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There's something for the whole family, with tons of terrific rides, amazing live shows, and weird and wonderful costume characters. The Alton Towers Theme Park has fabulous, fun packed activities for all ages - scream, let off steam, ride and slide. Click on the links below to find out more...

Laughs and Fun Frights Rides

Runaway Mine Train

Park Area: Katanga Canyon

Category: Rollercoaster

Ride Type: Steel - sit down

Manufacturer: Mack

First Opened: 1992

Min Height: 1.1m

Ride Time: 1:50

G-Force: 2g

Ride Speed: 22.4mph

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Runaway Mine Train

All aboard the Runaway Mine Train at Alton Towers Resort - It's out of control, so hold on tight!

Katanga Canyon is home to a network of caves and mines within its mighty rocks. It’s through these that the Runaway Mine Train track was laid out – but there’s no driver for this locomotive, it’s a totally wild ride!

This ride is fantastic fun for both kids and adults. The train will normally take you round two circuits per ride, but on quiet days you can go round for a third and even a fourth time!

Sonic Spinball

Park Area: Adventure Land

Category: Rollercoaster

First Opened: 2010

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Sonic Spinball

New for 2010 Sonic The Hedgehog spins into Alton Towers Resort – Spinball teams up with the world’s most famous hedgehog. Spin faster than the speed of sound on this fantastic family coaster. Each ride is different, so you never know if you're going to spin or drop - or in which direction!

Congo River Rapids

Park Area: Katanga Canyon

Category: Family attraction

Ride Type: River rapids

Manufacturer: Intamin

First Opened: 1986

Min Height: 0.9m

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Congo River Rapids

Hop aboard the classic Congo River Rapids at Alton Towers Resort and expect a good soaking!

Take a voyage down choppy waters of Katanga Canyon on the Congo River Rapids ride. You'll be carried away with the current as you flow through tunnels and caverns on this stretch of choppy water.

You'll bob over the crests of waves, dip into white waters, and perhaps even find yourself under a waterfall. One things for sure though - you will get wet!

Duel

Park Area: Gloomy Wood

Category: Family attraction

Ride Type: Ghost train - shoot 'em up

Manufacturer: Mack

First Opened: 2003

Min Height: 0.9m

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Duel

Duel is the haunted house where you get to fight back!

The mischievous spirits within Alton Towers Resort's haunted house are in for a fight as you take your laser gun from your holster and embark on a daring mission.

You'll sit aboard a carriage and travel into the house, shooting targets as you go. Ghouls and ghosts will be out to make you jump - so make sure you give them a good blasting.

Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back is an excellent interactive family adventure. As you hit targets you'll be given a points score, which culminated to see who is the biggest hot shot at the end.

The Flume

Park Area: Katanga Canyon

Category: Family attraction

Ride Type: Log flume

Manufacturer: Mack

First Opened: 2003

Min Height: 0.9m

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The Flume

Jump on The Flume unplugged by Imperial Leather and have a splashing good time!

This is a trip down the plug hole as you are splashed by showers and drenched by drops on this version of the classic log flume. Watch out for the rubber duck!

Nearly 1 km of gentle waterways await, but there's also a couple of sudden drops to contend with - beware, you will get wet!

Haunted Hollow

Park Area: Gloomy Wood

Category: Family attraction

Manufacturer: Tussauds Studios

First Opened: 2007

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Haunted Hollow

A mysterious pathway has been sitting abandoned within Alton Towers Resort for many years. This season, however, the park has decided to open it to the public!

Linking the apocalyptic landscape of Forbidden Valley to the spine-tingling setting of Gloomy Wood, this spooky pathway will have families well and truly spooked as they venture down it.

Find out about the original inhabitants of Alton Towers Resort, as they now haunt the graves which line the way. Meet cackling corpses and ghastly ghouls, in an array of long forgotten tombs and disturbed vaults - expect the unexpected!

Hex - The Legend of the Towers

Park Area: The Towers and Gardens

Category: Family attraction

Min Height: 0.9m

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Hex - The Legend of the Towers

Hex - The Legend of the Towers is a ride that is set to leave you spellbound at Alton Towers

On a fateful, stormy night 100 years ago, the Earl of Shrewsbury refused to give money to an old beggar woman, and brought the fury of a gypsy curse upon his kin: whenever a branch fell from the enchanted oak tree near Alton Towers Resort, a member of the family would die!

After a lightning storm struck the tree, felling a branch, one of his relatives indeed dropped dead. Chaining the remaining branches to the tree could not defeat the evil. Now, deep in the Towers' chambers, the tree has been unearthed: the curse has returned, and the room is starting to move! Hex: The Legend of the Towers is a ride that will leave you spellbound.

Battle Galleons

Park Area: Mutiny Bay

Category: Adventure

Ride Type: Interactive

Min Height: You must be at least 0.9m to ride. If you are under 1.1m you must ride with an adult (18+).m

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Battle Galleons

A fantastic interactive adventure that will have you come face to face with swashbuckling pirates. Hop aboard one of the eight vessels and see if you can survive the soaking of a lifetime!

Marauders Mayhem

Park Area: Mutiny Bay

Category: Family

Min Height: You must be at least 0.9m to ride. If you are under 1.1m you must ride with an adult (18+). m

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Marauders Mayhem

Marauder's Mayhem is a hectic new ride at Alton Towers Resort's Mutiny Bay. Twist, rock and roll your way through the water course as you're stowed away in a wooden barrel raft!

Twirling Toadstool

Park Area: Katanga Canyon

Category: Family Attraction

Min Height: You must be at least 1.2m to ride.m

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Twirling Toadstool

Glide through the air, as you take your seat on this giant toadstool, and enjoy the crazy views of Cloud Cuckoo Land. You will find the Twirling Toadstool in Cloud Cuckoo land

Skyride

Park Area: Katanga Canyon

Category: Family Attraction

Min Height: Young children must ride with an adult (18+)m

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Skyride

Experience a trip across the Theme Park in our new gondolas. Take in jaw-dropping aerial views of the Theme Park, The Towers and the magnificient gardens. You will find Skyride Stations in Forbidden Valley, Towers Street and Cloud Cuckoo Land.