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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 (🎆 Fireworks, all time)

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Year Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
2015 14 23
2016 49 90
2017 38 110
2018 44 68
2019 21 37
2020 — —
2021 35 68
2022 42 120
2023 48 103
2024 27 65
2025 39 64

Average wait time by month (🎆 Fireworks, all time)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Nov 36 79

Average wait time by day (🎆 Fireworks, all time)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 40 94
Fri 25 58
Sat 40 78

Top 10 longest wait times (🎆 Fireworks, all time)

Day Wait time, mins
November 06, 2022 200
November 06, 2022 200
November 05, 2016 150
November 05, 2023 120
November 05, 2023 120
November 04, 2017 120
November 03, 2023 110
November 03, 2023 110
November 05, 2022 100
November 05, 2022 100

Average wait time by hour (🎆 Fireworks, all time)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
10 12 16
11 25 36
12 42 53
13 47 55
14 50 60
15 49 61
16 50 59
17 49 57
18 27 44
19 13 23
20 31 38

Average wait time by week of year (🎆 Fireworks, all time)

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