Galactica

Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2026-03-15)

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Ride statistics

Current queue time 15 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 (2026)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Mar 77 110

Average queue time by day (2026)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sat 77 110

Top 10 longest queues (2026)

Day Queue time, mins
March 14, 2026 110

Average queue time by hour (2026)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
11 84 110
12 76 80
13 82 90
14 90 90
15 91 100
16 88 110
17 68 75
18 56 70
19 62 70

Average queue time by week of year (2026)

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Average queue time by event (2026)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
🌃 Alton After Dark 77 110
🎆 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!