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Alton Towers

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Historical wait times (12-03-2025)

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Ride statistics

Current wait time Closed
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 year (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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Year Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
2015 14 24
2016 45 83
2017 39 105
2018 48 81
2019 29 52
2020 30 58
2021 48 88
2022 48 84
2023 38 73
2024 44 79
2025 50 79

Average wait time by month (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sep 49 75
Oct 41 75
Nov 43 69

Average wait time by day (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 39 73
Mon 38 71
Tue 39 83
Wed 41 69
Thu 44 74
Fri 37 67
Sat 50 83

Top 10 longest wait times (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

Day Wait time, mins
October 31, 2017 480
October 28, 2024 150
October 26, 2024 150
October 26, 2024 150
October 30, 2023 150
October 30, 2023 150
October 22, 2021 150
October 29, 2017 150
October 29, 2023 140
October 29, 2023 140

Average wait time by hour (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
10 20 29
11 36 51
12 53 64
13 54 63
14 55 63
15 56 64
16 54 61
17 47 54
18 38 47
19 29 36
20 21 29

Average wait time by week of year (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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