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Post by cam on Sept 4, 2007 15:17:49 GMT
Hello everyone... well xmas is over... everybody has spent their money in the sales but now its time to start thinking about saving up for alton towers. the date is set for Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th April come to both days or just one... up to you !! a few new things new at Alton towers your day dvd... a very cool idea £ 14.99 (i think) gives you a dvd with you on certain rides and park footage, pick up a wrist band with a radio wave chip and when you pass the sensers on rides or certain areas in the park they film you... just collect at the end of the day ... a bonus is that only 1 person per group/family/couple need wear a band .. so only 1 dvd.. just make sure you all sit together Haunted wood....a walk through section in the park... not actually a ride 18 hole golf... better than crazy golf ? mini 18 hole golf course designed arund the parks main rides some childrens stuff.. cant remember what tho ? places to stay Me and Red can reccomend this place and will most prob stay here www.chainedoak.com/www.bedandbreakfasts-uk.co.uk/index.htmwww.starcaravanpark.co.uk/this is open to everyone.. plus friends/family if you want to bring other people |
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Post by PoliteVengeance on Dec 11, 2007 17:38:39 GMT
If I'm not on me hols anywhere then I may well be interested (I'm a teensey bit nearer this time too!)
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Post by cam on Jan 11, 2008 14:45:43 GMT
i have updated the main post up there /\ /\ /\
hope you all can come....
a money saving idea... if anyone shops at tescos you can use the deal tokens to buy annual passes
i have just got me and red an annual pass each for £47 of vouchers... the pass are worth £95 each
dont forget to keep an eye out for the papers... usally do 2 for 1 entries and such like as well as the crisp and chocolate wrappers.... woolworths also tend to do a voucher booklet with money saving coupons
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Post by Moog on Jan 11, 2008 18:51:36 GMT
I will endevour to get there again this time. I LOVE IT! but due to dizzy nature of acting etc I will have to sort it last minute (as usual!)
looking forward to it ;-D
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Post by CAM3L on Jan 14, 2008 10:43:39 GMT
Will definitely be up for this as my lot love Alton Towers ;D your day dvd... a very cool idea £ 14.99 (i think) gives you a dvd with you on certain rides and park footage, pick up a wrist band with a radio wave chip and when you pass the sensors on rides or certain areas in the park they film you... just collect at the end of the day ... a bonus is that only 1 person per group/family/couple need wear a band .. so only 1 dvd.. just make sure you all sit together Have tried the "your day DVD" and I have a word of warning. When I last went Sept 07 for my sons birthday there were five of us and they recommended that everyone wears the wristband. At the end of the day you have to report back to the distribution centre near the park entrance and after queuing for a long time they check each wristband to see if the sensors around the park have picked you up. Out of the five of us we only had one sensor that picked us up on one ride (corkscrew) and you don't actually get to see the footage before you buy it. Anyway, we purchased it at a reduced price as it was only one ride (about £8 I think) and what you get is basically some pre-recorded generic footage of the particular ride you were on with some clips of you (if you are lucky) edited in at various points ie the first section where you are taken up on the conveyor to the top and maybe a couple of corners. On the positive side you can always take that footage and create your own DVD with photographs you have taken yourself and add them as a montage with what you get on the DVD. If the technology worked properly it would be cool but it still looks a bit hit & miss at the moment. |
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Post by Moog on Jan 14, 2008 16:58:32 GMT
Hey CAM3L you could always get yourself a "Bazman" there is only one though, but he's great, he tends to take pics and video footage of us on the rides ;D
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Post by cam on Jan 15, 2008 11:57:59 GMT
hmmm. hopefully it will be better when we go.. all the bugs worked out etc
we have booked our accomadation at the chained oak...
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Post by FURSTY F3RR3T on Jan 18, 2008 13:44:42 GMT
I'm definitely up for this.
Will probably just drive down for one of the days. I'll wait and see which one is looking like the most popular, can do either at the mo'.
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Post by red on Jan 18, 2008 13:49:24 GMT
Cool  |
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Post by flashingblade27 on Jan 22, 2008 12:57:18 GMT
Would love to do this but I fear my eye balls may explode as Blackpool Pleasure Beach knackered them last time. A day on the tea cups would be pretty boring so I will have to give this one a miss. Hope you all have a great time thou |
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Post by Lizziekins on Jan 28, 2008 13:26:10 GMT
I plan to be in Paris that weekend, which leads to my next question for Cam/Red - how far is Disneyland from Paris. I'm on a hen weekend and it might be a giggle to go for the day
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Post by cam on Jan 28, 2008 20:05:33 GMT
20 miles from paris.....the train station is on the park doorstep. you need to go to marne la vallee weekends are very busy tho so get there early
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Post by Lizziekins on Jan 29, 2008 9:15:45 GMT
Cheers - not sure I convince the ever so cultured hen to partake but it's worth a try ;D
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Post by JetSet Chilli on Jan 30, 2008 13:22:46 GMT
I was chatting to Mrs KC about this last night and we maybe up for it. She's a big scaredy cat so if we come we'll come on the most popular day so I can actually go on rides with someone  |
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Post by cam on Jan 30, 2008 13:28:52 GMT
LOL... well sometimes we hae non riders in thegroup... we try and do some of the tamer rides as well... or we sweet talk people on |
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