Recently stayed in both 'The Sleepover room' and 'The Chocolate room'. I was a little dubious about the rooms from what I had seen on the internet, but let me assure you the virtual tours and photos do not do the rooms justice, particularly 'The Sleepover room'.
Easy to check in and pleasant reception staff, though we weren't informed about the VIP parking for the themed rooms and had to park a little way from the lobby, with a lot of cases to carry!
We decided not to have a meal, as it is very pricey indeed, though we did indulge in a few cocktails on arrival.
Firstly, 'The Sleepover room' is fantastic: dance floor, glitter ball, gigantic SMEG fridge stocked with cola and snacks. Music plays every time you enter the bathroom or the actual suite itself!
Fantastic makeup counter for 6, with little spa bags, hair dryer and GHD straighteners. Right next to the lift, so easy to transfer your luggage! There are two plasma screens and you can collect games from reception to play on the Wii and X box that are built into the dance floor area. Very comfy sleeping area, with soft furnishings etc
'The Chocolate room' really does offer unlimited chocolate. When we arrived we found smarties begin dispensed from the wall, chocolate hidden in hollowed out books and a chestful of quality street. They also have a sound box in the room that emits noises you expect to hear when on a train. Unfortunately, this decided to kick in at 3am and we could not turn it off!
My only quibble with this room were the bunk beds and their bedding, or rather lack of! My friend and I only had a very thin, scratchy bed spread, so we were shivering most of the night. The other beds had lovely big, soft duvets.
Breakfast was a little crammed, but fantastic array of food and buffet style, so you can eat quickly or leisurely, depending on your preferences.
All in all a very good stay and would be happy to return.

After visiting Port Aventura for Halloween last year staying at home was no longer a real option! So I shelled out just over £370 to go to Alton Towers on Halloween to give the kids a bit of spooky fun. Having 2 autistic boys and a toddler we didn't opt for a 'scare room' and decided to stay in the slightly quieter Alton Towers hotel (£30 more than splash landings - why?).
A few days prior to the trip I fell and fractured my wrist do no rides for mum - but never mind I thought there will be plenty of 'spooktastic fun' to be had.
However I was to be sorely dissapointed. There was little going on that reminded you this was Halloween, unless you count the singers at night being dressed up as zombies and a few plastic. Pumpkins and props here and there. At port aventura there'd been shows all over the place, real pumpkins and the evening Halloween spectacular on the lake - at alton to do anything like that you had to pay an additional £9 per person to go in the 'scare maze'. - seriously are there tickets not expensive enough???. Also one of the big attractions advertised was to ride '13 after dark'. Which might have been fun for the kids had it been working....
Now for the hotel, since my last stay it's definately been downgraded. The last stay in the AT hotel we got goody bags for the kids, there was a lovely teddy in the room, your tv had a welcome on it when you went in and all the toiletries were imperial leather. Nowadays all of those little luxuries are gone although they do try and make animals from towels... The rooms are starting to look a bit tired these days as well and could do with a revamp in my opinion. Despite my request I had no travel cot so toddler slept with me and daddy. The room was quite clean though.
On arrival we tried to book for dinner before 6.30pm to take advantage of the 'kids eat free' offer but there were no tables so that was a non starter, however breakfast was good and plentiful with lots of options. Overall the stay was 'ok' just not £370 worth! One thing that did annoy though - at 9am a cleaner let herself in - we weren't dressed so I complained - pretty poor service!

This hotel is gorgeous and the service was great. The grounds are beautiful especially with some Halloween decorations. The room was really clean with plenty of room, my only criticism is that the bathroom needs to be refurbished do that it is the same standard as the room. The food in the Secret Restaurant was great, massive portions although a little expensive.
Will definitely be back soon! The kids loved it and so did the adults!

As you would expect from a hotel next to the park, it is very expensive. Unless you get a special deal, the hotel will be far pricier than similar quality hotels further away, but in my opinion it is worth it.

You can enjoy the park so much more knowing you are just a few steps away from your hotel, and there is enough entertainment and different dining options at both hotels that kids and adults will be easily entertained.

I have not stayed at Splash Landings hotel, just the normal hotel each time, but it has always been clean, and the garden area with fountain is beautiful at night to sit and have a drink around.

I have eaten at both the Grilllhouse (fantastic food, top recommendation for adult groups) and the Secret Garden. The latter looks like any standard restaurant and we expected standard pub food, but were pleasantly surprised by a very high quality and tasty meal, so apologies for the assumption!

The only downside I would have is, though friendly, the staff have not been very helpful at any of our stays; to the point that I had to walk back to our hotel from the water park (in soaking wet gear, freezing) to get money because we had been mislead about paying on our room, and they offered absolutely no assistance in the matter, essentially receiving a shrug of the shoulders - hence the 1 star I'm giving to service as I have been bothered enough to file a full complaint about it.

Don't let the poor service deter from a lovely hotel with a great location though, the easiest way to sum up our visit is we will be going back again!