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Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2024-11-23)

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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 (2022)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Mar 34 50
Apr 48 70
May 31 50
Jun 54 76
Jul 71 100
Aug 59 81
Sep 41 59
Oct 56 81
Nov 36 57

Average queue time by day (2022)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 50 68
Mon 48 69
Tue 44 69
Wed 43 64
Thu 46 67
Fri 51 74
Sat 67 94

Top 10 longest queues (2022)

Average queue time by hour (2022)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 49 57
11 58 65
12 56 63
13 51 58
14 51 57
15 50 57
16 56 62
17 51 58
18 58 66
19 64 70
20 41 51

Average queue time by week of year (2022)

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Average queue time by event (2022)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
🎃 Scarefest 70 100
🌻 Feel Good Summer 62 85
🎆 Fireworks 50 83
🍺 Oktoberfest 38 55
🌻 Mardi Gras
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land
🎢 Festival of Thrills
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover!