Old Alton Towers Photos - Looking Back Through My Childhood Memories

[@ethansumpter1353]

If you don't like Shawn there is something wrong with you. This guy has to be the nicest person on the internet. So wholesome and genuine! :)

[@myles8328]

Echo this!

[@ethanaaronbanks6856]

Here Here!!

[@chunktwin1886]

Agreed

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you very much for your kind words!

[@alisoncotuk1335]

Totally

[@MrCollerRoaster]

Baby Shawn is a legend!

[@sambee8982]

He looks more like a girl in one photo of him as a baby though! lol😂

[@GarryWilliams555]

Baby Shawn on a trampoline saying 'wheeey airtime'

[@MrCollerRoaster]

😂😂😂

[@wendypearce8799]

Great look back, I was 25 in 94, remember all these rides. My children loved the berry bish bash! I still have an entrance ticket from 1988!! My parents took me first in 1970s, all was there was swans and a large merry go round. You visited for the castle and gardens really. Lovely photos 😀

[@matthewsouthwell9653]

I miss theme parks. When you're in lockdown all you can do is reminisce. Either that or go down massive drops on your scooter or bike.

[@ironagent45]

Hopefully they should open soon, I can’t wait to get back on all the rides

[@mrquavers]

IronAgent yeah there is a big chance it’ll open in July (I don’t remember the exact date) cause the government of the uk said that they’ll try to open them

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

We can’t wait to be back in the parks!

[@altontowerssweet580]

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[@altontowerssweet580]

@@ThemeParkWorldwide theme park world wide I have some Alton towers poster that I made like a week ago with some old rides like the flume and Charlie and the chocolate factory the ride and new rides like Alton towers dungeons and wicker man and many others

[@alphazeroproductions4811]

Aww that was so cute.. that was fondly memories of Alton Towers. Thank You Shawn

[@heatherjohnston9973]

Awwh i love this, I go to alton towers every year with my sister my parents have been taking me since I was born, in 93, and now as theyre older me and my sister continue the tradition of going every single year and we will with our kids 🥰 its so wonderful to look back on old photos, i want to dig mine out now

[@jasminerose5404]

When it's my birthday my mum has a friend who bakes cakes so when it's our birthdays me and my brother get to design our cake. Last year on my 12th birthday I designed a Alton Towers cake and it looked amazing. It had the logo in the middle then all of the 7 main coasters' logos around the side and then also a Wicker Man statue.

[@roloqween]

How wonderful. It'll always have a place in you're heart for being your local. What lovely memories. Nothing better than going though ride photos

[@daviduns2196]

I was in my first year of high school on Nemesis opening year for the summer school trip to ATs, we went on Corkscrew first then Nemesis and Thunder Looper. My first roller coaster rides, epic!

[@alisoncotuk1335]

Aaaawwwww! Baby Shawn is so cute!🤩🤩

[@calxwatson1143]

I’ve never clicked on something so fast. This sounds so fun😅

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thanks for watching!

[@altontowerssweet580]

@@ThemeParkWorldwide thanks theme park world wide I love Alton towers love some rides at Alton towers

[@altontowerssweet580]

@@ThemeParkWorldwide love Alton towers

[@altontowerssweet580]

Thank yo

[@Ben_2110]

Alton towers is by far the best theme park in the uk, who agrees? 😁🎢🎢

[@dragonistana]

I havent got there just cause of my age, but now I'm 9 143cm I can go, so I've seen some vids and I agree

[@trevorrandom]

Not me... I'd rather got to a European park better than any of the UK parks!

[@TnasEV]

Alton towers is the best because it has such a brilliant atmosphere every time I go

[@tom-ch5ii]

@@trevorrandom *UK*

[@HolyFreakinDragonSlayer]

❤

[@cleanfrosties4069]

KZbin knows how much I love your videos, whenever I go on KZbin, the first video I see is TPW newest video!

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you so much for your support!

[@blank-dr2kx]

cant beat memories mate very special times I have many myself with my mum and dad. Good Times with us always.

[@shystrangeandmanic]

Most kids: excited by everything Shaun as a kid: “the colour change of these board has ruined the theming of this attraction” 😂

[@ThemeParkOgre]

A video like this based on ride photos would be great to watch!

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you!

[@OfficialModest]

I love how you speak about your parents with such love and admiration it’s great

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

If it wasn’t for then the channel wouldn’t exist!

[@LennartVenema]

Great video, the pictures look great and you look so happy in the park. Sometimes I really would like if I could go back in time and enjoy just the Efteling and don’t worry about anything else. Great to get an insight in your childhood.

[@TheFiberly]

I'm haven't watched you since 2017! It's great to be back! 😃

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Welcome back!

[@stephensworldofadventure]

This is why I love taking photos. Looking back on your childhood memories brings everything flooding back. Great photos 👍

[@Inversion_Immersion]

Thanks for sharing. I’ve also been looking back and watching some home videos of me and my family at Walt Disney world back when I was 7 and it makes me wish I could go back, hopefully one day I will be able to 😁

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thanks for watching!

[@derekbrown6832]

Hi Shawn, must be cool, living so close to a theme park. No wonder you have so many great memories from there.

[@mychuckyromance9707]

Can't wait to see the chessington ones! That was my childhood park! - amazing video and the old classic videos at the end!

[@idk-bf5ys]

Real proud to see how much Alton Towers has changed.

[@falcore]

This is so good! I’ve got lots of photos of me in some of these exact same spots - I’m only four years older than you but I remember 1994 so strangely well and I remember how terrified of Nemesis I was. The music, the look of it, the rumble as it hurtled around the track, I recall thinking it was going to kill my parents when they went on it and crying while my brother stayed with me so my parents could ride! They are the ones who got me obsessed with Alton Towers!

[@smith9808]

Places to visit were so much more special back in the day. There was no KZbin and you couldn’t consume content the way we do now. All you had were a few pictures and memories from your past experience. I still remember queuing up for the monorail watching those 90s TVs playing videos of Nemesis and Oblivion being all excited to see them again with my own eyes. Miss those days

[@deecee330]

A big memory for me and the thing I miss most about Alton Towers is the theming of the ride Air. The music for Air in the queue brings back so many memories! I wish they’d bring it back 😩🤪

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Great soundtrack!

[@lukethellama5591]

I'm 13 and I live about an hour away from alton Towers and I'm going for the first time soon and you went when you were 1 so lucky!

[@davidbanford8705]

You got me under the stairs to the photo boxes. Our three children are in there mid twenties, will be able to see two of them on MONDAY!! I've kept out loads of photos to share our family attraction moments with them. Will be a little longer for all of us to get together as one lives up country. I cant tell you how much we have missed them. Thanks for sharing :)

[@helena2494]

Some amazing memories there. Loved the squirrel nutty ride

[@basickeiraa]

Love the fact you are wearing a thirteen top, ngl thirteen is one of my fave rides there top 3

[@stuartbailey5919]

Shawn, I loved this, but going back to 94, makes me feel so old. I have a son that was born in 93! I’m 46 and remember my parents taking me to what is now Pleasurewood Hills. The rides were pretty much non existent apart from my memories of doing a drop slide (loved it). Honestly can’t remember much else. I have a photo somewhere It’s amazing to see how much things have come on. From an old gits point of View, well done young man. What a great hobby you have! Keep em coming........👍🏻

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thanks for sharing your memories!

[@thecinematicmind]

I will always cherish the family videos captured at Alton Towers back in the 2000’s especially early footage of the Waterpark.

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

They’re indeed fantastic memories to look back on

[@GarryWilliams555]

You as a little kid stood looking up at the Beast is such a cool little preview for this channel and your trips.

