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Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2025-07-03)

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Ride statistics

Current queue time 25 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 queue time by month (2025)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Mar 47 81
Apr 40 66
May 29 53
Jun 31 56
Jul 41 65

Average queue time by day (2025)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 28 54
Mon 32 59
Tue 32 54
Wed 37 63
Thu 38 63
Fri 36 61
Sat 39 68

Top 10 longest queues (2025)

Average queue time by hour (2025)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 17 27
11 36 48
12 43 53
13 38 47
14 37 46
15 35 44
16 36 45
17 28 36
18 36 38
19 31 33

Average queue time by week of year (2025)

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Average queue time by event (2025)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
🌃 Alton After Dark 55 89
🎆 Fireworks
🍺 Oktoberfest
🎃 Scarefest
🌻 Mardi Gras
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land
🌻 Feel Good Summer
🎢 Festival of Thrills
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover!