Scarefest 2025

[Craig]

Scarefest 2024 saw the return of Scarefest stalwarts The Attic, Altonville Mine Tours and family favourite Trick O’Treat Town. Elsewhere, Daz Games: Panic Reloaded returned for a second year, as did the walkthrough scare zone Burial Grounds.

We did see two brand new attractions, with the Mexican themed Amigos in The Afterlife featuring in the former Alton Towers Dungeon building, and the Phalanx themed COMPOUND being located in a new area and building constructed between Gloomy Wood and Forbidden Valley.

For entertainment, we saw the return of the Alton Ancestors and the stage shows on the lawns, as well as two additional new costume characters.

Last year saw planning permission granted for an additional building, similar to that used for COMPOUND over by Dark Forest, where Darkest Depths was previously located. It’s thought this will be utilised for a maze in 2025.

There was a lot of discussion here on TowersStreet that people would like to see some substantial changes for 2025 and that people felt the event had gotten a little stale. What changes would you like to see for this year? Have any attractions outstayed their welcome? What would you like to see return?

 

[Ash]

1) Daz Games removed
2) Dark Forest maze building utilised for Wraith themed maze
3) New maze building added to MMM area behind Nickelodeon (Amigos relocation)
4) Old Nickelodeon building re-used for Trick or Treat Town
5) New maze building added behind Curse

Lineup for 2025:
New: The Woods (Thrill)
New: Alton Manor Conservatory (Family/Thrill)
New: Spooky Gardens light walk (All - Retained for Xmas)
Existing: The Attic
Existing: Burial Grounds
Existing: Compound
Existing: Trick or Treat
Existing: Amigos
Existing: CBeebies Monsters Ball

Shows:
New: DJ added to the courtyard/tavern area
Existing: Main Stage Alton Ancestors
Existing: Main Stage Halloween Characters
Existing: Main Stage Dance act
Existing: Main Stage Jukebox Show

Food & Drink/Hospitality:
Hospitality tent opened up for Family VIP offering with food/drink included like Fireworks
Towers Suite/Family Restaurant opened up for adult VIP offering

Removed: Altonville Mines

2026:
Changes:
New: Maze structure added below Oblivion Queue for new Smiler themed attraction
Removed: The Attic (Time to give the towers a break)

New: Nightime “spooky” guided towers tours where all guests carry torches, similar to current tours but with ghost stories etc

New: Projection mapped night time show on the towers with permanent projector infrastructure added. Permanent water screen added to lake

2027:
New: maze structure added to access road by KC

Other: The lawns changed to semi hard standing.
Planning for new indoor show space on former MMM area.

Reasonable changes with long term planning in mind.

 

[Zeock]

I hope that the Amigos attraction is replaced, as that seemed quite unpopular last year.
I would like a new maze to properly replace Darkest Depths by being slightly tamer than the others.
I would also like AVMT to be replaced, but The Attic and especially Compound should stay.