[@CorporalFriendlyShark]

Love TPW’s vids and when I found this one I couldn’t click fast enough. I was born in 91, and we came as a family to Alton Towers every summer, mid 90’s to early 00’s Alton Towers really was just the most magical place to be ❤️

[@carlnash5736]

The first ride on the beast for me was when I was 8 years old. Brought back a lot of good memories watching this. Thanks

[@turntableist1053]

There's nothing better than reminiscing and talking about old visits to theme parks wirh freinds and family. So many great memories where made in these parks. Awsome idea for a vid Shaun. Your channel is streets ahead of any other theme park channel. Awsome work bruv. Keep it up!👏👏👏

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you very much!

[@Demon-POT]

I've got tons from drayton manor, and it's not even my home park, I went to thomas land ALOT and I used by basically EVERY ride photos, I have a photo of me on my first roller coaster aswell!

[@emilycoyne330]

I might to this when Im like 30 because I have some from 2012 till last year

[@lorapatterson3308]

This is just the sweetest video! ❤

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thanks!

[@rc_smarti7647]

Amazing video, I love looking back at old photos. I still have the onride photo from my first ever coaster ride, which was at Legoland Germany. My mom bought it for me and it's such a wonderful memory still. Can't wait for more videos from you to see more of the awesome fashion back then 😉

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Great Scott! I didn't know you invented time travel

[@mariah021]

I love watching these 😁 I found your channel a couple of years back when I was just browsing alton towers on KZbin, I had booked our 1st short break in splash landings I had always wanted to go as a child but my parents wouldn't drive the 2.5 hours 😂. Now I have my own children I wanted to give them the memories I wish I'd had, we had the best time and have booked every year ever since.

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you for watching!

[@solotravelermart]

Great video amazing memories for you, and such a fun video to watch. It won't be long until Alton towers reopens with social distance ect, as we ease out of lockdown slowly. Probably looking at the middle of july for phase 3 of cinema's theme park's pubs reopening.

[@Jack0Pearce]

Great video, really good. I can remember the book worm so well

[@camikelly2356]

Those were some neat pictures. It’s so interesting how a park can change so much within a few years. I’ve never been to Alton Towers since I live in America, but I did end up going to Six Flags Over Georgia quite a bit when I was growing up. I remember riding the Dahlonega Minetrain a lot, which is the coaster they got me into coasters. It too, has changed a lot since I first started going there.

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you!

[@jamesbrooking1287]

When I was younger the first major ride I went on at Alton towers was Hex

[@mischiefmanaged5757]

Aww. How lovely of you to share those memories. I love looking at old photos. It’s interesting to see how much the park has changed over time. I remember the Squirrel Nutkin ride going by and those yellow rafts on the rapids.

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you!

[@newdelhiman3083]

I like how you're doing these original, unique videos Shawn, Thanks!

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you!

[@hollyblandford5250]

I love this!! It's so cool to see how much it has changed throughout the years!!!

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thanks Holly!

[@JamesVlogsHomeBeyond]

3:00 I remember going into the playground area in Alton Towers back in 2000, I was 5 then. As I wasn't so sure about theme parks at the time, that was the only part of Alton Towers I actually enjoyed. I can't it's been 20 years since my first ever visit to Alton Towers.

[@hi24x]

RIP 2004

[@sampower1735]

This is so cool mate. Especially to reflect on something so emotionally resonant

[@MaximumGs]

So love the vids btw do a history of your theme park memory’s

[@marcandrew777]

Thanks for sharing your memories with us Shawn, brings back some good memories for me too 😁

[@uravinalaff]

You weren’t a 90s kid if you didn’t wear that red, yellow, blue, green coat 😂👍🏼👍🏼

[@xcoasterenthusiast]

He was born in 1993

[@coolchick7197]

I had similar!! Was born in 1997, snowsuit mainly there’s some pics up in the loft of me wearing it..

[@xcoasterenthusiast]

I was born in 1995

[@jamiescott-gobin3376]

the era of naff naff

[@heatherjohnston9973]

I had the pink , purple and teal version of that coat 🤣😂 that was the fashion for us 90s babies, this video is bringing up so much nostalgia

[@seany84uk]

Great memories there! nice of you to share these!

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you!

[@petermc7098]

Hello Shawn, It was good to see you take a look back at your memories and have a chance to reminisce all about your old and fond memories that you had at Alton Towers. It's a great video throughout and I truly enjoyed it throughout. Take care. Cheers Peter :)

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you for watching!

[@ethanaaronbanks6856]

Yesss! I was just gonna say it would be great to see you reacting like you did to your first video on old VHS footage at the parks!! What a brilliant video, and a great sense of fashion by the way!!!! 😄

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you!

[@bradster990]

For me ive got the most childhood memories from fantasy island so i still hold that place pretty dear

[@davidbutler7897]

I remember going to drayton manor every year on my birthday with my dad and those were the best memories that I had of my childhood and I went to thomas land all the time and I remember going on the pirate adventure and it was amazing and I went to dryaton Manor between 2008 to 2012

[@jamiescott-gobin3376]

my earliest memories of the towers was the coaster they had called the new beast. I was just tall enough to ride

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Nice one Shaun , 1994 a big year for me .... got married and Nemesis opened 🥳🥳🥳🥳🧱👍🏼

[@DragonFire75]

Great video Shawn. So interesting to see why alton towers is a big part of where you are today. Keep up the hard work during lockdown

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thanks!

[@NerdGuyProductions]

As soon as this video finished I had to go through all my old photos of me and my family at Disneyland. And I swear I had the same yellow, blue, green, and red jacket when I was a kid!

[@clo8792]

My first memories of Alton towers was when nemmy first opened, I wasn’t tall enough to ride but I remember going on the haunted house (Duel)and being terrified, we were in the extension and it was on a 45/1 hour queue 😳

[@scottsdaytrips]

Hi Shawn I love looking at your old photos, when you were Childhood at Alton Towers, but I'm still 10 years older than you.

[@kirstyandtaylor4488]

Love this video! It unlocked my childhood memories from Alton Towers by looking at the old rides and theming😊

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you!

[@fr3862]

Watching this video got me thinking about all the changes that have happened to Alton towers over the years. But really made me think what is going to happen to the park in the future and where will they build next

[@bennickss]

I have some old photos from Thomas land/drayton manor of myself when i was 5 or so (2013-14 sometime) i vaguely remember sitting at the front on the bertie the bus ride, and also riding the troublesome trucks coaster over and over again. I also remember going on the ferris wheel and getting really scared at the top. My sister also has a keychain from 2017-18 sometime at the top of apocalpse, i’m just slumped down waiting for the drop. Additionally she had this hilarious photo off storm force 10 where we were both completely soaked with our eyes closed. The last time I went to drayton manor was in 2020 for my 12th birthday and i haven’t been since. Although drayton manor is a much smaller park than alton towers and my memories are much more recent then yours, I guess drayton manor was my alton towers for my earlier years and it got me into roller coasters and theme parks!

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thanks for sharing!

[@giannihallett4951]

Yes I remember when only 2 rides splash and dodgems and hi light was the gardens then queing 3 hrs for the corkscrew in its 1st season

[@dutchvanderlinde8619]

I have really enjoyed this they were amazing your parents took amazing pictures :)

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you!

[@risteardconchuir4065]

Lovely pics, I have a few of the Thunder Looper, new Beast (not Viper!), Energizer and the old yellow and green Black Hole tent!

[@OurCRAZYLifeScotland]

Wow, thanks for this trip down memory lane! I started going in about 1985 (yeah I'm that old 🤣🤣) and it was such a different atmosphere then. You could pet animals at the farm, go to indoor shows such as the ice show and dancing fountains, and there were live shows all round the park. The mississippi show boat had a live band playing, there were parades going around the park and, of course, Henry and Henrietta Hound the alton Towers mascots. Those were the days when they really cared about customer experience rather than just rides and money. I even met Kylie Minogue when she opened the Mouse ride! I still take my kids there but it makes me sad that they don't get the same experience that I used to get.

