Alton Towers Vlog September 2021 

When ever I see Alton towers, I get a weird euphoric vibe, almost unusual. There is something about this park which makes it so special.

I already belong to the smiler the smiler soundtrack lives rent free in my head

I’ve just came back from a 2 day trip, stayed in the Alton towers hotel, it was amazing!! Did all big 7 twice. And numerous other rides. The queues weren’t that bad. It was the best ever trip I’ve had to Alton towers!

7:20 that scream I’m howling😭😭

Nemesis still my favourite, everything they've installed since just doesn't compete!

Favourite line that i ever heard from alton towers....."one more time choo choo !"

I love alton towers, I always have happy memories there. Can't wait to go back summer time 2022!

It was roaring around with the same intensity as ever when we were there almost two weeks ago, although not quite as smooth as it was in earlier years. That bottom 270 helix is still the best helix I know from coasters I’ve experienced so far and it still brings the same euphoria it always did. Cannot wait to see what they do to preserve it in the next few years!

I remember when I went to Alton towers with family earlier this year. We stayed overnight for a couple of nights and it was just amazing. Would have to say the smiler is my favourite! Was definitely worth the long queue! Love the vids!

Since my visit got booked I haven’t stopped watching these! :D

Thanks Shawn, this has been so useful for when we go early October! Fingers crossed you and Charlotte may be there when we come for us to say thanks. Alton Towers used to be our local park but we haven't visited in 20 years! You've inspired us to come back home and visit, travelling all the way from Devon.

You can tell how much he loves nemesis because he spends like 5 mins max explaining all the ride but nemesis he takes like 30 mins to describe 🤣Nemmy will always be my fav no matter what

I can't believe I missed you again! I was going to alton towers the friday after with my family hoping one day i would see you! keep up the great work Shawn!

So glad you're really starting to enjoy the smiler! It's my favourite ride in the UK and it's riding better than ever these last couple of years #youbelongtothesmiler

One of my favourite theme park worldwide vlogs

When I first went on Nemesis not long after it opened. I had to wait 4 hours and 15mins to ride it. Years later I was able to walk right onto it and ride it 4 times while I was there.

Fantastic vlog Shawn. I’ve always loved AT especially the gardens as they have always been stunning. Nemesis is without doubt one of my favourite coasters and I cannot believe it has been standing since 1994. I had my first ride on it in 1995 and I was hooked. Love the runaway mine train ride too one of my favourites. Nice one Shawn👍

We went yesterday and had the BEST visit I’ve ever had. I’ve been about to Alton Towers about ten or so times over the last 27 years and yesterday was by far the best experience. 21 goes on 12 different rides. 3 on the smiler on the bounce mid afternoon. Nemesis twice in the morning and twice at about 5pm. September weekday is THE time to go. Thanks TPWW!!

Going this Sunday with my best friend but I don’t like big busy places and a bit scared of rides I hope its good :)

Went on nemesis around 3 weeks ago and the girl did me proud Amazing ride

LETS GOOOO ALTON TOWERS VLOGGGGG!!!!! Lovely to see you back at this great park!!

I’m going to Alton towers next week very excited I’m going in scarcest so very excited

You got me into thrill rides thanks and keep up the good work👍👍👍

I seen you at the park on the 8th September, I finally got round to riding everything, absolutely love nemesis and the smiler, would of said hello but you was in the middle of a conversation with someone so didn't want to disturb you, anyway love the vlogs!!!!

We went today for the first time this year. Nemesis riding beautifully, Galactica much improved. But I'm shocked how rough Wicker Man has become in the last 12 months!!! We last rode it last scare fest and it seemed much better then! Also, Spinball Whizzer is only allowing 2 people per car (we saw 1x with 3 very small children in).... Is this a weight restriction diet to the age of the coaster and the fatigue caused by years of this coater track supports rocking in places? I'm an engineer and very interested! 😁🙏

Watching this ahead of visiting Alton Towers for the first time ever in March. Thanks for uploading these I can’t wait 😍

Now That's Great News. Alton Towers Is Back. Thanks Mate. X

Absolutely loved Gangsta Granny … had a lovely plush traditional but high quality dark ride feel, lovely sound and visuals and clear storytelling and very clever use of space in the show building with the vehicles rotating through different scenes. The rest of the area still feels a little light on investment but a big shout out to the staff and performers … top notch always in character.

