Which Alton Towers Hotel IS Better? - Alton Towers Hotel OR Splash Landings? 

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I love when Gabby and Casper, join you. They're both so lovely!!

Gabby is so chatty and fun, and Caspar is such a smiley cutie, that your family vacations are really entertaining to watch.❤

I never understand why British theme parks don't take advantage of the lighter nights and stay open later (same with the waterpark!)

Just looking back on the video wow yes the first hotel needs a DEEP clean in our room!

Casper is going to have so much fun watching these videos when he gets older! Appreciate the effort and time you must have put in to produce a high quality video of this length!

Alton Towers holds special memories for me. My husband proposed to me at the top of the towers, we’re still happily married 30 years later. Good to watch this video and relive my youth! 😊

Fun fact about Alton Towers, The Rides are not allowed to spoil the sky line of the country side hence why many of the roller coasters are built below surface level in pits and travel underground alot more than other theme parks.

One of the few content creaters that truly commits and delivers new exciting content - appreciate the time you take especially with a small child to raise.

What I like about your videos Tim is you really make us feel like part of your family and on holiday with you x

Very nice. Gabby makes it a richer experience.

I love how you let her struggle through the restaurant door with the pushchair, what a gent! 🤣

I'm 56, but this made me feel like a kid again! Thank you Tim and the fam! 🤗

I believe the reason a lot of the teenagers on school trips chose to go into CBeebies land is simply because the queues to everything else are hours long so a-lot of them think it’s how to get the most rides in. Not to mention the nostalgia factor that most people are able to experience.

Love seeing your family with you. Seeing Casper smiling at different times is so priceless 😊 Gabby enjoyed herself! This would be a cool place to visit!

Caspers face going around the rides, he’s so sweet!! Bless him 💕

I last went to Alton Towers in 1984, just after the Black Hole ride had opened. The queues for Black Hole were so massive I never got near it all day. It seems to have changed a huge amount since then.

These edits and the content are somehow continuously getting better and better. Absolutely outstanding and impressive. Well done Tim.

Casper is absolutely adorable!!! He’s so happy and so smiley all the time. He’s the sweetest little guy!!!

Oh gosh 😮 I'm surprised they let that room out in that state in the first hotel. I used to be a Room attendant years ago and there used to be a housekeeper that checked the rooms after the attendants serviced them, so if they were not serviced correctly then they would be asked to correct the areas they missed. I wonder if the attendant on this room was a ' Self checker' and as such doesn't have to worry about a housekeeper checking it after they have serviced it. Also we used to do a 'Spring clean' on one room everyday so everything was turned upside down and taken out including curtains and nets and mattresses and replaced with all clean replacements. That carpet definitely has not been hoovered in ages and the room attendants aren't getting into the areas of the carpets with hoover they should be. I used to service up to 14 rooms a day at a 4* hotel. I wonder if these room attendants here are having to do so many rooms that they're cutting corners as they just don't have the time. It's not a job you can afford to cut corners in mind, as it leads to bad reviews and low occupancy rates as word spreads the hotel isn't clean 🤷. Edit: I was never a room attendant here in this theme park hotel, I was a room attendant in a central London hotel and just assume they would work by similar methods, I could be very wrong though. And it was a very long time ago when I was a room attendant 😂.

Absolutely love Casper his smile is so wonderful.

It's great that Casper gets to go on all these holiday locations with you. When they're so little, it's such a special time, when they are all full of wonder, finding out all about the world around them. Looks like you're making the most of this precious time with him

I've had a 'Walk with me Tim' marathon today 😂.. .been all over the country today..The Bodmin jail looks amazing 👌 great to watch all your videos whilst stuck in on a very rainy day 🌧🌧 Hope you all have a lovely time at Alton Towers 😊

I remember Alton Towers back in the early eighties when it was just the corkscrew and another roller coaster. It was all about the gardens, cable ride and craft centre. Great vlog

Gabbys brutal reviews are brilliant. You two make great reviews.

I'm a Merlin Pass holder so go to AT many times during the year. During peak season 4-6 rides in the day is quite normal, out of season i usually do 14-16 rides in the day. The towers used to be open to the public but this year they havent opened at all, sadly. Both Splash landings and the Alton Towers hotel include 9 holes of mini golf with a stay. Also the basic category of room at both hotels only has fans in the room (no A/C) but all rooms above that have now had A/C added. There is also an inside corridor between the two hotels so in the winter, or in bad weather u dont have to go outside.

Thank you two for sharing Kaspar's delighted smile.

