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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 (🎆 Fireworks, all time)

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Year Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
2016 90 110
2017 45 75
2018 79 125
2019 48 75
2020 — —
2021 — —
2022 50 83
2023 73 97
2024 54 75
2025 52 72

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

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Nov 59 85

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

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 61 82
Fri 41 78
Sat 68 94

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

Day Wait time, mins
November 03, 2018 130
November 03, 2023 120
November 03, 2023 120
November 04, 2018 120
November 05, 2016 120
November 09, 2024 100
November 09, 2024 100
November 04, 2022 100
November 04, 2022 100
November 09, 2019 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 45 55
11 53 60
12 61 68
13 59 67
14 63 69
15 66 73
16 69 75
17 47 51
20 55 63

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

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