Galactica

Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2025-04-19)

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Ride statistics

Current queue time 40 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 44 72

Average queue time by day (2025)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 36 69
Mon 37 67
Tue 39 62
Wed 45 77
Thu 60 85
Fri 45 71
Sat 55 90

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 26 36
11 44 55
12 55 65
13 49 58
14 45 55
15 47 56
16 49 54
17 42 49
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!