It was great to meet you in person and my wife loved her first ever visit to alton towers. Meeting you was the icing on the day.

I don't remember the monorail taking so long to load and unload, it's a shame. They could do with overhauling it.

This is one of the best Alton Tower vlogs to see all round the park and the rides and attractions, love your videos, keep up the good work. "Theme Park Worldwide on RU-vid!!!"

Yes! This is the park I really wanted to see you go to again! 😁😁

Although I love the European park vlogs, you can not miss a classic towers vlog

Single Rider queue on The Smiler is an absolute lifesaver!

As a late bloomer to roller coasters at the tender age of 36 I am going to Alton Towers for my first ever visit on October 9th! Absolutely cannot wait! 🎢

Those inversions on nemesis are so fast 💨

I’d love to go on the smiler. my number 1 bucket list coaster in the world. it just looks amazing

That kid on galactica was like 😐😧😄"I SAW YOUR RU-vid" Lmao

YAY! A new alton towers vlog!!!

Altom towers will never get old

Such a shame that the rapids have been wound down so much these day. Assume it's because of a few unfortunate incidents around the world over the years where people have fallen out (usually because they haven't obeyed the rules and have stood up though!) Reckon that they should install restraints and really crank everything up to 11 😀

Yoo!! Love the Alton towers vlogs! It’s my favourite!!

Going to need some more of those top tips - never knew that you could refill your water for free!!

Good To see the Alton towers vlogs back!

Thank you for this vlog,I’m going on Thursday to Saturday.Staying over in the hotel can’t wait:) this vlog has made me even more excited

I never have clicked on a video so fast! Wearing my over-sized tpw hoodie ready to watch my favourite person ever!! 🖤💛

I concur, nemesis was riding really well yesterday. Got on front row, back row and middle. Back row is super intense!

Good job on the Alton Towers Resort on a quiet September weekday to get back on plenty of different rides! In this vlog I experience, keep the god work up and good luck mo the European road trip, I cant wait for the vlogs this time . on it, big thumbs up to you/

when the smiler soundtrack is loud and your trying to take a shit now, you can hear halfway, the trains above and now HA HA HA screaming in your face...... delightful

Love your Alton towers video there amazing

Going on Monday and Tuesday! I’m so excited 🤩

I was literally there for the first time today! Had an amazing day and am struggling to choose between nemesis and the smiler for my favourite at the park

Made my first ever trip to Alton Towers on Monday and Tuesday this week and it was a blast. Even if you forget about the absoloutely top tier coasters you've still got a park with such a wonderful atmosphere and some brilliant staff. It still amazes me how they have so many restrictions with what they can build and where yet they manage to absoloute blow every other park in the UK out of the water in near enough every aspect. I'm planning a second trip to Alton Towers in October so I can also enjoy the scare mazes and night rides.

Great vlog shawn cant wait for euro road trip

I’m coming to Alton towers in November, can’t wait! 🥳

oooooh im going there on the 28th of october i cant wait to do all the scare mazes Great vlog btw!

So nice seeing duel

Rita is my favourite ride at Alton Towers and its very clear that the GP love it too.

I'm going there tommorow (tommorow being Monday, 4th October 2021). My first time going and I'm excited!

Nothing beats nemesis, also love to know what’s going to happen to all those flat rides

Hey theme park world wide! You are my fav RU-vidr and I’m getting a theme park theme birthday on Monday! :)

Alton Towers yesterday for the first time since about 2014. My partners first time since she was little, both had such a good time. Nemesis still my favourite ride, but my first time riding Wicker Man and The Smiler. Both were amazing IMO.

