If you are planning a trip to the Alton Towers Waterpark before it closes for it’s annual maintenance check from 2 January 2012, there are a number of deals available to reduce your admission costs at this popular waterpark.

Alton Towers Waterpark Deals

More details available at Alton Towers Waterpark Deals.  Remember parking is free with waterpark admission too.  Whilst, strictly not allowed, you do see a number of waterpark customers with their own food too.

Splash Zone at Gulliver’s Theme Park; 2 for 1 Promotional Code

Simply use the promotional code ‘SZFA12′ to take advantage of this buy one adult ticket and secure a further adult ticket for free.  This offer is valid at both the Warrington & Milton Keynes sites and is available from 27-30 December 2011 & 2-8 January 2012.

Gulliver's Splash Zone Deals

Water World Voucher

Here’s a buy one, get one half price Water World Voucher that is valid up to 31 December 2011.  Simply print off and present to the ticket kiosk on the day of your visit at this popular waterpark in Stoke on Trent.  More details available at Water World Discount Voucher 2011.

Plenty more ideas of Things to Do over Christmas on a Budget too.

Liz

With the ice rinks now open for the winter season, here’s a chance to take to the ice and miss the queues at the same time.  We’ve hunted high & low to find our Top Dog Ice Rinks for 2011 & 2012. Also worth checking out the deal running at Blackpool Beach Arena Ice Rink that is offering half price ice skating sessions on 30 November.

Ice Skating with Chilly Penguins

Public Sector Strike & Orange Wednesday

Don’t forget that this strike falls on a Wednesday so Orange customers can take advantage of Orange Wednesdays & bag 2 for 1 on cinema tickets.  To take advantage of this offer, just text Film to 241 and await your text code.  Show this code to cinema box office and pick up your 2 for 1 tickets for the movies.

Orange Wednesday isn’t just about cheap cinema tickets, you can also bag a bargain at Pizza Express too!  Flash your code at Pizza Express and you can receive 2 for 1 on pizzas plus free garlic bread or dough balls.

Swimming Deals

Public Sector Strike; Swim for it

Gulliver’s Splash Zones at both Milton Keynes & Warrington remain open and offers plenty of fun for a day out with the kids.  Check out our review at Gulliver’s Splash Zone Review.

The Theme Park maybe closed, but Alton Towers Waterpark remains open and plenty of deals available too.  More details can be found at Alton Towers Waterpark Deals 2011.

Water World in Stoke are running a buy one get one half price deal that is valid until the end of the year.  More details are available at Water World Deals 2011.

Many local authority pools maybe closed with the public strike so best to check before you set out.

Public Sector Strike & Twinlakes Theme Park

Twinlakes are offering 25% off their Winter Wonderland tickets for tickets purchased onine for 30 November 2011.  More details available at Twinlakes Winter Wonderland Deal.

Eden Project

Public Sector Strike; Eden Project & £5 Annual Pass for Locals

Devon & Cornwall residents could take this opportunity to pick up an annual pass for the Eden Project for just £5 per person.  Can’t beat this for value for money!  More details available at Eden Project £5 Passes.

Public Sector Strike & Crealy Adventure Park

Crealy Adventure Park in Devon is opening its doors for the day with a £5 per person entry ticket.  Whilst the outdoor park rides will not be open the indoor adventure area will be.

Public Sector Srike & Trentham Gardens for £2.50

If there’s 12 or more in your party, (and this can be a group of friends and family), you can take advantage of group rates of just £2.50 per person!  This will gain you access to the adventure park, maze, gardens, lakeside & cafe, (this does not include the Trentham Ice Skating).  More details available at Trentham Gardens £2.50 deal.

Liz

Alton Towers Waterpark run special offers, passholder discounts, a great deal for kids 6 and under plus FREE PARKING!  More details available at Alton Towers Waterpark Deals.  Remember to book with this one as it gets pretty busy!

