Alton Towers VS Thorpe Park??
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- čas přidán 2. 09. 2023
- Which of the two BEST UK theme parks is better?? Join me as i look at all the rides, facilities, food, operations and more at both Alton Towers and Thorpe Park and work out which is better! Is it the park with The Smiler and Wickerman, or is it Thorpe with The Swarm and Stealth?? Remember this is my opinion so feel free to disagree with it! Leave your thoughts below!!
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You know it’s a good day when dan uploads.
He uploads almost every day mate
Most days are good days😊
@@Harrydi14I beg u move no one asked for your input.
It’s the dumb, unno humour that does it for me
@@Thegreenbeangoblinyt fair enough
Got to be towers, more variety in age range attractions. More unique rides, much better dark rides, better scenery, has the history to go with it. Significant better themed areas imo
Shut up Thorpe park is life
@@X2_charlieIt's all a matter of opinion.
@@SiLatics56 fr bro x2 calm down just wait til you get on the best ride in the uk: smiler or wickerman
@@2019_XC What are you on about?
@@2019_XC I've been on both The Smiler and The Wickerman
Towers. Which is ironic, since Thorpe park has no height limit. Great video Dan, Phenomenal as always!
thorpe seem to finally be capitalising on their lack of height limit, project exodus might take thorpe park to #1
I dont think hopefully towers will get massive investment next year
Thorpe park does have a heigh limit and Thorpe park is way better
@@X2_charlie not really, if I remember correctly they technically do have a height limit but it’s 300ft with extensions up to 500ft. So basically it’s down to if they get planning permission, which residents and the council seem very happy to give to Thorpe park.
@@insertcompanynamehere7909 well we know what they’re getting lol, nemesis is gonna re-open with the retrack, which isn’t much of a development. Then 2025 they’re getting a family thrill indoors coaster
This video unfortunately reminded me that both Loggers leap and the flume are no longer part of their respective paths. Two great log flumes that I do miss, despite being a big fan of wicker man
I haven't been to alton towers since those people got hurt some years ago. I've always had a fear around it lol. Thorpe has always been my favourite due to stealth, colossus, swarm and nemesis.
I went yesterday with my girl and because of the wind they gave us free tickets back, plus free fast track
Don’t worry! The smiler incident can’t NEVER happen again due to the amount of security enhancements in the past 9 years in all of the coasters!
I love this channel so much!
I feel like towers has been neglected for a few years and thorpe has improved massively with things like events like there is no competition between scarefest and fright nights but there was in the past
Scarefest was SHOCKING last year!
Been going to Alton since I was 3. Gotta be Alton
CG ON 50K!
Loved this new video Dan great job!
Thanks so much!
Dan: Thorpe has better events by a bit.
A little thing called Scarefest: I’m here, you know?
8:13 a fine choice of music 🍷🗿
I just bloody love skylanders, it is so nostalgic
I love when Dan uploads
Keep up ur great content Dan 🎉
Going here Friday and Monday so what an appropriate video! :D
Great vid as always dan! You really dont miss😂 except from the end result of this video👁👁
Haha thank you!!
I prefer Thorpe mainly because of tlc, if you look at stuff like the smiler, galactica, the blade so on and so forth they are poorly maintained and none of the effects works. Also half of the areas at towers are themed to trees lol
Thorpe park is the best
It's also in a small area and takes minutes to walk from one end to the other
hi Dan! Love your videos early!!
Great vid Dan i love your vids
Agree with everything said! Alton Towers has a huge variety of coasters - worlds most inverting, dive, spinning, launch, inverted, flying, wooden, kids, powered, 13 (lol), all it's missing imo is a winged! It has some great dark rides (even with Hex closed this season) though it is lacking permanent flat rides. Whilst the food is pretty terrible, a bit of planning before you go can avoid dealing with this. This season has been a little poor in terms of operations, and with the Sky Ride being closed this season it's hard for those with mobility issues to navigate the park.
I completely agree that events at Thorpe seem to be a lot better than Towers, with Towers mainly sticking to a single show on the main stage.
Alton Towers is still my home park, and whilst I've only visited Thorpe Park once this season, I would agree that Alton Towers is the better park (this season at least)!