I have to say Wicker Man, The Smiler and Thir13een are all great rides but i think Wicker Man is my favourite with the atmosphere and soundtrack

Going early in October can’t wait. Great off ride footage. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Off to Alton Towers on the 2nd November, really looking forward to getting back there and I can't wait 👍

I’m going tomorrow. I love the place and I can’t wait to do the big six + wicker man and spinball

The gardens look so pretty, I really hope we have time to have a stroll round the gardens when we go in September.

As you say the app is brilliant and always updated I like the water stations too that saves you a fair bit of money

Yes. I love the vlogs for rides

I am going to America but the time I went to Alton towers was the BEST

i had a back row ride on nemi yesterday... AMAZING. Super smooth super whippy. What a coaste!

Hi Sean. Like you said Nemesis is one of the best rides in the Uk if not the best. Really sad that it is closed but hopefully will come back with its retract better then ever. I’m going to talk you through my first ever day at a major theme park and indeed it was Alton towers. We arrived at Alton towers at 9.15 so that we could get to the park early. I remember walking down to forbidden Valley using your advice and queueing up for a 0 minute wait for Galactica. We started queueing for that at around 9.50 but still a very short queue. At 10:15 Galactica was still closed so we decided to walk to Nemesis At Nemesis I was so nervous. I had never been on a big coaster before. Again I used your advice to queue up for a extra 5 minutes with my uncle so that we could get the front row. We went on Nemesis and from that day (1st May 2022) I am a absolute enthusiast to rollercoaster. I fell in love with that ride instantly. After Nemesis. We went on to do Galactica and that was decent. A nice smooth ride. Then we went over to Katanga Canyon and rid the river rapids. That ride was pretty boring as it wasn’t getting me and my uncle that wet. But we did have a nice chat about Nemesis. Then we did the runaway mine train and that was j by bring compared to Nemesis but it was a nice calm ride. Then we headed over to X-Sector. First we headed on Oblivion and waiting around 30 minutes. This is the ride which I’m most nervous for to this day. It’s still a good ride but I just get nervous for it every time. Then I did the Smiler. At this time I was 10 years old and on that day I was so nervous. I was deciding whether to go on it just before the entrance of the queue but my Uncle pushed me into the queue so I kind of had to ride it. When I was on it I really enjoyed it. We waited around 50 mins. Throat soundtrack gets stuck in my head and it’s really annoying 😂. Then we walked over to Dark Forest and made our first mistake. We decided to eat at a restaurant called Woodcutters Bar and grill. The food was amazing dont get me wrong but it wasted around 45 mins of our 8 hour day. Well after food we wanted a calm ride so instead of doing Rita and Th13teen straight away we went to Duel. I beat my uncle and I got 52,700 score and my uncle got 39,100. Then it was around 14.30 and we headed over to Spinball Whizzer with around 3 hours and 30 minutes left of our day. This was our longest queue all day. It was 1 hour and advertised 20 minutes. AT 14.40 it was 1 hour. I really don’t know how that happened (WAIT YOUR GIVING FAKE ADVICE). Anyway our ride was a good one. Then we were on our way back to Dark Forest and we went past Hex at around 15.45. Walk on queue and got off around 16.00. That ride is so underrated. After all the over rides we did we finally wanted to do Th13teen and Rita. We went on Th13teen first. I never knew a drop was there because it was my first time riding. That part scared me. Still was a great ride. Waited around 25 mins. Then we went on Rita. The launch was just incredible and the speed all the way round was great. It was really smooth on the day I went (1st May 2022) but on my recent 3 dates which I’ve went (16th June 2022, 16th October 2022 and 5th April 2023) it has been really rough since after the launch. The launch though has been amazing every time. We waited 40 minutes. Time was around 5.20. We had 40 minutes of our day left. Since we had basically one ride left of the day, we had a big discussion and said ‘do we want to Nemesis again or have a go on Wickerman’. We decided on Nemesis again since it was advertised a 0 minute queue so we thought we might have time for both. We got to Nemesis and we had been queueing for around 5 mins and we were just outside the station when… THE RIDE HAD BROKE DOWN AT 5:30. It became 5.45 and the ride opened again. We got on at around 5.50. We got off with 5 minutes to get to Wickerman… WE RAN A 16 MINUTE IN WALK IN 2 MINUTES AND GOT TO WICKERMAN AT 5.58. We were so happy as since we were in the Wickerman queue before 6 we got to ride. My favourite ride of that day has to be the second Time on Nemesis. Thanks a lot Sean for reading this )if you do) and Keep up all the good content By Jack, A 11 year old boy