Love your videos! I worked at Alton Towers between 2015 and 2016 and I must admit I absolutely hated it. I worked at both of these hotels including the Enchanted Village. I was a receptionist but felt like a number in a massive corporate wheel. The house keeping team worked really hard but had an unrealistic target to meet. Once a room was cleaned a supervisor or manager would check the room to say it’s good to go. It was always to the nail every day to get the room done, and myself and managers use to help out when the cleaning team was short. The guests were generally lovely but working at the resort was absolutely shocking! Bullying was rife and it caused me to have a mental breakdown. My one advice to any guest it to complain if you are not satisfied with any part of your trip. Alton Towers is expensive and you pay good money for a good product. Alton towers deals well with complaints and will do anything to make you happy! So please just speak to a guest relation manager and tell them if you have any issues. I have known people have full refunds, rook upgrades, free fast tracks and much more just for a simple complaint!

I used to work in housekeeping. They get half an hour per room and 13 rooms in total. I was not paid after 3 pm. Sheer pressure. I think its why its minging. I also used to work for towers. Many memories as an employee there 🙂.

The second hotel did look bright and clean, but I gotta tell you, I loved the Steampunk look in the first one. The pipes and gears, awesome.

Hello Tim and Gabby and baby Casper. I absolutely love watching your videos,I can't afford to get away with the increase of bills etc so I love watching you and seeing all the places you visit .thank you for taking me along with you haha ,keep the videos coming ,lots of love Debs x

Love how straight Gabby is “I feel a bit mugged off really” 😂😂

Nice to get the price! That rhymes. It's like the cherry on top at the end of the video😊

Casper is so adorable! So happy! I love your family! ❤️🇺🇸❤️

Hi Tim. I’ve only started watching your channel over the past few days so I’m catching up! I must say you are a natural in front of the camera and make your posts interesting and entertaining to watch!

Great to see the difference between the two hotels, and an open review of some of the rides. Thanks Tim & Gaby.

Clearly rooms need a deep clean more often as well as the daily clean

Hi Tim! I worked at Splash Landings in 2011 for five months. Granted things must have changed as its been a long time, for instance, the rooms have obviously been redecorated since. Things I remember. The hour long bus to work (public bus from Stoke) got us there 50 minutes early so we were forced to sit and wait to start. Passing a probationary period, and thus gaining a magic pass of 20 free tickets (for yourself/f&f) you had to complete 9 room cleans consistently. I had worked out that if I skipped breaks/lunch I could have 30 minutes to work on each room (room, linen for double bed/two bunks, bathroom and hoovering). Regular snags would be things like; not enough trollies for staff so having to share, being given cleans in family rooms with extra beds, being given VIP rooms (rooms for previous complainants who get their rooms deep cleaned), having to help other housekeepers, guests making a seriously irritating amount of mess, or guests still being in their rooms until the last possible moment.... Basically, I and some others never could pass probation. I managed the 9 rooms on my last day working there, I have no idea what corners I would have had to have cut in order to have managed, I think I got lucky that day because the bunk beds of one of the rooms hadn't been slept in so I shaved some time. Perhaps also it wouldn't have been so bad if management at the time were prone to shouting you down if you weren't keeping pace. I remember regularly skipping lunch and sneaking/cramming biscuits in the bathrooms in order to not starve, and also being yelled at to the point of crying by bosses. I hated every second I worked there. Gosh I really do hope conditions have improved. Perhaps not in 'Towers Hotel as they seem to be cutting corners in their cleaning. They're probably kids from local towns just trying to make a living, it was prominently 16-18 yo's when I was there who have enough to deal with 🤷

Thanks Tim and Gabby and Casper another great video very interesting and enjoyable to watch look forward to the next Yvonne 😊

Aww, Casper's smile ❤ Thanks for a lovely video

BIG thumbs up for Tim guys ❤

I'm a faithful American viewer and I never heard of this place! Interesting video, as always!

Why am I so so hooked on these videos 🤪

Absolutely love these video's keep doing what your doing your ace and casper is living his best life with an awesome dad 👍🍾

Thank you, Tim. We found your channel a few days ago and we really like it. Both your individual tours as well as your trips with the family. 1 million subscribers - let's go! 🍀

I love Alton Towers, what a treat it will be to see one of my favorite youtubers roaming around there giving a review on the hotels. I can't wait and will be tuning in! Once again Tim keep up the good work. Hope you, Gabby and the family are all well :)

Casper’s so lucky to have such wonderful parents 😊

Brilliant video Tim and Gabby!

First of your videos I've watched. Really well filmed, presented and edited. Great content, thanks!

