Alton Towers Almanac: Gallery: Last additions

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Last additions - Tom

Mar 16, 2008

Feb 21, 2008

The skull and crossbones fly on each corner of the courtyard buildings.Feb 16, 2008

A wider look at the sunken ship theming showing the prow of the ship that will poke out of the water.Feb 16, 2008

This mast of a ship will form part of the sunken ship theming as most of it will be below the water level. Note the target and the skeleton on the crows nest.Feb 16, 2008

A close up of the galleon shows how much detail has gone into the theming making it look so impressive.Feb 16, 2008

Another pirate entertains guests around the construction site.Feb 16, 2008

When full, the water level will submerge almost a third of the galleon below the waterline.Feb 16, 2008

The station building will mimic the style of the current courtyard buildings to fit into the area.Feb 16, 2008

A closer look at the connecting bridge and galleon.Feb 16, 2008

An overview of the back of the station, connecting bridge and galleon.Feb 16, 2008

A set of targets in barrels hang from a frame and pulley winch system.Feb 16, 2008

A close look at the back of the galleon.Feb 16, 2008

The trough meanders around the galleon, still only partialy complete. A new access bridge has been constructed to link the galleon to the station building.Feb 16, 2008

The galleon peeking over the shrubbery separating the lakes, notice the Jolly Roger's flying on the courtyard turrets.Feb 16, 2008

An overview of the site from the top of the TowersFeb 16, 2008

A view of the construction site from the bottom of Towers Street showing the full length of the impressive galleon.Feb 16, 2008

A number of pirate characters are entertaining guests on the park.Feb 16, 2008

Dec 29, 2007

Nov 10, 2007

10th November 2007Nearly two weeks since the fire, and the damage to the Sky Ride station is extensive.Nov 10, 2007

10th November 2007Almost the entire roof of the Main Drive station has been destroyed.Nov 10, 2007

The event is under way! Towers Street is appropriately decorated for the occasion.Nov 06, 2007

The ATTV show in the Cred Street Theatre had a Scarefest makeover for the event.Nov 06, 2007

A cardboard cut-out of the hearse, with Skelvin and Franklin.Nov 06, 2007

And here is Patch, in the Cred Street Playground.Nov 06, 2007

One of the Scarefest characters, Phil, meets the guests in Cred Street.Nov 06, 2007

The Trick or Treat doors in Cred Street.Nov 06, 2007

The hearse has now been surrounded by creepy giant hands.Nov 06, 2007

A wider look at the cauldron.Nov 06, 2007

A spider sits atop a cauldron, at the bottom of Towers Street.Nov 06, 2007

Skulls and pumpkins are the order of the day.Nov 06, 2007

Nov 06, 2007

The laser show lasted around 15 minutes.Oct 21, 2007

The music tracks used were along a 'spooky' theme.Oct 21, 2007

Lasers also projected images onto the Towers, which provided a wonderful arena for the show.Oct 21, 2007

The show was a nice addition, and utilised the same equipment normally brought out for the Fireworks event.Oct 21, 2007

The laser show played to crowds in Her Ladyship's Gardens, by the exit of Hex.Oct 21, 2007

More decoration on the walls. Guests had to sign a form upon arrival agreeing to give up their rights to sleep until after 2am.Oct 21, 2007

The shower also featured its fair share of blood.Oct 21, 2007

A closer look at the bathroom decoration.Oct 21, 2007

The actors had many tricks up their sleeves, including being able to dim or cut the rooms' lights from outside. They also had a key to all the rooms, so locking the door wouldn't help!Oct 21, 2007

The bathrooms were really gruesome, with bloody hand prints everywhere.Oct 21, 2007

A torture chair sat in the corner, which was used as the "finale" when actors would do a mock execution of another actor, in front of the room's guests.Oct 21, 2007

A Bible was provided, complete with bloody hand prints.Oct 21, 2007

A skull sat atop the TV.Oct 21, 2007

Cobwebs lining the mirror.Oct 21, 2007

A picture, which changed depending on where you looked at it, from a pleasant little girl to a skeletal alternative!Oct 21, 2007

Inside, normal rooms had been redecorated to reflect the theme.Oct 21, 2007

Also running during Scarefest were special "Scare Rooms" in the hotel. This is the corridor where the rooms were located.Oct 21, 2007

Some great decoration next to the Alton Towers Hotel reception, representing the fallen branch from the Hex storyline.Oct 21, 2007

The corridor/queue line area for the hotel maze, Room 13.Oct 21, 2007

A coffin also lines the route.Oct 21, 2007

Over at the Hotels, the banks lining the road down to the ATH were also decorated.Oct 21, 2007

Another look at the crashed car.Oct 21, 2007

The building, which guests actually enter twice during the maze - but it's done in such a way that you think it's two different buildings.Oct 21, 2007

A crashed car forms part of the second scene.Oct 21, 2007

The exit of the maze from the 'farmhouse'.Oct 21, 2007

Looking across the field, you can see one part where guests have to crawl under obstacles.Oct 21, 2007

The entrance area.Oct 21, 2007

The guidelines for the maze.Oct 21, 2007

The entrance to the maze, which is closed off during the day.Oct 21, 2007

The Altonville Store was quite popular at night, when the queue for the maze was sometimes well over an hour.Oct 21, 2007

The entrance sign, complete with "scare rating" at the bottom.Oct 21, 2007

The shop next to the queue line was also themed, which was another nice touch.Oct 21, 2007

In the distance, you can see the pumpkin-headed scarecrow that was put in the maze months ago.Oct 21, 2007

The size of the corn field was astounding.Oct 21, 2007

Outside, the new maze Field of 1000 Screams proved extremely popular.Oct 21, 2007

As souvenirs each test subject was given some limited edition sick bags and a iron-on patch - only 200 of each have been made.Sep 23, 2007

The Thrill Laboratory team run by Brendan Walker (pictured in red) and his team.Sep 23, 2007

A shot of video from the head mounted camera of one of the people from a previous experiment that day.Sep 23, 2007

A Thrill Engineer working on the test results of previous test subjects.Sep 23, 2007

The whole event was very official and efficiently run.Sep 23, 2007

Plenty of hi-tech and expensive equipment was being used to analyse the results of the on-ride data.Sep 23, 2007

A large screen attached was used to show the on-ride videos.Sep 23, 2007

A central bank of desks where the results were being processed. Once the results had been calculated they were put on yellow paper and displayed on the wall.Sep 23, 2007