Galactica

Alton Towers

Historical wait times (05-29-2025)

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Ride statistics

Current wait time 20 mins
Opened 2002-03-24
Duration 1 minutes, 40 seconds
Maximum height 20m
Maximum speed 75km/h
Maximum G-force 3.5G
Number of inversions 2
Number of vehicles 3
Riders per vehicle 28
Average hourly throughput 900
Ride cost £12,000,000
Ride type Flying Coaster
Ride manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
Length 840m
Minimum rider height 1.4m
On ride photo available No
Coordinates (OSM) 52.9859, -1.88256

Average wait time by month (2025)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Mar 47 81
Apr 40 66
May 29 52

Average wait time by day (2025)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 32 60
Mon 30 55
Tue 31 51
Wed 37 64
Thu 41 66
Fri 37 62
Sat 44 75

Top 10 longest wait times (2025)

Average wait time by hour (2025)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
10 20 29
11 37 49
12 44 55
13 40 48
14 38 46
15 37 46
16 41 48
17 32 40
18 36 38
19 31 33

Average wait time by week of year (2025)

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Average wait time by event (2025)

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Event Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
🌃 Alton After Dark 55 89
🎆 Fireworks
🍺 Oktoberfest
🎃 Scarefest
🌻 Mardi Gras
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land
🌻 Feel Good Summer
🎢 Festival of Thrills
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover!