Quite surprising to many as Alton Towers 2021 Scarefest remains unchanged for the second year running.
Alton Towers have confirmed that ALL mazes from last season will be back again for 2021 which certainly hasn’t hit home with me personally.
Chopping and changing the attractions every year keeps things fresh and with the extremely negative response that Toxic Junkyard received last year (an outdoor scare maze) it returns.. to many peoples bewilderment.
Alton Towers have however announced a new addition aside from the mazes with Trick O’ Treat Town.
The new family attraction, which will be fully unveiled later this summer. This could potentially be a scare zone or a family-friendly walkthrough attraction.
Trick O’ Treat Town is the latest addition to the Theme Park’s line-up of terrifyingly good scare mazes which will be completed with the return of:
- Freak Show: Toxic Junkyard: Set outside in what appears to be an abandoned junkyard, daring thrillseekers will discover the dark and disturbing secret it hides in a truly chilling experience. After being hunted and cast out of the community, the last of the Freak Show psycho clowns have gone into hiding, plotting in secret their next “BIG SHOW”. Will dare devils entering the junkyard be able to help stop their evil plan or will they become the main attraction of the next performance?
- The Attic: Terror of the Towers: An unforgettable and truly chilling experience set in the eaves of the Theme Park’s famous and historical Tower ruins. Rumoured to be haunted by ‘the Governess’, local legend says she is eternally trying to avenge the death of her charges; taking the spirits of the living as penance…but who will be her next victim?
- Darkest Depths: Get ready for a terrifying new adventure aboard ‘The Mutiny’, a notoriously spine-chilling ghost ship. You’ll truly earn your golden piece of eight by venturing into the darkest depths, avoiding the hazardous calls of the treacherous Sirens, dodging the swords of terrifyingly ghoulish pirate mutineers and coming face to face with the Kraken – the legendary monster of the seas!
- Altonville Mine Tours: Uncover The Legend of the Skin Snatchers offering a tale with a not-so-beautiful twist. Those brave enough can also head to ‘Altonville’, a recently re-opened mine at the Resort, which holds a deep dark secret. Enter the damp, disused mine, which is believed to have once been home to a family of village outcasts. Nicknamed the ‘Skin Snatchers’ by local residents, their spine-chilling secret is about to be unearthed. Remember ‘Beauty is only skin deep’.
Also returning for 2021 is the opportunity to experience the Alton Towers Gardens as it comes to spooktacular life. ‘Garden Lights Walk: Whispering Souls’ is free for guests to enjoy as part of the event’s family-friendly frights line-up of live entertainment including the Freaky Five and CBeebies Land Monster Ball.
Open until 9pm each day, daring guests can also face the head-spinning, hair-raising rides and attractions in darkness including the Alton Towers Dungeon.
The maze/event information was taken from the press release but I must say I’m rather disappointed.
Yes, they’re great mazes if it’s your first time doing them but I really was hoping for something new and at least the return of Sub Species and Project 42 to fill the line-up a bit more.
A return of a classic maze from the past would have also been a solid choice.
Nevermind.
For me, last years Halloween belonged to the independent horror attractions with Scare Kingdom and Xtreme Scream absolutely blowing away any scare event that any UK theme park put on during 2020.
