The theme park industry is awesome and brings me a lot of joy! So I'm very curious what stories go behind those wonderfull Wardley rides and how Alton Towers has become what it is today.

me and my wife love alton towers cant wait to again next year

Still the best. You guys need to open another great park in the South West.

I love theme parks, especially love Alton Towers and I'm intrigued by its history. What a novel idea writing a book about it! :-)

Would love to win this, love Alton Towers

Nice, but Merlin have lost the plot on their prices.

Alton Towers has always been one of my dream parks to visit since when I was a kid and started studying English at school as a foreign language, abroad (so I could read the park brochures I requested contacting their customer relations office via smail mail!). At the tender age of 28yo and living in the UK I finally visited it! Well worth the wait! Keep up the great work with Theme Park Tourist!

Good luck everyone

I love Alton Towers, it is one of my favourite places in the country, and is still a magical place :) lots of wonderful childhood memories from there, like going on Toyland Tours as a 5 year old, when it was newly opened and just amazing! And seeing the ice shows like Peter Rabbit on ice and Webmaster. But these days, nothing beats the thrill of Oblivion! Would be great to own these books and learn more about the park and the genius that is John Wardley :D

ALTON TOWERS IS AWESOME

I attended school in Bristol during the 1980s. For work experience week, while everyone else was working at accountants, doctors, architects etc, I requested to go work at Alton Towers. I spent a week there, work on various attractions such as 1001 Nights and the Black Hole and changing the camera film on the Log Flume and Rapids. I stayed with a local family and ended up staying on for the rest of the summer. It was the year when the monorail opened. It was a fascinating insight for me into theme park operations. I went on to work for WDW. Now I live in Miami, but whenever I go home I always try to visit Alton Towers as I have so many fond memories.

Hello, I'm a helicopter.

I would love to go back to Alton towers but its a too longer distance to travel for the day so would have to make a weekend of it.

This competition is the highlight of my day! Both books are on my Christmas list but signed copies would be more than amazing. Being a self confessed theme park, roller coaster geek my favourite childhood memory is the first time I went to Alton towers. I was 9 and had been pleading with my parents to take me for what seemed like forever! Finally I they took me. There I was, waiting in line for nemesis; a mixture of fear and excitement all at once. Getting closer and closer while the iconic tune played, getting louder the closer we got. I'd been to chessington and ridden the vampire but nemesis was huge in comparison, and no floor! Then it was my turn... Strapped in, up the lift hill then we flew along the track, twisting and turning - it was the best feeling in the world. each time I ride; I get that same feeling!! John Wardley made that happen :) #bestfeelingever!

Love the books, I'd love signed ones even more!

Alton' towers is the best place ever without john wardley there would be no nemesis and the best rides in the world without nick sims we'd have no book to read about Alton towers

Alton towers is definitely my favourite theme park in the UK! I've had a Merlin pass for the past 5 years and can't wait to try out the smiler :)

Out of curiosity can you get this from libarys as its not a mainstream book ? :)

Alton Towers in our favourite theme park in the UK. My eldest daughter would love these books to learn the history

Would love to win signed copies of these books! I have been going to Alton Towers for quite a while, and enjoy reading about its history and past rides, so i would really enjoy reading these.

You guys do such a great job you had me taking photos of planned and UN finished rides in Florida less than two weeks ago. Lastly Aston Towers has changed so much in the last 29 yes I've been going yikes!

I've been a long follower of this site. Keep up the good work.

Would be awesome to win a signed copy of these books for my theme park collection.