Alton Towers Waterpark Deals

Water World Deals

Water World in Stoke has a discount voucher running until December 2011 plus check out the Thrill Hopper Ticket to combine this with a day at Alton Towers!  More details available at Water World Deals.

Magna Free Annual Upgrade

Splash Zone at Gulliver’s Kingdom

The great advantage with the indoor Splash Zone is there is no standing water so children can get as wet as they wish within a safe environment!  With slides galore, interactive features and intermittent bursts of water for more daring children, it’s a perfect spot for children 10 and under to cool down and have some fun! The Splash Zone is available at the Warrington & Milton Keynes Gulliver’s sites.  More details available at Gulliver’s Splash Zone Review.

If you have more ideas and deals for waterparks, do let us know and we’ll pass it on.

Liz

Here’s a money saving voucher for Water World that is valid to 31 December 2012 from moneysupermarket.  Simply print off and take with you on the day of your visit to receive your buy one, get one half price deal after 1pm each day.

More details available from discount voucher at Water World.

Waterworld with a Thrillhopper Ticket

Each Thrill Hopper ticket offers you one admission to all four of the following:

• Water World
• Alton Towers
  
• Drayton Manor Theme Park
• Tamworth Snowdome, (limited to specific activities)

You can use the Thrill Hopper ticket throughout the season with a single ticket priced at  £47.50 or a family ticket for £142.50.  This is a substantial saving against the cost of four separate entries to these attractions and, as it is valid throughout the season, you can space out your trips!

Alton Towers Waterpark Deals

From £7 toddler deals to Merlin passholder discounts, there are plenty of ways to reduce your entrance charges at this popular waterpark.  More details at Alton Towers Waterpark Deals.

For more Alton Towers deals, go to 2 for 1 Alton Towers Vouchers 2011.

Liz

More details available from 2 for 1 voucher at Water World.  Why not check out our Insider Guide to Water World for more deals and discounts!

Liz

Each Thrill Hopper ticket offers you one admission to all four of the following:

• Water World
• Alton Towers
  
• Drayton Manor Theme Park
• Tamworth Snowdome, (limited to specific activities)

You can use the Thrill Hopper ticket throughout the season with a single ticket priced at  £44.95 or a family ticket for £129.95.  This is a substantial saving against the cost of four separate entries to these attractions and, as it is valid throughout the season, you can space out your trips!

Your Thrill Hopper ticket is valid for either a 30 minute toboggan or tubing session at the SnowDome & it’s vital to pre-book your chosen activity as sessions run to specific times only.

Whilst all other settings under the Thrill Hopper ticket offer full day entrance, the SnowDome’s offer of one half hour activity session is less appealing.  However if you view this more as a bonus activity or a chance to try something new, it’s a good additional extra under the scheme.

We chose the tobogganing activity and had the time of our lives taking on the slopes of Tamworth at breathtaking  speed!  By using the travelator to the top of the 170 metre main slope, you navigate the course by using the brakes on the toboggan to steer your way down the slope..or that’s the theory anyway!  What a great way to finish off our Thrill Hopper tickets!

More information about this regional card is available at Thrill Hopper Tickets or for more on the Snowdome, go to Insiders Guide to the Snowdome.

Liz

With the weather closing in and armed with our trusted Thrill Hopper Ticket, off we tootled to Water World in Stoke for some water fun.  The first advantage the Thrill Hopper ticket presented us with was bypassing the lengthy admission queues by making use of the fastrack entrance!  Once our Thrill Hopper ticket had been stamped, we were free to explore the waterpark at leisure.

The other great perk with the Thrill Hopper ticket is that it is inter-changeable between friends and family. That is to say the Thrill Hopper is not bound to one person; the ticket offers you one admission to all four of Staffordshire’s top attractions but who uses the ticket at each attraction is up to you!  So perhaps one child likes the theme parks, another the water park…it gives you the flexibility!