Glad you've covered it Tim..We did these a few years ago when my kids were younger, stopped in both hotels, done the Santa sleepover which was magical one winter around 2012..The golf was good & the water park in winter which goes outside was awesome..Had a theme room etc and on the whole really enjoyed it as a family..do sort of miss it now they're older but enjoyed your take on it..Keep up the good work, all the best.👍

Great review Tim, shocking quality given how expensive a weekend will set you back to visit Alton Towers, it looks so old fashioned for the money, we went last summer, we thought exactly the same, cost me, £60 Fuel, £256 hotel one night, £110 theme park tickets, £90 food, £40 gift shop, £556 for one night that flys over then the kids are bored 😂 and thats the quality you get 😮 and some of the rides were down when we went..

The editing and production on this one is simply glorious. Tim, your videos just keep getting better!

You should have your own tv show. Incredible presenting and very relatable.

I've looked into a short Alton Towers break many times, but the price has always put me off. Now I've seen both hotels via your trip report I'm pleased to say you've saved me from wasting my money. And the water park closes when the theme park closes? Hmm, that irritates me, the pool should be open in the evening so guests can do both without paying for another night to get it all done.

I stayed at the Splash landings hotel about 15 years ago. Brought back lovely memories.

Was lucky enough to experience Alton Towers about 15 years ago or so on a day when Peugeot had hired the entire park, got to go on every ride at least a few times, was great :D

Thanks for making these videos! Your editing is top-notch, and it's nice to see some familiar places too

Doing a great job Tim...you"re very diplomatic in your reviews! The shoddy hygiene in the rooms is such a turn off and unfortunately it seems to be a common theme in the UK...

GREAT family vlog thanks guys ! Thumbs up from the Giles family xxx

This is incredible to see Tim! I live in Norfolk so I watch all your Norfolk videos, but was so pleased to see this one pop up! I stayed at the Alton Towers hotel when I was about 9 or 10, and honestly it looks SO similar, but weirdly not as dated as I would have expected. I love how they still have all the Jules Verne themes. Might have to go back again and take my kids after watching this! Thanks for another great vid.

Interesting comparison in the hotels. Both well themed but I agree, Splash Landings would be my preference. You probably need to stay a few days to get the full benefit of the park. It may have already been mentioned in the comments but The Towers have been closed for quite a while with no indication of when reopening, which is a pity. Loved the selfie in the oversized deck chair! Thumps, as usual, was enjoying himself, always a joy to see him. And, as always, another immensely enjoyable video.

I have been waiting for this for ages. Alton towers is my favorite theme park ❤

Love your videos, grounded, informative and very accessible, keep up the good work guys.

Hi Tim , Gaby and Casper. This really makes me realise how behind we are in theme parks compared to Europe and USA. Gaby really makes me laugh. With her youths on the children's ride . I used to love to Alton towers I haven't been since 1998. I must get back there soon . With the hotel i think fair enough it's old but that's not an excuse for general cleanliness. When you got lost made me chuckle 😂😂😂. Love you all thanks for sharing with us. Love to you both as always Tracey 💕 Xxxxx

We went to Splash Landings with our grandchildren for a birthday in January. We could swim out to the outdoor area, which we did , it was brilliant because it was snowing but the water was so warm that we weren’t cold. We even went down a water slide in the snow and plunging down into the hot water was so lovely. We sat in the hot tub area for ages with the snow coming down on our heads 😂. The room style and the carpet look the same but I’m sure the bathroom is updated and possibly some of the decor in the room. We did love it when we went though

Now THIS is exciting, I went to Alton Towers last Tuesday, I GOT ON 1 RIDE THE WHOLE DAY! I was very disappointed, but very excited to watch this video 🎉❤😅

Hi Tim and Gabby love you both doing the joint videos it works so well because you hit off together 2 great personalities work so well together and not together of course I wish you both lots of success xx

I'm 15 and i personally like the nature part and the parts between rides since it gives more room to set a scene making if feel more unique and higher quality. i managed to go on every ride since our school trip got delayed 2 times last year and we ended up going November 1st and no one was their the queue for wicker man was only about 10 mins.

Florida Disney world was a great experience loved that time with girls

Excellent vlog @Walk With Me Tim loved the intro, a very tight professional looking edit, beautifully shot showing off both park and accommodation, loved some of the quirky room designs but such a shame about the cleanliness aspect, overall i honestly think this is one of the best vlogs you have produced and i definitely think the long format is the way forward as evidenced by 24k views in just 4 hours.

I prefer the first room as the 2nd looks child like and I don't have any that I know of. But there's no excuse for not trying to keep it top notch!

So excited to watch this! I love Alton Towers and can’t wait to make my yearly trip soon! 🎉

We really enjoy your videos! Great stuff.

Now this is the one I've waited for. Can't wait. Just going to say it's ya best yet because I know it's going to be epic.

Good review as usual. Well done

Another top quality video Tim.

Love how excited you are to go on the kids rides!

Price wise you can go to salue in spain nice hotel one if not the biggest theme park in europe and a good water park,it's a no brainer to me spain everytime who would go to a place thats dirty and cant even clean a room .

I asked in one of your last videos if you'd ever stay here and here it is! Can't wait to watch, thanks!!

Another excellent and informative video

Abby's knowledge of children's shows is hilarious.. I love it. Looks like a great family time at Alton Towers.

Both of you are so much fun to watch💛

does this count as a staycation ? 👀

You hit the trending page! Congratulations 🎉

Have stayed in both hotels in 2006 & 2007 when our two boys were little. Loved splash landings hotel the best & especially the waterpark, had never seen such a thing in those days! To be honest I’m surprised at how little the decor in both hotels has changed and yes I can confirm those are still the same carpets!🤢🤮 Great vid as usual Tim, nice one!👍😊❤️

Another excellent video from Tim & Gaby. Personally, I preferred the Alton Towers room - the theme was so imaginative, I think kids would adore it. Yes, the Splash seemed cleaner but I hate over-warm rooms so not for me! 🙂👍

Another great video 😊 thanks so much for sharing with us all. Lovely family x

Wow well Tim! I wasn't expecting Alton Towers to be like this! I think I was expecting just big Fairground Rides. I wasn't expecting all this charm & to be transported into a wanting to be Kid again mentally! Right, the 1st Hotel the Alton Towers Hotel built in 1996. I loved the Hippie Colours, all those deep purples & oranges & bright but muted colours. It certainly had a quirky charm of its own. The reception area did look magical as you walked in & I liked the look of it from outside. It was rather rustic & old fashioned but very lovely I loved all the subtle lighting. I was fancying the Coca Cola Room! The Carpet did look dated in Hallway & half filled cup outside your room wasn't nice! Loved the lit up room Numbers. Your room was quiant I loved the purple. The bunk beds proper hippie vibes! Nice for Kids but for Adults too! What really let the room down was the dirt & the old dated furniture & smelly fridge! Not a welcome in to what would of been a welcoming room. Shame because a deep clean & a new Carpet would make all the difference. Brand New Teddys 🧸 would be an improvement. The bed was old & badly stained just brand new beds needed! I just feel like this Hotel needs a deep clean & some new furnishings. And new Air Conditioning Units. The view from the window was sublime. Definitely new carpet in the room needed. The Bathroom was amazing hippie retro chic!Just deep clean needed again. Loved the clock theme in the Bathroom reflected in one of the seating areas downstairs full of decorative Clocks! Loved the retro rustic Lifts. Lovely Hotel just needs abit of TLC. Great photo opportunities with the fancy Chairs. The Entertainment area looks colourful & the Secret Garden Restaurant was lovely I thought. Outside seating & the lake, far more interesting than I thought it would be. The Rollercoaster Restaurant was incredible the food flying around was like the stuff of dreams & the food looked such a good variety too! All bright & full of life & noise! Not sure what was going on with al the noise! But I really liked it. I've never seen a place that makes me want to be a Kid again sooo much! I'm really sorry I never got to see Alton Towers as a Kid! Alton Towers itself wasnt nowhere as intimidating as I thought it would be. The Train was great for kids & Kidults. Shame it wasn't a beautiful sunny day for you all. Some July we've had! Casper looks like he enjoyed himself even if he has never seen Postman Pat before! Some of the rides were far more dated than I expected like Postman Pat was from my day! And the Choo Choo train & Night Garden Boat Trip was quite charming but again dated but I prefer it like that. It reminds me of Happy Mount Park, it's got abit of a timeless quality about it. So funny how you said alot of Teenagers were on the rides, I would of thought it was more for Kiddies. But I think everyone goes back to Childhood in Alton Towers. Shame it takes so long to get thru the queues on the rides. I agree with Gaby nice to see the grounds I between the rides lovely topiary & bushes & flowers very beautiful! CBeebies was after my time. In my time it was Childrens BBC. It was nice to see the place so busy! Like the Staffordshire Castle in the grounds adds something substantial to park. Splash Landing Hotel as you & Gaby said was definitely cleaner than the 1st Hotel. It had a Singapore vibe from the outside! Inside lovley bright & colourful. The Restaurants & Coloured Lights were beautiful. That Giant Deck Chair was epic! The water park also epic👌 I would still love to go there just for a drink & something to eat & a stay in a room as a Kidult🤣they'll always be a kid in me! The Carpet was disappointing looked almost worn away in the corridor, but your room was lovely. The bed looked alot cleaner. 2nd Hotel had a charm just like the 1st Hotel had but looked abit cleaner. And no Air Conditioning would suit me as long as the window could open. And a fan is all that's needed. Loved the destressed wood effect around the Mirror in your room. Retro phones!😂 Bathroom full of personality! Did look clean! Lovely colourful tiles by the Bath. Bar & food area again lovley bright colourful & cheerful. Amazing huge indoor water feature in the 2nd Hotel. And fab amusement arcade, good for ☔ raining days. The water park looks cosy! Even Palm 🌴 Trees outside. Breakfast looked very yummy made me feel hungry! The whole Alton Towers Experience was much more than I expected oozing charm interest! Thanks for showing such an amazing place Tim & allowing my inner child to come out! Brilliant vlog💜💚❤️🧡💛

