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Alton Towers

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Historical wait times (11-28-2025)

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Ride statistics

Current wait time Closed
Opened 2013-05-31
Duration 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Maximum height 30m
Maximum speed 85km/h
Maximum G-force 4.5G
Number of inversions 14
Number of vehicles 4
Riders per vehicle 16
Ride cost £18,000,000
Ride type Infinity Coaster
Ride manufacturer Gerstlauer
Length 1170m
Minimum rider height 1.4m
On ride photo available Yes
Coordinates (OSM) 52.9873, -1.89544

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

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Year Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
2016 58 81
2017 54 138
2018 71 99
2019 55 75
2020 48 59
2021 64 90
2022 70 100
2023 68 99
2024 63 95
2025 59 87

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 62 93
Nov 59 86

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

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 59 93
Mon 59 83
Tue 58 104
Wed 58 89
Thu 54 78
Fri 56 81
Sat 78 106

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

Day Wait time, mins
October 31, 2017 480
October 29, 2017 480
October 29, 2023 180
October 29, 2023 180
October 28, 2025 150
October 28, 2025 150
October 30, 2024 150
October 30, 2024 150
October 29, 2024 150
October 29, 2024 150

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

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
10 52 62
11 66 75
12 73 82
13 70 78
14 70 78
15 68 75
16 68 74
17 63 70
18 59 66
19 56 62
20 44 53

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

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