Each Thrill Hopper ticket offers you one admission to all four of the following:

• Water World
  
• Alton Towers
  
• Drayton Manor Theme Park
• Tamworth Snowdome, (limited to specific activities)

You can use the Thrill Hopper ticket throughout the season with a single ticket priced at  £44.95 or a family ticket for £129.95.  This is a substantial saving against the cost of four separate entries to these attractions and, as it is valid throughout the season, you can space out your trips!

With plenty to do at Water World, we managed to spend the best part of the day trying out all the slides!  For more information on Water World, check out our Insider Guide to Water World.

Liz

If you don’t fancy the ice, then you may want to check out the aqua discos that run at Waterworld, Staffordshire every Friday night from 6pm.  With chart topping music, games and giveaways, these nights are priced at £5.50 a person.

Keeps them busy!

Liz

The sun was out and Topdogdays took their Thrill Hopper tickets to Drayton Manor today to check them out…it’s a hard life but someone has to do it! If you’ve never heard of a Thrill Hopper ticket, this is a great way to experience the thrill of Staffordshire’s visitor attractions for a substantially lower price!  Included within the ticket is entrance to all of the following:

• Alton Towers
• Waterworld
• Drayton Manor Theme Park
• Tamworth Snowdome, (limited to specific activities)

You can use the Thrill Hopper ticket throughout the season with a single ticket priced at  £44.95 or a family ticket for £129.95.

So off to Drayton Manor Theme Park to we went. The Thrill Hopper tickets offers one visit to each attraction so our ticket was simply stamped to show we had used our Drayton Manor visit and were issued with Drayton Manor tickets for the turnstile.

Once in, we were away for a day of thrilling rides & experiences that kept us entertained the whole day through.. and for a sunny day, it wasn’t even too busy!

For more information on Drayton Manor, check out our Insider Guide to Drayton Manor that is full of tips to beat the queues as well as further deals for the park.

What a day we had and not only that we’ve still Alton Towers, Waterworld and the SnowDome to go!

For more information go to Thrill Hopper discount ticket.

Looking for cheap tickets for Alton Towers, then check out these deals:

Free tickets to Alton Towers; the best deal of all is free tickets! If you managed to get down to Alton Towers in June and kept hold of your tickets, then you can take advantage of a free trip in September!  Just keep hold of your original theme park tickets and show them at the ticket barriers for your return trip, (some restrictions on dates, so check out the conditions before you set off to avoid disappointment.)

2 for 1 voucher for Alton Towers; available with Kleenex tissues

2 for 1 voucher for Alton Towers; this one is with WH Smiths and come with every purchase.

Discounted Alton Towers tickets; Lastminute.com are currently offering tickets for just £15 per person.

Persil washing 2 for 1 voucher; Persil washing products are offering 2 for 1 vouchers for Alton Towers on promotional packs.

2 for 1 voucher with Early Ride time; Alton Towers online are running a 2 for 1 offer on theme park tickets up to 30 August that will also allow you to pick up Early Ride Time to boot! More information about how this beats the queues at Early Ride Time; your questions answered.

Thrill Hopper ticket; planning other trips around Staffordshire, then a Thrill Hopper ticket maybe for you that offers you discounted entrance Alton Towers, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Waterworld & Snowdome.  More information is available at Thrill Hopper discount ticket.

Sign up for an Enjoy Staffordshire Card; sign up free of charge and take advantage of a 2 for 1 voucher for Alton Towers.  More details available from Enjoy Discount Card.

Another 2 for 1; Moneysupermarket.com have a 2 for 1 voucher running until 5 September.  Further details available at Alton Towers; 2 for 1 voucher.

50% off voucher for Alton Towers; Burger King are offering 50% off vouchers with every Burger King meal – ideal for those with an odd number in their party.

You really aren’t trying very hard if you turn up at Alton Towers and pay full price!

Any more deals for Alton Towers?

Liz