My teens are keen to go to Alton Towers this summer.
Last time I looked (admittedly a few years ago) tickets were nearly £100 each and it was hard to justify the cost for a day trip.
Looked today and found advance tickets for £36! YES!
But then I went to buy and was presented with the fast track ticket add ons (£110 each for the rides they'll want to go on) and urgh, frankly there are other family experiences I'd prefer to spend nearly £600 on! Staffordshire is not exactly on our doorstep either.
Presumably this fast track revenue stream means that those not paying for it queue insane amounts of time? The peasants like us queue all day for a few rides and hopefully spend money on overpriced chips and doughnuts while we wait?
It's a clever business model, but would be interested to hear from people who have not bought fast track tickets- is it even worth going without? How many rides did you fit in?
Kind of hoping for positive stories 😆