For 2007, Alton Towers is going ‘Dung-Ho’ with the
opening of an adventure playground for younger children themed around
the peculiarly British, and eternally fascinating, topic of ‘dung’.
‘There’s something in the Dung Heap’ features everything you’d expect
from a ‘dung’ experience and more. Interactive play areas include a
Spider ‘Springy Cobweb Climbing zone’, a ‘Creepy Crawly Basharound’,
Toxic Bog ‘Toadstool Boingupons’ and a Mushroom maze! Kids can also join
in the Bug Chorus in the Soil Albug Hall, zip along on a silken zip
wire, spring across a bog and even become a conductor in the trash can
symphony, while parents watch from the trunk of a beanstalk.
The Dung Heap
is due to take up the old paddocks by the Riverbank Eye-Spy,
though currently it is more like a mud heap by the first bend.
From the
Riverbank Eye-Spy bridge you can see over the duck pond to the
middle of the construction site.
The site
stretches all the way to the other end of the farm alongside the
big top, near the
windmill.
February 17th 2007
Construction continues on the Dung
Heap. (That's not it on the right, that's more of a Soil Heap)
As the site is
really starting to shape up now...
... and it's
quite large reaching all the way around the back of the Riverbank
Eye Spy.
February 21st 2007
Old MacDonald had
a
Dung Heap -
E-I-E-I-O - and on
that
Dung Heap he had a...
Digger!
E-I-E-I-O with a... umm... well a
digger noise really. But what's that over there?
Ooh... behind
the pile of dirty we can see one of the old animal shelters which
used to sit in the paddock which is now home to the Dung Heap. But
what else is that is I see?
Oh look... it's
a crane... lifting into place the first piece of the playground.
Oh yes... the
Dung Heap has gone vertical people! Head for the hills!!!
February 24th 2007
Just three days later and the framework
for the first structure on the site is up.
A closer look at the pointed frame. Will this be
the entrance building for the playground? We'll have to wait and
see.
The building is
quite a dominant feature, seen here sticking out above the sheep
paddock on the Riverbank Eye-Spy.
It is also
visible over the duck pond in the middle of the Riverbank Eye-Spy
Meanwhile in
the middle of the site we can get an overview of what the
playground will be like in a few months time.
It is now clear
to see the far edges of the attraction, giving you an idea of the
size.
Finally peaking though the Riverbank
Eye-Spy fence we can see some of the construction rubbish waiting to
be taken away.
Construction
