Full ‘gate’ price tickets at Thorpe Park are £50 for adults, and at Alton Towers it’s an eye-watering £53 on the day. It’s expensive! But there are plenty of ways to save.
Tag: Day Out
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter
The Harry Potter Studios is one of those places that some might say I have over-done, but it’s one of those places I think you can come back to time after time and still discover something new. There has been quite a few new additions to the tour since our last visit a few years…
Bicester Village – the UK’s strangest ‘top tourist attraction’
Bicester Village – the well known 1.2 mile long, open-air, luxury outlet shopping mall, lined with over 160 of the world’s top (and priciest) designer brands. It’s easy to see the appeal – Outlet shopping centres are great for bargain hunting, and Bicester Village is beautifully presented, with the wooden ‘barn-style’ shopfronts lining a spotlessly…
10 tips for visiting London for the first time
If you’re visiting London for the first time, and want to get the most out of your visit with no surprises, I’ve got a few tips for you! Stay in central London if you can London is a big city, and sprawls out quite a long way.Beware when booking ‘London hotels’, as some of these…
The view from The Shard, London – the UK’s tallest building
Occupying levels 68, 69 and 72 of the tallest building in the UK, the View from the Shard offers the best views of London and beyond with the floor to celling glass walls all the way around. After wanting to visit since it started being built back in 2009, I finally went last week! What…
8 Tips for visiting the Alton Towers Fireworks
October is here! It’s almost that time of year again where the theme parks close their gates for the winter. But first, it’s the Halloween and Fireworks season – in my opinion, the best time to visit a theme park! The Alton Towers Fireworks event is so much more than just a fireworks display –…
5 reasons why you should go to the Alton Towers Fireworks
October is here! It’s almost that time of year again where the theme parks close their gates for the winter. But first, it’s the Halloween and Fireworks season – in my opinion, the best time to visit a theme park! The Alton Towers Fireworks event is so much more than just a fireworks display –…
5 things you should know before visiting Bath – Recommendations from a local!
I was taking my lunch break in Bath the other day when it struck me that most of the people in the city at any given moment are actually visitors, wandering about and stumbling upon the sights as they stroll around! “I should write a blog post about visiting Bath”, I thought to myself.So I did!…
5 things to do when visiting Bath – Recommendations from a local!
Okay.. I don’t live in Bath, but I do work there, and I’m lucky enough to call it my nearest city! Bath has always been my go-to place for a wander around the shops or a nice day out locally, and recently I’ve been working in the centre. I was having my lunch break near…
Remembering the bizarre Millennium Dome Experience, London 2000
Way back in the year 2000, when I was 8, our school took us on a trip to the Millennium Dome Exhibition in London to have a day out at the Millennium Experience. I’ve got some very odd memories of the place, so thought I’d share them on here as I think they’re quite amusing!…
How to get cheap / FREE Alton Towers and Thorpe Park tickets with Tesco Clubcard
Tickets for Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Chessington World of Adventures, Legoland, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Drayton Manor and Oakwood can be expensive. There are a few ways to get cheap theme park tickets, but using your Tesco Clubcard points to buy them is by far the cheapest way. Here’s how you can get your cheap Alton…
Vintage train from Sóller to Palma – Riding the Orange Express in Mallorca
The Sóller to Palma train ride on the Orange Express is a great day out, and offers one of the more different things to do in Mallorca. There are a few different train rides in Mallorca – this historic electric trains run between the little town of Sóller, through trees, mountains and tunnels, right down…
How to get cheap Thorpe Park & Alton Towers tickets in 2021
Full ‘gate’ price tickets at Thorpe Park are £50 for adults, and at Alton Towers it’s an eye-watering £53 on the day. It’s expensive! But there are plenty of ways to save.
20 Thorpe Park Hidden Secrets and Easter Eggs
Home to some of the UK’s most popular and arguably best coasters, Thorpe Park is one of the UK’s top theme parks. Despite its reputation for being Alton Towers’ little brother, Thorpe Park became a leisure attraction in 1979, a year earlier than Alton Towers which became a theme park in 1980. Thorpe Park may…
15 Alton Towers Hidden Secrets and Easter Eggs
Alton Towers has a lot of history, and with that comes a huge number of hidden secrets and easter eggs. Here are a few that you can try to spot on your next visit! The Smiler Hidden Secrets 1. World’s 1st As you go through the entrance to the Smiler’s queue, have a look up…
What Matt Thought 