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Alton Towers

Historical wait times (10-01-2025)

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Ride statistics

Current wait time 10 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 53
Jun 31 56
Jul 37 69
Aug 43 67
Sep 34 54

Average wait time by day (2025)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 31 56
Mon 36 65
Tue 34 57
Wed 39 65
Thu 37 62
Fri 37 60
Sat 39 68

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 18 29
11 38 51
12 45 54
13 41 49
14 40 49
15 37 46
16 36 45
17 31 39
18 32 41
19 30 33
20 17 25

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
🎃 Scarefest 49 75
🎆 Fireworks
🍺 Oktoberfest
🌻 Mardi Gras
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land
🌻 Feel Good Summer
🎢 Festival of Thrills
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover!