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Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2025-07-24)

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Ride statistics

Current queue 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 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 39 73

Average queue time by day (2025)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 27 53
Mon 35 63
Tue 33 59
Wed 40 67
Thu 40 68
Fri 36 61
Sat 37 67

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 38 50
12 44 55
13 40 49
14 38 48
15 35 45
16 33 42
17 25 33
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!