Theme parks like Alton Towers regularly update their attractions and events, with new rides such as Battle Galleons and Congo River Rapids opening for seasonal periods, while existing rides like Oblivion and Galactica undergo maintenance and improvements; visitors can experience a variety of attractions including thrill rides, family coasters, and themed areas, with queue times varying throughout the day and park hours extending to 8:00 PM during special events like Twilight at the Towers.
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Twilight At The Towers Vlog 2026 - New Major Updates!Added:
Hello everyone, I'm Owen Towers way and we're here today at the Alton Towers Resort. It is May half term and they have got an event at the park called Twilight at [music] the Towers. So yeah, we're going to go around the park today, look at everything that they have got for the event and any updates since I was last there. Let's go. And we are also joined by two different guests here. We've got Thea just here again.
>> Hi.
>> And we've also got Heidi.
>> Hi.
>> Just another thing to mention for the event, they have got these frogs just on Towers Street.
Decorated really nicely. Yeah, they do look really good there. And they've also got this themed piece just in the middle.
Saying Twilight at the Towers. Yeah, they're really good. Now they have also added some extra games units just here on the lawns at the very start just at the bottom of Towers Street. Got the football challenge just over there. I'm not too sure what that game is over there. Yeah, they've got two new units.
Looks like there is a third game as well just out here. Well, a third new game anyway. It's called Ice Bottles.
And just over there, that is new for I'm guessing it's going to stay for May half term, maybe leave after May half term ends.
Yeah, there's the new games units. And this is the first time in the 2026 season that Battle Galleons is open. It did open on [music] Friday. Today is Wednesday.
So yeah, not a week ago, just a little bit shorter [music] than that.
Yeah, I do believe some of the water guns, like the free water guns with the handles, have been removed. I'll go and have a look at them in a minute.
Yeah, Battle Galleons is open. So like I was saying, you can still use the paid water guns just over here. They are £2 just over there.
Yeah, they used have free water guns which are you can still see them. They are still in place just over there.
Yeah, the handles have been removed which used to be able to like turn and then squirt the people that are in the ride.
>> [music] >> Yeah, that is a shame.
Yeah, here we go. This is one of the water guns that we can go up to.
Yeah, they used have like a handle thing just on there that you did used to be able to turn and then water would be squirted out onto people on the boats.
Yeah, looks like the handles have been have been removed. [music] And it does look like we have got more themed pieces here for the Twilight at the Towers just here.
Just next to the Towers, we've got these like statues.
Yeah, this is the main like entertainers area I believe or the in Fountain Square. They have got quite a lot of stuff for the Twilight at the Towers. So we're going to have a look at now.
Yeah, they have got quite a lot of new stuff here for Twilight at the Towers.
Uh >> [snorts] >> yeah, new theme and pieces. We also have this cargo area just over there which has got loads of different food units.
So, we're going to have a look at that now.
It does smell nice.
We've got a lot of seating area just here as well.
Yeah, very like summery kind of theme to this event.
Yeah, we're going to have a look in here. Yeah, here we go then into the cargo area just here. I'm not too sure what is in here, but we're going to have a look at it now.
Yeah, this is like got loads of different like food units, drink units.
And they've also got all these different like tables and benches.
Yeah, we're going to have a look at everything here now.
See, we've got a coffee and a churros like little stand-up booth thing there.
Puppy's pineapples.
That's pretty cool. Not really seen that at the theme park before.
Indian street food.
Yeah, these are really cool.
A Macman mac and cheese.
Uh Argentinian steak. Ooh, fancy steak.
Uh and then bao buns and rice bowls just there. And then just to the right-hand side we have got the bar. So, yeah, there's just a bar section in there and some seating area. Yeah, really like that. And we've got another photo opportunity just over here on the bench.
Yeah, do love good photo opportunity.
Yeah, really good. And there is also a Costa Coffee pop-up area just over here.
This is new as well. I think this is going to stay for Twilight at the Towers. I reckon it'll stay after as well. Not too sure though.
But it is such a good perfect spot the fact in square for events just such as this.
Yeah, got another photo opportunity just here.
Now, this is normally here all year round for all the different events.
Yeah, really good.
And then just like normal like last time it was here, they have also got these like food units just over here which are here and stay around even when it's not the Twilight at the Towers.
Yeah, they do these do get quite busy.
Yeah, really good. We're going to go into 13 now and we'll have our eyes on that. Also, another thing to mention for Twilight at the Towers, the park opens through until 8:00 p.m. So, you don't get the night rides, but you do get late riding. It also does get quite like a lot quieter uh, during the later parts of the park. Yeah, just to give you a mention. Here we go then, entering into Dark Forest. We'll have a ride on 13 first and then we'll have a ride on Rita. I was looking at the queue times yesterday and Rita was closed all day.
So, it is good to see it back open.
Oh, here's a really big update here in Dark Forest near 13. The 13 shop has reopened. Yeah, last time this was open was over in 2017.
Yeah, really good that this has opened.
We're going to have a look now and see all the merchandise. We're going to enter 13 shop. I do believe they do also have Rita merch in there.
Yeah, we'll have a look inside of there.
Yeah, I've never actually been in there before.
Yeah, it is really good. They've just got 13 merch.
From this corner. Yeah, Rita is just down there on the bottom.
Tell you what, I don't know why they did close this, to be honest with you, because it's such a perfect position.
Come off the ride of 13 there entering the shop.
Look at all the merchandise. Yeah, really good.
Here we go then on a ride on 13. It's currently at 35 minutes.
See how that's going here. Well, there we go then, we just had a ride on 13.
Really good ride as always. We are now heading out of Dark Forest because Rita is on a 60-minute queue. I'm not waiting that at the minute and it does get quieter towards the end of the day. So, yeah, we'll come back later on in the day. Thing I thought I'd mention is the Skyride. Now, on the, uh, ride availability list, it did say the Skyride would be opening in May. Oh, yeah, today is the 27th of May, still not open.
No signs. It was testing not too long ago.
Yeah, no one's seen it in a long time, which is a shame cuz it is a vital part to the park.
Yeah, hopefully they get this back up shortly.
See you all now, just heading over to Oblivion, which is Tidy's favorite ride.
Yeah, we locked it so many times last time we were there. So, yeah, we'll go to X-Sector just now.
Here we go then, entering into X-Sector.
There is also something that I wanted to mention. Just down at the bottom of X-Sector cuz Alton Towers have been approved some planning permission just down at the bottom. Yeah, I'll go and talk about that in a minute. We are here now just outside of Oblivion. I'm not too sure what all these fences are.
Oh, that's probably what it is. It looks like there's something leaking just over there.
Yeah, it's coming from down that support I'm not too sure what that is.
What's he doing?
Yeah, it looks like something's leaking there from Oblivion at the top.
Obviously nothing too serious that's stopping the ride from operating.
Yeah, you can't go over there just in case it drips on you.
Yeah, let's go on Oblivion. So, here we are then at the site of where the new supposed scare maze is going to be.
Yeah, Alton Towers submitted some planning applications for a new scare maze in this exact location.
Obviously used to be two different flat rides here, Submission was here a long time ago, and then Enterprise just over there. Now, they are using some of the Enterprise queue line for all these scare mazes.
Yeah, there's going to be a scare maze here. It's a bit of a weird decision really.
Cuz it's a it'll be a lot better of an idea to put some flat rides down here.
Yeah, I'm not too sure why they've made a big building for a scare maze, not thinking about the future in my opinion.
Yeah, there's going to be a scare maze just there. Anyway, we're going to have a ride now on Oblivion. So, here we go then, we just come off of Oblivion, really really good ride. A thing to mention that is on the negative side, we have also got a positive, but I will start with the negative at the minute.
Um at the minute, the station is only running like on one loading area, which normally the ride does currently do well, done currently, cuz it hadn't done it any time in the 2026 season. Still only on one loading section, not two, which is really a shame. However, one really really big positive, at the top of the drop just there, it started playing the don't look down audio. Yeah, really really good. That hadn't been at the park in a long time. Yeah, really really good.
We are now heading over into Katanga Canyon to have a ride on the River Rapids. Yeah, just like Battle Galleons, it did open on Friday, so yeah, not too long ago.
It is now a seasonal ride, running from May to September, I believe.
So, yeah, we're going to go and have a ride on the Rapids.
Now, here's a quick update just there.
They have now got sound effects on the Rapids Jeep. They've also got some more theming just on the right-hand side behind the Jeep.
Yeah, there is quite a lot of new theming inside the River Rapids queue line as well, which we have seen online.
Yeah, I just wanted to say that the uh Jeep has got some new sound effects.
>> [music] [music] >> Well, there we go then. We have just been on the Congo River Rapids. Really [music] good to get back on there.
Obviously, towards the end of last season, it gets cold. You don't really want to be going on the Rapids in the cold. Uh and then yeah, it's only just opened in the 2026 season. And it is also Heidi's first time on the Rapids.
So, did you enjoy it?
>> Yeah, it was good.
>> So, we are now heading over to the Wicker Man just over here. We're going to have a ride on here. Probably going to have a 60-minute wait.
Yeah, today has been pretty busy.
Compared to other days, I have looked at the queue times. Not been too bad.
But yeah, today it is the Wednesday and it's on a 60-minute wait.
Yeah, let's have a ride on Wicker Man.
There we go then. Just had a really, really good ride on Wicker Man. Heidi, what did you think?
>> It was really good. It was actually quite fast.
>> Yeah, honestly. It was really, really good. Also, they got the operations out really good. So, yeah, really good from Wicker Man. Both of us really fancying an ice cream. It is really warm. The weather has been really good today. So, yeah, we're going to go over to the Curzon Manor, get one of the ice creams.
They are they black? They do look a bit weird. So, yeah, we'll go over there and get them now.
Right, so here we go. We have got the ice creams from the Curzon Manor uh confectionery. Heidi's got hers here.
She is going to try it for the first time. See what she thinks of it. I've had it before, so I know what it tastes like.
>> [laughter] >> What do you think?
Just normal.
Nice.
>> but it tastes a bit different.
>> Yeah. That's what I think. Like, you can kind of taste like the dye. It just tastes a little bit different. But it just tastes like normal Mr. Whippy to me.
>> eight out of 10.
>> Yeah, and they are £4.50, I believe they are. Uh but then you do get your Merlin discount if you do want that. Yeah, really nice.
We are now here in X-Sector. We're going to go and have a ride on the 14-in-version coaster, the Smiler.
Record-breaking coaster. It goes upside down the most times on any roller coaster.
Yeah, let's go in. So, here we go then.
We are in the queue. Just a thing to say, I have not been on this in a long time. Are you excited or are you scared?
>> Scared.
>> She's scared, yeah. She keeps saying she's really scared. So, yeah. Let's go and have a ride on the Smiler.
There we go then. We've just had a ride on the Smiler. Really good ride. We were on the fourth row. And I tell you what, towards the start of the season and towards the end of 2025 season, the fourth row was not a good row to be on.
However, I think I did have a really, really good ride then on the Smiler. And we are now back again at Dark Forest to go on Rita. Yeah, we didn't go on it earlier cuz the wait time was quite big.
However, it has shortened down now.
So, we're going to have a ride on Rita.
[music] Here we go then. Just come off Rita. I'll talk about what the ride was like earlier. But yeah, just looking at the Rita photos cuz we do have the annual pass for all the different parks here at Merlin. Now, we've been on two different rides, the River Rapids and Rita. Both of the photos have been broken, which is really, really a shame.
I'm not too sure why, but obviously cuz we bought the yearly pass, it doesn't affect us too much cuz we do come here quite often. We've made the money's worth out of it. But for the people that have paid for the day pass, yeah, they're not going to make their money's worth out of that.
