Alton Towers + Rain?

Vita · 16 Jul 2011 at 12:25

Planning a Trip to Alton Towers tommorow, forecast says it will be raining heavily.

Question is, will the rides such as Oblivion/Nemesis etc.. still be open despite the Rain? Or do they close?

Viper² · 16 Jul 2011 at 12:33

They will be open.

Noel Gallagher · 16 Jul 2011 at 12:33

Real men don't let rain stop them at anything

but the rides may be closed

kaffe · 16 Jul 2011 at 12:33

Last time I went it was raining and I got to go on all the rides

It was only light rain, kinda like today. Not sure what they do with heavy rain.

mistercrabb · 16 Jul 2011 at 12:34

I thought they stayed open in the rain.
If you ride Rita in the rain expect your face to hurt a lot though.

Pawnless Endgame · 16 Jul 2011 at 12:35

The park may close some of the taller rides if there is wind, but not if it's raining. It's not an issue with Alton anyway, as they have an overground height limit of 20M. It's more of a problem with Thorpe Park with Stealth and Brighton Pier with Booster etc.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 16 Jul 2011 at 12:35

mistercrabb said:
I thought they stayed open in the rain.
If you ride Rita in the rain expect your face to hurt a lot though.

Imagine it in the hail.

Pawnless Endgame · 16 Jul 2011 at 12:37

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Imagine it in the hail.

A user from my other forum (Ukrides) had that happen.

PinkFloyd · 16 Jul 2011 at 12:37

mistercrabb said:
I thought they stayed open in the rain.
If you ride Rita in the rain expect your face to hurt a lot though.

^^ This.

Last time I went a torrential downpour started as we were queueing, they temporarily stopped the ride for 10 minutes, then reopened it again. Half of the queue emptied in front of us. We got on and took a hammering lol.

Was fun

Viper² · 16 Jul 2011 at 12:37

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Imagine it in the hail.

Rita closes during hailstorms.

Skillmister · 16 Jul 2011 at 13:04

Viper² said:
Rita closes during hailstorms.

Should provide motorcycle helmets instead

Nitefly · 16 Jul 2011 at 13:06

I've been on Nemesis in heavy rain, honestly it wasn't pleasant. It really stung!

Turns out we were the last car to leave the station - they shut the ride down.

Turbo-G · 16 Jul 2011 at 13:10

Most things should still be open, but don't be surprised if the ride are a bit unreliable which can increase queuing times, which is never fun in the rain. I went on Monday, was nice and sunny though at least

Luke · 16 Jul 2011 at 13:11

I've always found that rain = shorter queues.

vicisthebest · 16 Jul 2011 at 13:34

I went last year for my birthday and it chucked down all day. Oblivion was open, but Nemesis kept opening and closing due to the weather.

MikeWild74 · 16 Jul 2011 at 14:21

Best time to go is in bad weather

Queue times are shorter.

utajoker · 16 Jul 2011 at 14:23

MikeWild74 said:
Best time to go is in bad weather

Queue times are shorter.

was just about to post this, there are no queues when it rains.

tidusjar · 16 Jul 2011 at 14:34

Rain! Who said rain!? Hmmm best not go out today...

Vita · 16 Jul 2011 at 16:02

Cheers for the replies. Still unsure as to go or not, don't want to go with it raining like mad and the good rides closed, yet I want to go incase the rain does stop at some point!

OH THE DECISIONS~!

Turbo-G · 16 Jul 2011 at 17:29

You'll still get thousands of people turn up, even if its rainy. Those paying customers will queue for rides regardless. If the ride breaks down due to the weather, the queue time will increase...

I'd go for it if I was you, rain prob won't be constant so not likely to ruin your day.