Alastair said:Dungeons master said:I hate standing up on that Alton towers bus and hate leaving a hour before all the staff get on. They really do need to add extra busses like over school holidays, last thing what family's want to do at the end of the day is to stand up on the bus. Out if curiosity how much is a taxi from stoke to the park?
About £40 from Stoke, half that from Uttoxeter. Isn't the Alton Towers bus stopping as of the start of this season anyway? Leaving only the 32A as a means of getting to the park from Uttox.
Well, by the looks of things it's now non-existent unless you use the 32A by First...Plastic Person said:I just think they need to improve the bus service from Uttoxeter to the park, as well as promoting it more. It's not terrible as it is though.
Dan! said:Alastair said:Dungeons master said:I hate standing up on that Alton towers bus and hate leaving a hour before all the staff get on. They really do need to add extra busses like over school holidays, last thing what family's want to do at the end of the day is to stand up on the bus. Out if curiosity how much is a taxi from stoke to the park?
About £40 from Stoke, half that from Uttoxeter. Isn't the Alton Towers bus stopping as of the start of this season anyway? Leaving only the 32A as a means of getting to the park from Uttox.
£40 from stoke by taxi? Mmm whoever is charging that is ripping people off! Taxis from stoke are about £25 they have big sign on taxi rank with the price to towers!
air_head said:Dan! said:Alastair said:Dungeons master said:I hate standing up on that Alton towers bus and hate leaving a hour before all the staff get on. They really do need to add extra busses like over school holidays, last thing what family's want to do at the end of the day is to stand up on the bus. Out if curiosity how much is a taxi from stoke to the park?
About £40 from Stoke, half that from Uttoxeter. Isn't the Alton Towers bus stopping as of the start of this season anyway? Leaving only the 32A as a means of getting to the park from Uttox.
£40 from stoke by taxi? Mmm whoever is charging that is ripping people off! Taxis from stoke are about £25 they have big sign on taxi rank with the price to towers!
Actually the sign has been taken down, it now simply says 'Alton Towers'.
The cheapest taxi company from Stoke Station is City Cabs, 01782 844444, who charge £18 for a normal taxi. I worked at Stoke Station until recently; if customers asked for a taxi I'd always call City Cabs instead of pointing them towards the taxi rank. They'd charge whatever they like depending on the customer - hence why they removed the set price sign!
AshleeKel said:The bus service, particularly on a Sunday, needs to be sorted ASAP. I had no way of getting to Uttoxeter in time to get the train back, so had to get a taxi to Stoke which cost me £30. I got there literally just in time.
I know I wasn't the only person at Towers yesterday that got screwed over by them stopping their own bus service, as even staff had no idea what was going on. Were The Smiler to have opened this weekend, the lack of buses would have been a major disaster for the park. They need to reinstate the buses by May at the latest, or else customer satisfaction will take a drastic hit.