Which one can you breathe better at ?
Alton Towers Gardens: 😎😎😎
Loved the Wickerman " no escape to your right " reference by the way
❤
In the wicker man tunnel you cannot breathe since the fumes go in ur face
Feel the flames
🔥🔥
@@CartoonDinosaur. feed*
@@simplestuff1247 yeah I thought it was feed but I wanted to say feel because it made more sense 😂
Also it's part of the experience
If you get lung cancer then that's part of the roller coaster
Great vid Dan get him to 50k love ur content
Thank you!!
I've been to Alton towers 9 times and Thorpe park once Tbh I think Alton towers is still amazing it never gets old especially waiting on the que for the rides and the adrenaline kicks in is amazing ,but Thorpe park you don't really get that feeling and tho it's a bit bigger than flamingo land without the zoo, it's like waiting at the checkout to pay for your stuff .that's my opinion.
Definitely Thorpe park is improving (apart from black mirror labyrinth) whereas towers is definitely getting worse mainly due to the mistreatment of events, the decline in food quality and the absolute disaster in theming which is the funko squad or whatever they are called
why am i not suprised your username is literally stealth
sorry to interupt but alton towers is way better because basically more rides and lots of good themed roller coasters like the smiler is better themed then colossus because colossus just bangs your head
Depends how you weight the different categories, if i had to chose a park i’d go for the one with the best coasters, theming and dark rides over the one with the best food, events and operations ( and even flat rides coz they make me 🤢) plus if you had categories like general environment ( gardens) and kids rides then towers would have a couple of extra easy wins, for me its still towers any day of the week.
Since I live close to Thorpe Park you get bored with it after going so many times meaning I always look more forward to visiting Towers whenever I go which is rarely
Well wanted to go to UK just to visit these 2, and think i will still visit these 2 when i do (probably a trip around spring next year).
Despite all it's failings, Alton Towers is just iconic!
I went to Thorpe Park today, and within the space of an hour pretty much every rollercoaster on Park, and some of the flat ride went down
Lovin’ the Skylanders Kaos theme near the end. Don’t know why I so easily recognised it
Alton towers I just find Thorpe park too small. I prefer the rides the enchanted woods was an amazing stay overnight with the restaurant food actually really really good. Alton Towers is way way more friendly. The last time I went to Thorpe park there was a stabbing 😢 my daughter was put off and doesn’t want to go back. We love Alton and have been 4 times in the last year! Love it
My first big theme park was Alton towers and my mum through me on nemissis which was my first big rollercoaster I was terrified for the rest of the day
Towers all the time. Love From staffordshire
Amazing video dan! Don’t want to start a debate but I feel that if nemsis is going to count towards which park is better than surely project exodus should as well as they are both open in 2024
First 🎉🎉🎉. Btw Towers is waaayyyyyyyyy better but Thorpe is still great. I was there today.
7:19 Is the Rollercoaster Restaurant one of them? Because I went there on August 26th 2023 and had some nice Chicken & Waffles. Weird combo, I know. I'd love to go there again 😋
Only myself been to Alton Towers Resort, but not yet to Thorpe Park, but hoping to visit in near future, but from hearing and seeing from this video, I would say Alton Towers Resort is best as it has a variety of coasters for all to experience where's Thorpe Park caters mainly for the big thrill. So yes, would say Alton Towers for the win 100%. But been hearing about operations aswell, especially about those portable flat rides, really in my opinion need to get rid as they don't belong in a major theme park, so yeah think they need to all go, permanent flat rides installed. But nice interesting video, really enjoyed and look forward to next. 😀👍
Great video 😂
I'm used to you just giving sarcasm, so this is actually really lovely hearing such raw honesty! I agree with a lot of these (granted, I've never been to either park so I can't really judge hardcore other than from visual). I will say that I've noticed the trend of Operations failures is worldwide. There are MANY parks, big name parks, that are just utterly failing on their Operations side of things, and it's only going to get worse looking at trends and knowing the insider knowledge of business shenanigans that's been going on. I want to give the benefit of a doubt that this is just an era of pooness but I'm losing faith the more poop that poos out of the poopshoot of the world's corporate greed poopholes. Too graphic? Nah....
But overall, I definitely feel that the hardest verdict is the coasters between the two parks, but I definitely feel that Alton Towers is the better of the two as it has more thoughtful design approaches in the storytelling (theming). Thorpe seems to be like the UK's SixFlags while Alton is like the UK's Disneyland, so ya know.... on those standards.... Yeah, Alton Towers.
But really, the TRUE winner is the London Resort Theme Park. THAT is the best.... Oh, wait..... *runs away from the pitchforks and torches*
hi love your videos thanks
I'm at Alton towers for 2 days omg Galactica is insane along With the smiler wicker man themeing awesome tomorrow oblivion, thirt33n, spin ball and Galactica again and them might do wicker man again
Going to Thorpe park tomorrow for the first time!
thorpe park gets the nostalgia vote for me, been going there every year for my birthday for 5 years, and occasionally outside that (excluding my 16th cause i went to alton towers that year, and i'm going for my 18th this month), also the swarm is sublime, been my favourite ride ever until i rode the smiler, but still just the theming of the swarm puts the overall quality above the smiler
I love your videos
OMG YES TOWER! I love towers and I cannot wait to go on the smiler. Last time I went I was a scaredy cat but now I'm really into coasters! I think I even have the courage to go on Oblivion now! I mean like, I jumped of the top of a big inflatable water thing, gone on X-treme racers at Legoland Billund, Demon at Tivoli, Golden Tower at Tivoli, Hyperspace mountain at Disneyland Paris, Indiana Jones at Disneyland Paris and I think I'm pretty much set! For some reason I keep having dreams about going to Towers too lol.
Dan! If you wouldn’t mind (or don’t already have one) could you give a few tips for beginners at theme parks like alton and Thorpe park. I am going Thorpe park in the summer and are terrified of rollercoasters. I would love to hear some tips you could advise!
The man the myth the legend digital dan
Btw when’s the stealth but better vid
he did a livestream on it
@@scorpio11413 I know I watched all of it but I want to see the smoothed and everything else for the pov
Out now! 🔥
Early😂 1st (I think). Imo I like both parks not one more than the other
Great video!
amazing how you managed to review a 10 minute vid in 1 minute!! 🎉
@@JesseAsh3005 it's called being supportive! 🥰
U DESERVE 50K!!!!!!!!!!!
Last time I went to Thorpe (Last october) they had dispatch times of 8 minutes per train... You got stacked in the final brake run. Stealth only operated 3 hours a day... So I wonder with this experience if the operations at Alton Towers are really that much worse then this, or that Thorpe really have improved their operations. (I send a complaint about it directly to Merlin).
I've been to Alton Towers and might go to Thorpe Park
Opened a can of worms here pal 😂😜
Underrated :) but Thorpe park wins cause flying fish
Nah Towers does because of Octonauts
Nvm I forgor abt the Duplo Dino coaster in Legoland, instant top 1 💀
Yess so glad Alton towers one 😅
Dan deserves a diamond playbutton
🙏🏻🙏🏻
I never knew that christmas sponsers towers, they should have a smiller claus
I wish there was another thrill theme park in the UK we could debate about 😩
Alton towers is stunning and Iconic , Especially my ride in 2018 from my town to the park and seeing cooling towers for the first.
Go to Butlins boger ridge in the summer 🌞
Which is better Dan what you prefer
It has to be alton, its so much better. I never really liked Thorpe, but I've only ever gone once so I may have just gone on a bad day. You are so close to 50k so keep up the good work!
Thank you!!
yo I got a reply from the goat himself@@DigitalDan
8:13 Kaos boss fight music from Skylanders Spyro's Adventure?!
i’m going to both Alton Towers and Thorpe Park next month so this was helpful… i guess??
Thorpe has exodus, clear winner in my books
you can’t exactly say this yet as no one has rode it yet lol
@@sitbackitsfrighttime I’m basing my judgement on existing Mack hyper’s
@@Ygfff4 use whatever pfp you want
@@Ygfff4 well it’s not like I own the rights of the image, so I have no say to who can/can’t use it. All in all use whatever pfp you like, it doesn’t bother me
Gotta love Towers
"Those two rides, beautiful creations."
Me: Yeah, my favourite boi, Nemesis Sub Terra, is such a *beautiful boi.*
You should do Chessington versus Poulton’s Park
What do you think of saw vs stealth?
Video Idea: go round alton towers with a spinner wheel that chooses the strides like you did with chesington and Thorpe park
1:18 wood man moment
I was at Alton towers yesterday and I was in the queue for smiler and a little kid wasn't tall enough to ride so he pulled the fire alarm so everyone got evacuated from the queue.
Were u at Leeds fest looked like I in tpd TV video
Another thing to consider is that Thorpe is close to London while Towers isn't that close to major cities
So you’re just going to pretend that Stoke, Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton, and Leicester don’t exist?
@@TheOfficialSmudgy It's really only close to Stoke, Birmingham is over 1h 30mins away. So imo it's easier to get to Thorpe due it is meaning right next to Heathrow and Greater London. Also anyone coming internationally would have a harder time getting to Towers.
@@TheOfficialSmudgy Towers may be close to these cities, but have you tried getting public transport from any of these into Alton Towers before? It's practically impossible! I think there's a single bus that goes to Alton Towers once a day, and 2 on the way out.
@@kingdomofportugal-brazil Thorpe is a 1:30 drive from Central London with traffic
@@mollieyay as a local I see this as an absolute win as we have already seen that Merlin doesn’t care about limiting the amount of people within Towers so the less public transport the better as it’s the only way the queues won’t be ridiculous
also the mini pirate ship and the egg veiwing
I can’t believe shockwave is getting converted to a sit down next year :(
Can you please do the new build challenge in Legoland where Viking river rapids
Please
You should do Alton towers vs draton manor
🎉your are great
Towers used to be phenomenal. Nemesis loaded and unloaded in a matter of seconds. Other rides aren’t like that anymore. And food there is.. well we don’t talk about that. But Thorpe next year. Off the charts
Thorpe Park!!!
Let’s help Dan get to 50k
Dan help us shockwave is getting turned into a sit down coaster!!😢
Never been to Thorpe park but towers has got something for the whole family as Thorpe parks more just thrill rides however Thorpe park have some very good rides like stealth and Saw But Alton towers Have Oblivion And smiler And don't forget the best coaster at Alton towers wickerman( Edit: ive been to thorpe park now and i say there both as good as each other ngl
dan you need to do black pool pleasure beach vs towers (i choose towers )
Ive never been to Thorpe, but ive been to Alton Towers many many times, and honestly it is the best park ever, it feels more friendly than Thorpe too.
Thorpe is amazing! but i just love Alton Towers,
In my opinion Alton Towers is better!
I feel like towers is objectively better cause it is just bigger in size and amount of rides but thorpe has been better as of recent cause of things like operations and I think thorpe has been managed better since the pandemic
10 is oblivion 9 is rita 8 is the smiler 7 is nemesis 6 is Galactica 5 is thir13teen 4 is spinball whizzer 3 is spinjam 2 is gangsta granny 1 is the wicker man and that is my to
Should do chesington vs something else next
Digital Dan > jacksilkstone
I prefer towers its not just the rides its how that its for younger ones and older ones unlike thorpe that just has not that much kids rides and its just for adults
Me personally Alton towers wins, it’s been my childhood theme park till this day
Although I’m closer to Thorpe than I am towers, after going there recently I must say towers is better. It’s bigger so it does mean a lot of walking which is the only negative thing in my opinion.
i cant really join the debate because i haven't been to Thorpe park yet but i cant wait to go to Blackpool pleasure breach in 6 days time!!!!
towers, and ive only been once (4 hour drive) and ive been to thorpe park many times. theres just so much themeing at towers and just better rides in general.
Team Alton towers
my comment made it in lmao
5:20
If you included the attraction called “Rain” then it can get infinitely wetter. Point to towers.
I personally think that Alton towers is better but if any rollercoaster in it is closed I think that Thorpe park is the winner even if stealth is closed I would still think it would be better imo
thorpe park was good but towers is better because its closer to me and ive only been to thorpe once