The Smiler

Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2025-10-08)

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Ride statistics

Current queue time 20 mins
Opened 2013-05-31
Duration 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Maximum height 30m
Maximum speed 85km/h
Maximum G-force 4.5G
Number of inversions 14
Number of vehicles 4
Riders per vehicle 16
Ride cost £18,000,000
Ride type Infinity Coaster
Ride manufacturer Gerstlauer
Length 1170m
Minimum rider height 1.4m
On ride photo available Yes
Coordinates (OSM) 52.9873, -1.89544

Average queue time by year (all time)

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Year Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
2015 44 69
2016 36 52
2017 28 54
2018 47 73
2019 44 63
2020 57 73
2021 58 80
2022 50 72
2023 49 72
2024 48 69
2025 39 62

Average queue time by month (all time)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Mar 36 59
Apr 38 57
May 36 56
Jun 47 68
Jul 60 87
Aug 54 75
Sep 38 56
Oct 46 70
Nov 49 72

Average queue time by day (all time)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 46 69
Mon 43 63
Tue 42 65
Wed 44 65
Thu 43 63
Fri 44 65
Sat 56 80

Top 10 longest queues (all time)

Average queue time by hour (all time)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 41 49
11 53 60
12 53 59
13 47 53
14 45 51
15 45 51
16 49 55
17 48 55
18 51 58
19 51 57
20 46 55

Average queue time by week of year (all time)

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Average queue time by event (all time)

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Average daily queue time histogram (all time)

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Maximum daily queue time histogram (all time)

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Availability during park operating hours (last 7 days)

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