Two rides have been on. I've not even been on all the rides. So, I'm not too sure which ones are on and which ones aren't. Yeah, the Rita ones are not on, which is a shame. But yeah, I did just want to talk about the ride on Rita. It was really, really good. It felt really, really quick and whippy. Yeah, I haven't been on Rita in a long time towards the end of the day. Well, the time is 5:10.
The park closes at 8:00. But yeah, I haven't been on it in a long time towards the end of the day. What do you think, Heidi?
>> Um it was really good. It was quite quick. It's one of my favorites in the >> Yeah, she does really like Rita. But yeah, I think we are going to go down now and meet Theo again. She's over in CBeebies Land. I think we're going to go on Bluey ride cuz we haven't been on that since it has opened. Um so yeah, we'll go over there now.
I tell you what though, I am a big fan of what they've done here in Fountain Square. It does look really good.
They've made a big atmosphere just around here.
Yeah, looks really good. And now we're walking past Spinball Whizzer. It is just closed. There are some people up there. Yeah, it looks like it has broken down. So, I'm not too sure how long that delay is going to be. I really think that [music] it's going to be closed the rest of the day, but I'm not too sure. I can't say 100%. Yeah, it is closed at the minute.
Here we go then, going into CBeebies Land. We're going to meet up with Theo again. And then we're going to have a ride on Bluey. Well, my first ever ride on Bluey, actually.
So yeah, let's see what it's like.
[music] So here we go then, we are back in CBeebies Land. We're here with Theo again. She has got a face paint, which did cost her £12. But yeah, we are now going to go on the Bluey ride. It's our first time. You excited, Theo?
>> Yes.
>> Are you scared at all?
>> No.
>> No, no. Oh, you're going to enjoy it, aren't you?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah, let's go.
>> Where are you going, guys?
>> [music] [music] [music] >> Well, there we go then, we have just come off Bluey the ride. I really did enjoy it. It was quite forceful for a kids coaster. We've got Theo here. Did you enjoy it?
>> Yes.
>> How How good was it on a scale of 1 to 10?
>> 10.
>> 10. Really enjoyed it. There we go.
Another thing with Bluey, it was [music] actually really smooth. Like, I knew it would be smooth, obviously it's a new coaster, but it was really smooth. It caught me by surprise, to be fair. Well, now we have just come out of CBeebies Land. We're going to head over to Spinball Whizzer. It has reopened.
Obviously, we did see it on like the mid-break run section, uh like obviously broken, but it has reopened now. So, we'll go over there now. Now, Addie hasn't been on it a long time. So, you excited, Addie?
>> I'm so excited.
>> You're so excited. Right, let's go on Spinball Whizzer.
Well, we've just come over here. It's only just reopened. Uh and now they're playing the audio for it being closed again.
So yeah, I'm not too sure what's happening.
We'll go over here. It see closing the sign just over there.
>> Yeah.
I'm not too sure what's happening. We'll wait around here for another 5 minutes.
Maybe we'll go in the queue, wait here for like 5 minutes. If it don't open again, then I guess we'll have to leave Spinball Whizzer and give it a miss for today.
Yeah, they are playing the music again saying that Spinball Whizzer has closed.
So, I'm not too sure how long it's going to be. Hopefully it'll get run running again in around next 5 minutes. But if not, we'll just leave the queue and we'll go on somewhere else.
>> [music] >> Now, we have now just been waiting inside of the queue for 4 to 5 minutes, around that time.
And they are testing it.
Um so, yeah, it should be opening any second now. Well, here we go then. They are now boarding people onto Spinball Whizzer.
So, yeah, it is back up and running, which is good. So, have a ride on it.
Well, there we go then. We just had a ride on Spinball Whizzer. Good ride.
However, that ride is so painful. You're going into them sharp corners. It really really hurts your your back. Yeah, it it it is honestly so painful. But yeah, it was the wait. We only waited about 7-ish minutes to get on the ride. Yeah, we had a good ride on Spinball Whizzer.
Also, another thing to mention here at Alton Towers, they have got free sun cream. It's SPF 30. You can get free sun cream around the park. And at the end of Towers Street. Yeah, really good thing.
