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Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2024-11-21)

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Ride statistics

Current queue time Closed
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 (2017)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
May 20 38
Jun 25 45
Jul 42 66
Aug 26 50
Sep 16 32
Oct 35 87
Nov 45 75

Average queue time by day (2017)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 30 66
Mon 25 42
Tue 22 52
Wed 36 65
Thu 26 45
Fri 24 43
Sat 38 66

Top 10 longest queues (2017)

Average queue time by hour (2017)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 22 28
11 29 37
12 34 43
13 30 36
14 26 32
15 27 33
16 33 42
17 36 49
18 60 69
19 57 65
20 48 58

Average queue time by week of year (2017)

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Average queue time by event (2017)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
🎃 Scarefest 54 138
🎆 Fireworks 45 75
🍺 Oktoberfest
🌻 Mardi Gras
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land
🌻 Feel Good Summer
🎢 Festival of Thrills
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover!