TS Alton Towers: Opening Weekend 2018

I hate to be the breara of bad news but https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcqtmjbrh#?date=2018-03-13 looking at the met office it supposed to snow on Saturday is there plans to rearrange the meet if this happens should we cancel booking etc

 

Light snow up until 12? This will have a very minimal impact; the park has been open in far worse circumstances. Business as usual, but just a chilly first ride on Wicker Man.

 

The forecast will probably change a bit by Thursday/Friday anyway.

 

No worries i will monitor it closely 200 miles and couple hundred pounds when a lot of rides could be shut registers as madness to me

 

Surely Wickerman will defrost itself with all those flames ;-)

 

Blizzards!

 

Long time no post - unless the weather's really bad, I shall make a token appearance on the Sunday - may well be my only trip to the Towers this year.

 

Ok so its snowing throughout the night minus 4 during the day and possibly more snow. thorpe park is not opening and alton towers refuse to answer anybody whether they will be open as normal with all the rides open. so I'm asking will the park definitely be open with rides and if it is i will see you there

 

I understand all that craig. im just kind of relying on the enthusiasts here as it is a very long journey and I need to be leaving in a few hours 2-3 pm waking up tomorrow in Staffordshire to find everything shut would be quite disastrous

 

Well TLC did say they were prepared to delay opening by 1 week

 

Thorpe have cancelled their AP event on Sunday.
The forecast for KT16 is only slightly worse than it is for ST10; however, Alton have a lot more riding on the weekend than Thorpe do, so would have more to lose. There's literally nothing about in other than social media pages. I wouldn't worry about it tbh. My guess would be that Thorpe aren't properly ready to open and this was an excellent excuse to stall for time.

 

Here at Alton Towers Resort, we can’t wait to welcome guests for the 2018 Theme Park Season.

We intend to open the theme park as planned this weekend, and our hotels are fully open as normal. However, the worsening weather forecast over the last 24 hours – with below zero temperatures, snow and high winds now forecast – mean it’s looking unlikely we’ll be able to operate our rollercoasters this weekend, including Wicker Man, our new thrill attraction. We are currently expecting to open CBeebies Land, Mutiny Bay and Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE as usual.

Looks like all the roller coasters are closed guys

 

Can we rename this the not opening weekend meet?

I might turn up tomorrow, depends on how the roads are. Can't really do Sunday so won't be there unless the weather first thing is OK in which case I'll pop in for an hour or so.

 

Dan, do you know something that we don't regarding the possible opening of rides like Wickerman, or are you just happy to have the meet with no coasters open? Not a trick question