Now, we have also got donuts. I don't like donuts, but Heidi's going here.
What do you think of it?
>> It's really nice. It's really chocolatey.
It's a tiny bit dry.
>> Is it dry?
>> Well, there was some chocolate sauce.
>> Chocolate sauce. Well, I'll tell you what though. We have used our Merlin Annual Pass discount. I think you can get 15 donuts for the price of five. So, yeah, really good deal there.
Another thing to mention, the price of five donuts are £8.75. So, yeah, we've got 15 donuts there for £8.75.
[laughter] Really good there.
Now, we are heading back over to the River Rapids. We're going to go on it again. We do like the River Rapids. It is really warm still and it is 6:15.
It's still red hot, especially when you're in the sun. I don't like donuts.
>> [laughter] >> But yeah, when you are in the shade, it is pretty cold, like it is now. We are in the shade. But yeah, it's boiling.
So, we're going on the Rapids now. Are you excited for the Rapids?
>> Yes.
>> What was your best bit about the Rapids last time you were on it?
>> Um how fast and it was.
>> Yeah, it actually was really quick to be fair. Like every time I've been on the rapids, it was quite it's not I wouldn't say it's slow, but that's probably the quickest time that I have been on the rapids. Yeah, let's go on the rapids now.
I'm not too sure what's happening here.
I think they're pumping more air into like the tire thing at the bottom of the rapids.
Yeah, I'm not too sure. I've not seen that before.
Yeah, anyway, let's go and have a ride on the Congo River Rapids. I'll see you when I'm done. Well, there we go then.
We have just come off the Congo River Rapids. Really good ride. Over hiding a really good experience. It was really violent. It was banging around all the time. If you look at her arm, she's just had a cut on there. Yeah, I think it was like the door on like if you look at the cars now, the doors to get out there's like a sign that says push to open and that like scraped on her arm. Yeah, really really really violent. Yeah, we had a good ride on rapids. Did you enjoy it, Heidi?
>> No.
>> No, you didn't enjoy it.
>> rocking.
>> Yeah, it was quite brutal to be fair.
And we have also got Freya. What did you think of the rapids?
>> Really good.
>> Really good. Was it better than the first time or not as good as the first time?
>> I think better than the first.
>> It was better than the first time. So, we're now leaving the exit and then we're going to go over to the Curse at Alton Manor and go to Forbidden Valley.
And that'll be our end of the day.
Here we go then at the Curse at Alton Manor. It is back open. It had been closed for quite a lot of the day.
Yeah, it's only an 8-5 minute queue.
So, it's just walk on just like normal.
Let's go in there.
>> [music] >> Well, there we go. We've just been on the Curse at Alton Manor. A really good ride. There's one thing that wasn't very happy with. The trouble tunnel wasn't working. Now, it wasn't working last time I was on it either. So, yeah, that's not a good sign. Hopefully, yeah, Heidi's not Heidi's not impressed. Not happy. Yeah, hopefully, it does start working again shortly cuz it is a really good effect in Curse at Alton Manor.
Yeah, really good ride.
Here we go then walking into Forbidden Valley.
We're going to go and have a ride on Nemesis and Galactica. I also do want to talk about something with Toxic We're not going to go on it. Yeah, I'm going to mention something cuz there is some new updates which have happened recently. I was walking past Nemesis Sub-Terra. It's on a 5-minute queue. Heidi's never done it before, so she don't really know what to expect. We're getting in the queue now and we'll have a ride on here. Just before we do go on there, I did want to mention if you are coming to Alton Towers and you don't have too much time here, I wouldn't miss this one out even if it's on a 5-minute queue.
Yeah, there's not too much that you are missing out here. Yeah, it's still worth a good go if you've never been on it before.
Well, there we go then. We just had a ride on Nemesis Sub-Terra. It had a good run through to be fair. They had quite a lot of actors saying that it's Kenny's birthday which is apparently the Nemesis egg. Not too sure what was happening there. But yeah, not any actors, not as good as it used to be. Don't you can miss it out if you want and you're not missing out on much. What do you think, Heidi? You've never been on it before.