Enjoy these TPW. I love this place, I'd love to go again next year. Anyone else

yay alton towers cant wait to watch

Lovely to meet you yesterday Shawn! Great to chat about your Newcastle vlogs! Have a mint time away! 😁

Great video! I love your content and I love your theme park vlogs, and I espically love your Alton Towers vlogs, they always make me smile!!

Shaun i just saw a TikTok of a Britain’s got talent show and it looked like u was there when when they zoomed the camera angle on you was it actually you?

Seems so fun going in a week

I love Alton towers ❤

I was here on 6th Sep and the 7th and I stayed over night for the my 1st time and it's my 1st time to go to Alton towers for my 1st time and all the rides are great and everyone was nice and helpful and this park is my number one in the UK and I hope I will come back here in 2022

Love Alton towers and I would love to come in 2022

I’m going to Alton towers in a week (next Friday) and every time I always hope I see you tubers like you there 😂 love the videos man

I work here and the full time watching I'm just being like AM I THERE XD. like imagine u see little old me walking through park to my shift. I would die lmao

Went last Friday, pretty slick operations and a quiet park. Got on everything. Thought Rita and Nemesis were running well, really flying and smoother than last year. Worth a day off work. I maybe over 50 but a kid at heart 😉

not the kids on Galactica recognising u 😂

Good to see and briefly speak to you at Towers on the 16th mate.. keep up the good work. Queues weren’t bad at all

That score was more than what you said 😄

booked for tommorow what a shame its saying it packed but hope i can get a good few rides in

I think Galactica is getting more intense!

Hello there, a great video, thank you for sharing your thoughts, experience and perspective, it's much appreciated. Cheers Peter :-) p.s. some decent and great off-ride shots throughout.

Best I’ve done is 38,000 on Duel :( But it’s hard so I feel it’s valid 😂

We were there 16th and 17th. Did all the major rides 3 times each day. Head was a bit battered, but got the most out of every single second. Fabulous 2 days. Can't wait until next September...gona do it all again. Live too far away to do it more often.

Hi Shawn when I went to Alton towers in July the nemesis was riding fantastic it is still my best rollercoaster

A quiet park, but what looked like a record number of people doing weird dances and waving in the background 😂 Obviously all very excited to be featured on TPW.

Great video Shawn. I really really love Alton Towers. Went to Thorpe Park last week and it just doesn’t compare at all. Sad I don’t live closer. I’d love a whole video of ‘Shawn’s Top Tips’! 😄

i love watching ur videos with a joint, so informative and interesting

I’d love to go on The smiler but I’m not the best on going on roller coasters cause I hate Heights but I’m going to face my fears when I next go . Anyway I’m going there on October 8th hopefully I’ll see you and Charlotte there😄👍

I haven’t ridden wicker man, but the logical thing they should possibly do is maybe split the pre show into 2 separate show buildings, one where it is now, and another before it at some point in the que, so the run time is halved and allows the que to flow at certain points

I went on run away mine train at the end of the day one time and I got to go around 5 times!

My gosh i live litterally 20 minutes away yet ive not been in about 10 years!!