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Chainsaw
Last seen 40 weeks ago
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2019

2019-02-26 17:59:58
rating 3.3
2019-02-21 15:32:58
rating 5.6

2018

2018-11-29 23:02:01
rating 5.5

2017

2017-02-08 23:56:40
rating 5.8
2017-02-01 13:18:54
rating 1.8
2017-01-04 00:57:54
rating 4.2
2017-01-01 01:53:20
rating 3.2

2016

2016-12-27 23:05:58
rating 4.8
2016-12-15 23:20:51
rating 5.2
2016-12-08 23:39:28
rating 4.5
2016-11-23 19:36:09
rating 4.4
2016-11-18 22:43:34
rating 5.3
2016-11-08 23:15:35
rating 2.2
2016-10-27 02:00:04
rating 4.5
2016-02-22 11:44:26
rating 4.1
2016-02-08 21:54:52
rating 3.5
2016-02-07 16:37:13
rating 4.3
2016-01-15 13:15:04
rating 5.4
2016-01-12 15:56:00
rating 3
2016-01-07 01:57:43
rating 5.5
2016-01-06 13:07:10
rating 3.3

2015

2015-12-20 02:49:16
rating 4.2
2015-12-16 23:29:23
rating 4.6
2015-01-01 14:00:53
rating 5.5

2014

2014-11-16 00:43:36
rating 2.9
2014-11-14 00:14:39
rating 4.2
2014-11-12 14:29:16
rating 4.1
2014-11-12 09:37:19
rating 3.9
2014-10-29 23:50:22
rating 4.1
2014-10-09 16:50:52
rating 3.2
2014-09-16 19:19:34
rating 2.3
2014-09-12 23:50:12
rating 4.2
2014-09-04 22:58:50
rating 2.9
2014-09-01 09:16:07
rating 3.1
2014-08-18 18:54:36
rating 2.1
2014-08-12 11:04:37
rating 4.7
2014-08-10 23:06:02
rating 2.3
2014-08-04 16:05:26
rating 2.2
2014-07-11 12:21:32
rating 2.2
2014-05-25 04:14:45
rating 2
2014-04-24 12:37:46
rating 3.7
2014-04-18 02:35:09
rating 2.2
2014-04-11 03:18:43
rating 2.2
2014-04-04 12:33:57
rating 4.2
2014-03-18 01:07:52
rating 4.6
2014-03-12 22:39:29
rating 5
2014-03-07 03:22:34
rating 4.6
2014-03-05 04:16:47
rating 1.9
2014-02-19 14:21:10
rating 4
2014-02-07 16:00:28
rating 3.7
2014-01-30 17:11:36
rating 3.5
2014-01-04 19:11:30
rating 3.2

2013

2013-11-16 23:09:58
rating 4.4
2013-11-16 13:51:11
rating 4
2013-10-29 23:37:45
rating 4.7
2013-10-17 17:09:12
rating 5.2
2013-10-16 12:18:28
rating 5.5
2013-10-15 14:12:17
rating 5.8
2013-10-14 13:21:53
rating 5.8
2013-10-14 02:22:13
rating 5.2
2013-10-13 13:16:39
rating 5.8
2013-10-12 13:57:42
rating 5.8
2013-10-11 16:46:43
rating 5.7
2013-10-11 00:08:12
rating 5.6
2013-10-10 08:59:00
rating 5.6
2013-10-06 23:16:04
rating 3.3
2013-10-05 18:27:21
rating 2.8
2013-10-02 03:30:13
rating 3.3
2013-09-27 01:33:10
rating 3.4
2013-08-31 22:26:39
rating 4.8
2013-08-10 13:30:00
rating 2.8
2013-08-03 20:27:22
rating 3.5
2013-07-18 00:53:15
rating 4.3
2013-06-20 18:02:30
rating 3.4
2013-06-19 00:50:04
rating 3.2
2013-06-13 19:07:27
rating 3.7
2013-06-05 18:09:23
rating 3.6
2013-05-29 18:10:49
rating 3
2013-05-24 20:10:57
rating 4
2013-05-19 18:14:51
rating 3.3
2013-05-14 00:32:52
rating 3.1
2013-05-08 19:04:10
rating 3.1
2013-05-03 03:35:01
rating 2.8
2013-04-16 12:24:36
rating 3.5
2013-04-13 02:11:33
rating 3.2
2013-04-10 17:24:50
rating 5.4
2013-03-30 23:25:48
rating 2.4
2013-03-27 18:43:36
rating 4.2
2013-03-25 18:02:09
rating 4.1
2013-03-21 17:32:44
rating 3.8
2013-03-16 20:57:42
rating 4.8
2013-03-16 01:45:54
rating 4.7
2013-03-12 19:01:40
rating 3.9
2013-03-07 19:35:18
rating 4.8
2013-03-06 03:23:13
rating 4.9
2013-03-05 00:24:07
rating 2.8
2013-02-28 16:02:38
rating 4.9
2013-02-20 19:06:14
rating 4.4
2013-02-19 19:45:09
rating 2.2
2013-02-08 23:11:32
rating 3.2
2013-01-24 14:59:06
rating 5.5
2013-01-17 14:38:22
rating 2.8
2013-01-14 16:56:23
rating 4.5
2013-01-10 20:44:26
rating 4.2
2013-01-08 02:57:37
rating 2.8
2013-01-05 20:45:27
rating 4.5

2012

2012-12-24 00:03:01
rating 5.4
2012-12-12 14:48:33
rating 5.1
2012-12-11 10:48:08
rating 5.7
2012-12-10 20:45:15
rating 3.2
2012-12-07 18:36:10
rating 3.1
2012-12-07 13:43:04
rating 2.4
2012-12-04 01:23:14
rating 5.6
2012-11-30 18:54:59
rating 3.3
2012-11-23 15:18:06
rating 3.6
2012-11-21 06:24:24
rating 3.3
2012-11-17 03:30:33
rating 4.1
2012-11-13 08:59:56
rating 2.8
2012-11-12 09:31:26
rating 4.6
2012-11-09 11:48:51
rating 4.3
2012-11-08 22:07:31
rating 5.3
2012-11-07 11:12:00
rating 3.3
2012-10-26 14:43:46
rating 5.2
2012-06-10 22:01:15
rating 3.4
2012-06-06 01:21:42
rating 2.6
2012-06-02 22:19:38
rating 2.3
2012-05-28 02:23:34
rating 4
2012-05-25 02:04:53
rating 4.7
2012-04-25 01:15:04
rating 4
2012-04-19 05:13:24
rating 4.6
2012-04-13 15:04:35
rating 3.4
2012-04-09 14:55:12
rating 4.5
2012-04-04 11:13:43
rating 3.6
2012-04-02 09:39:59
rating 4.9
2012-03-29 03:32:44
rating 4.3
2012-03-22 10:23:31
rating 5.4
2012-03-16 17:36:03
rating 5.5

2008

2008-05-18 00:45:03
rating 3.9
2008-04-10 21:12:20
rating 3.4
2013-10-06 23:16:04
15 votes, rating 3.3
The cost of Alton Towers
The cost of 1 adult entry to Alton Towers: £46.80

The cost of a 12 year old entry to Alton Towers; they're classed as adults. Also: £46.80

The cost of printing off a 2 for 1 voucher (thus saving 25% over the 25% booking discount on the Alton Towers website) found with a Google search: pennies

The cost of petrol driving over 3 hours in total: £35

The cost of a single scoop ice cream: £2

The cost of an ice cream with 2 scoops: £2.50 (about the best value we encountered all day)

The cost of preparing snacks/sandwiches from Tesco: dunno, went to Lidl

The cost of preparing snacks/sandwiches from Lidl: a few quid

The cost of a photo from a ride: £8 (seriously)

The cost of a 4 photo bundle: £20 (still outrageous)

The cost of my son losing his glasses on a ride: £not-sure-yet

The cost for hearing my son use terms like "petrified", "closest to death I've been", "terrified", and "never again" (followed an hour later by "let's do that again"), the scream of absolute fear, the howls of laughter...

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Priceless!

But seriously, that place is expensive as fur coats without the oats. If they halved the price of the photos I might actually get one. If they were good value like £2-£3, I'd have bought a bunch.
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Comments
Posted by The_Demon on 2013-10-07 00:27:15
Agreed with everything above, but add

"Not telling the kids that I was petrified, terrified and nearly threw up" and then an hour later also wanting to do it again, but have to wait until the kids want to go on - also priceless.

Alton Towers is one of those "Once or twice a year" trips. If you take your own food, only buy one photo, its just bearable.

But then, queuing for 2 hours for one ride......
Posted by Chainsaw on 2013-10-07 01:23:27
Yeah, shoulda added the cost the fasttrack tickets (£12 / 3 rides) albeit we didn't get any.

Everything except the rides costs an arm and a leg. It's a bit of a puss take at times.

One of the reasons to go in October was the reduced queues. Had my kids listened to me (HAHA SOUND FAMILIAR?!) then we would have been able to go on several rides multiple times (e.g. Nemesis was no queue for the first and last hour) and Oblivion no queue at the end. However they insisted on going on Smiler first (1h45min queue... because it's new and near the park entrance) but we got on plenty after that.
Posted by FredAstaire on 2013-10-07 01:32:51
Cost of a trip to Alton Towers for being good for a year at a school that calls itself 'a specialist centre for science' to get more funding from the government, but doesn't have to spend a penny on improving science so has a bunch of spare money at the end of the year - £0.

But seriously, the cost of those photo's are ridiculous, and they jack the price of them up even more over summer.
Posted by Chainsaw on 2013-10-07 01:46:17
It's just daft. At £2 I'd have spent £10+ on photos (I had the cash). At £8 I ain't getting one unless it was special and none were quite special enough. Having dropped a ton to get in with parking included, I wasn't throwing another £20 at a 4 photo bundle when offered either.
Posted by pythrr on 2013-10-07 04:10:53
meh, I hated these places as a kid.

and they really are absurdly expensive.
Posted by coombz on 2013-10-07 08:12:44
theme parks are expensive

but goddamn poor people suck

i don't put a price limit on happiness for myself or my children
Posted by koadah on 2013-10-07 08:32:45
Wow Coombz! Post us some pics of your crib!
Posted by mister__joshua on 2013-10-07 11:09:15
Cost of having worked there: Your soul
Cost of trips now, knowing how to drive, park, and walk in through the staff entrance: Free

Desire to go to Alton Towers having worked there: None :(
Posted by pythrr on 2013-10-07 18:53:40
coombz! nice work there! he 1% illuminati salute you!
Posted by Chainsaw on 2013-10-07 19:55:22
Nice nomination for a-hole of the year there coombz!
Posted by garyt1 on 2013-10-08 21:50:35
Let them eat cake!