>> Um it was all right, but I wasn't expecting it like >> Yeah, it's a bit it's a bit random. Like from the outside, you don't really expect what's going to happen inside.
But did you enjoy it?
>> Um yeah.
>> So, we are now here coming into the Nemesis containment zone. The best ride in the park. Heidi doesn't agree with me though. She thinks Oblivion's better which I don't think it is cuz it's just not.
But anyway, we're going to go and have a ride on Nemesis Reborn.
Well, there we go. We just had a ride on Nemesis Reborn. Yeah, we did have a good ride. However, there's one bad thing that I didn't like about it. It was so rattly. I'm not sure what was wrong with it. Heidi, what do you think about Nemesis Reborn?
>> It was better than last time because last time I had my eyes closed and >> Yeah, I don't know why she closed her eyes.
>> Well, this time it was better, but >> So, not your favorite. Oblivion's better.
>> Yeah, but >> It's not better. But anyway, we had a ride on Nemesis Reborn. One thing to mention here, we are at Toxicator right now. We're not going to have a ride on it, but I did just want to say within the past like few weeks, we have noticed that they have been two different cycles. We have got two different new cycles to Toxicator.
So, yeah, there is now a project alpha, project beta, and project gamma.
Obviously, we already had the project alpha. So, there's different cycles on there.
So, we are now at Galactica. We are going to have a ride on here.
Yeah, I do really like this ride.
However, the past few the past few years, I'm not the biggest fan of it.
It's not my favorite at the park.
Yeah, it needs some new revamp. I think it needs like a re-theme or just completely demolish the ride and build a new one. Yeah, the theme on this ride is not great. It doesn't really match Forbidden Valley at all with the space theme. Yeah, it's not my favorite at the park, but I still do like the ride. So, yeah, we're going to have a ride on Galactica.
>> like fourth favorite.
>> Your fourth favorite?
>> favorite.
>> Third favorite. So, it's >> It's not always >> So, you say it's within your top >> not always >> within your top five though.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah, okay. Right, we're going to go on Galactica now. However, like I was saying that I want a new re-theme to this ride or just completely demolish it. I don't think it's going to happen cuz this season they have added these new screens just over there. So, they are still investing in this ride which makes me think that they are going to keep it for a little bit longer.
Yeah, let's go have a ride on Galactica.
Well, there we go then. We've just come off of Galactica. Really good ride. How did you enjoy it?
>> Yeah, [music] but it was a bit rocky.
>> It was. It was quite rattly again.
Similar with Nemesis, it had a really weird rattle. I don't know what's wrong with it. Yeah, still decent ride on Galactica.
>> change it.
>> Yeah, they should change it. Like I said earlier, just get rid of the whole thing and build a completely different ride.
Yeah, that was Galactica for us. Also, another thing to mention here with the monorails, the vinyls have been removed from the windows. Yeah, we've been asking for it for so long. Obviously, when they had the vinyls there, you couldn't properly see out the windows.
However, I will put some clips on the video now of us going on the monorail to the park. Yeah, you could see perfectly out of the windows. It was really really good. So, I'm really happy Alton Towers have made the decision to finally get rid of them vinyls. Yeah, really happy about that. Well, there we go then. That comes to the end of the day here at Alton Towers. I've had a really really good day. How did you enjoy it?
>> Yeah, it was good.
>> Yeah, it was really good. You got on some new rides and such as like Sub-Terra. To be fair though, I didn't really miss that a lot to be honest with you. You could miss that out.
>> that ride.
>> Yeah, it's not the best ride. I can't lie. I think they could change that.
Maybe put something else there.
>> quite scary though. I wasn't expecting it.
>> Yeah, it's very unexpected ride from what you see from the outside. Yeah, yeah, a really, really good day here at Alton Towers. If you haven't enjoyed the video, though, please make sure you do like and subscribe to the channel. It means so much more than you do think.
Also, if you got any questions, make sure you put it in the comments section.
But, yeah, I've been on Towers, boy.
Goodbye.
>> [music]
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