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thanks for sharing your memories!

[@crumblybiscuitz1697]

Absolute legend

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thanks!

[@chrisislajude186]

Can't beat the old ball pit! Great vid once again mate

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

I used to love them!

[@mattball7362]

Haha! I used to watch rides wishing was big enough to go on. Space Mountain in Paris was always one I really wanted to go in.

[@gosomerset409]

Really nice seeing these photos Shawn. Brings back memories of my first visit. I think I was about 10. UGG LAND was also my favourite themed area.

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Ug Land was incredible

[@chloereid0x1]

It's scary how fast time goes, seems like you have had alot of fun memories

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thanks Chloe, I did indeed!

[@LindsayTVFilm]

9:11 what you're dad is wearing reminds me of something my dad would wear

[@lelb1972]

I have a picture of me and my sister when she was a baby, sitting by the lake where the swans were with the monorail in the background. That would have been around 1985 give or take a year. There's also some from various years when i've visited with friends. My earliest memory is going from school and being shoved to the front of the corkscrew because everyone was scared to go on.

[@aviationandcoasterkid8446]

thats cool! and actually i don't.. have any.. i don't think because im 10 years old but my 1st time going to alton towers was in 2013 opening month of smiler!

[@davidmcpherson_3187]

3:36 that’s actually Viper at Lightwater Valley

[@James-wp4jq]

yes you are correct, good spot.

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

After further looking into it I believe it is indeed Viper! The photo must of got mixed up in the album when my parents put it together all those years ago!

[@hi24x]

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[@philtube717]

i'm 45 now and i got loads of pictures when i was young from blackpool on the donkeys and the pleasure beach fun house, got loads of pictures

[@altontowerssweet580]

Thanks theme park world wide ❤

[@attractionshubno1]

Another great video Shawn 👍🏻

[@Nash-vq9ew]

You should show us some of your on ride photos shawn!

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

I’ll be filming a video on that soon!

[@Wiiue]

cant wait to see the park reviews back, cant wait for my euro road trip to walibi land, europa park and energylandia.

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

We can’t wait to get back out to the parks!

[@coolchick7197]

I’ve got loads from Thorpe!! Mostly from June 1999 (pre-classes too) I got my first pair of glasses in July 1999 when I was 2 1/2....I don’t even want to think about the fact I’ve been wearing glasses 21 years now...

[@kazokee]

baby shawn is going to be the next baby disney character prove me wrong

[@chunktwin1886]

One of ur best vids

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thank you!

[@rollercoastermad1238]

I miss storybook land I remember going on the track tour over and over again

[@Kieben1112]

This just shows how much Alton towers has changed since 1994

[@square-on-wheels]

Shawn hasn't changed a bit!

[@The_book_wizard86]

1994 opening year was my first ride on nemesis at the age of 8 years old! It was my first upside down ride and I felt very grown up going on it 🤣🤣 god I feel so old now. I have an on ride photo somewhere at my parents house. My dad used to take me once a year but as it’s 3 hours away it was quite the trip, I still continue to take my children once a year so they can try and create the same memories x

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Thanks for sharing your memories!

[@ryandraper9098]

Loved Ug land and the theme track. Remember a flying dutchman swing there too

[@maggiemakinson9067]

love this video!!

[@flyingscotsman7914]

100 times with his parents? Goodness Me! I’ve been 11 times. In the meantime, make sure you and Shawn stay alert.😊

[@Yasin_2312]

I’ve been once. Hope I go again despite having to do a 3 hours drive

[@shockingcandyskull3224]

hey shawn that jet star was the city jet at light water valley named viper

[@blazewarriorwolf]

So awesome that you're going through memories, that's something I'm doing too! Also, hi! It's been a while since I have commented on a TPW vid

[@ThemeParkWorldwide]

Welcome back!

[@markymark-r]

Wonderful!!