Scotland (4 and a half hour driver from Glasgow, hardly a day trip)!
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"Scottish Half term" is how the staff refer to the first week of the Scarefest during term time and not to be taken literally
You can see the booking calendar for the annual pass offer for 2017 below. It shows available dates and those greyed out are similar to the closed dates this year, plus June.
http://www.altontowersholidays.com/merlin-holiday-club.html
If you take those dates literally, it looks like there be no fireworks on the Sunday either