Galactica

Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2026-03-14)

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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 (2026)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Mar 50 80

Average queue time by day (2026)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 24 50
Sat 77 110

Top 10 longest queues (2026)

Day Queue time, mins
March 14, 2026 110
March 15, 2026 50

Average queue time by hour (2026)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 5 5
11 62 80
12 59 63
13 58 63
14 61 63
15 56 65
16 55 73
17 39 48
18 32 43
19 33 38

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 50 80
🎆 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!