We stayed in splash landings 20/21 years ago and absolutely loved it as young adults. I did consider the other hotel but thought splash landings looked a lot more fun. I think we went in the cooler months, maybe autumn as I remember enjoying the humidity in that hotel plus they played Caribbean/reggae themed music throughout which really made it feel like you were on your holidays. We went to the theme park in the day and the waterpark in the evening - I cannot recall the timings as it was such a long time ago but we definitely had plenty of time to enjoy both.

OMG it's big vlog love a bit of alton towers tim

Thanks for another great video and thanks for taking a look round the park 👍🏻

Love this content! Really covers the whole experience. Never done the hotel but glad to have been able to see it through your experience. As a group we once went to Alton towers and did 30 rides. Albeit we had platinum fast passes but really makes a huge difference on those days where the park is busy! Keep up the good work!

I was going to book cbeebies hotel/resort but i saw reviews of it looking tired, untidy, dirty etc so im very intrigued in this.

Good video Tim and gabby I’m a big kid still at heart and love these places usually but looking at the level of cleanliness I’m so glad mine are grown up shame about the weather but fun to watch thanks Tim and gabby ❤️❤️😊

We went in September last year and we managed 6 of the main big rides (I'm not sure if there's 1 we missed out) but that was only because we got there bang on opening and didn't leave until close, and we were persistent with waiting. I do think though that CBeebies Land should have an age restriction for the rides... considering little kids cant go on the big ones and I personally don't feel parents should have to wait 35 minutes because teenagers are hogging the rides... but that's me 🤷‍♀

I always love your videos! Probably because it's travelling, I love to travel!

My partner and I travelled from Sydney Australia last year and regrettably stayed at Alton Towers Resort Hotel. Due to a major booking error (on the resort's behalf) we were upgraded to an Arctic Room. Thank God we didn't stay in the Splash Landings Hotel - we walked through it and the chlorine smell and lack of air conditioning throughout was horrendous! We were completely underwhelmed with our whole stay at this so-called "resort". How the Merlin Entertainment company can legally get away with this blantant daylight robbery is beyond me. I pity poor families who spend their hard-earned money here for a once-in-a-lifetime vacation and get ripped off so badly. The whole place needs demolishing and a complete rebuild. And our time in the actual theme park was a complete waste of time ... wait times for rides were 120+ minutes! Basically our 2 days here were spent standing bored as bat shite in lines for rides that actually kept braking down. Or we spent hours aimlessly walking miles and miles to get to different themed areas and rides. It was an utterly ridiculous waste of time and good money! We had a much more memorable (and cheaper) time at Blackpool Pleasure Beach the week earlier - there were hardly any wait times (maybe 5 or 10 minutes), and there are many more rides and coasters than Alton Towers. We will never ever go back to Alton Towers and have told all our friends to avoid it like the plague ... such a pity!

If you go to Alton Towers at the right times of the year you can get on most rides with minimal queues. The next quiet period would be weekdays in September and early October up until scarefest. But even with scarefest, the park is open until 9PM, most people leave about 6....last year we got on Wickerman, Rita, Smiler, Thirteen and Oblvion in the space of about half an hour. Start of the season mid weeks is usually quiet too. To answer your question, the most rides I have been on at Alton Towers in one day is over 20.

It’s a shame Merlin charges so much for their hotels. It’s daylight robbery at times

Will you speak up to management regarding the lack of cleanliness? I hope so. No matter what price you might be paying,room should be clean. Love your videos. Thank you.