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Alton Towers

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Historical queue times (2025-10-29)

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Ride statistics

Current queue time 65 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 month (2015)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Mar 32 59
Apr 42 65
May 50 76
Jun 61 80

Average queue time by day (2015)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 44 75
Mon 42 61
Tue 34 55
Wed 37 57
Thu 42 66
Fri 48 74
Sat 64 93

Top 10 longest queues (2015)

Day Queue time, mins
May 30, 2015 110
May 22, 2015 110
May 28, 2015 100
May 21, 2015 100
May 17, 2015 100
May 16, 2015 100
May 09, 2015 100
May 04, 2015 100
May 01, 2015 100
April 25, 2015 100

Average queue time by hour (2015)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 51 58
11 65 66
12 59 59
13 36 36
14 30 30
15 30 30
16 32 32
17 33 33

Average queue time by week of year (2015)

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Average queue time by event (2015)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins