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Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2025-10-08)

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Ride statistics

Current queue time 5 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 (2025)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Mar 52 86
Apr 39 60
May 28 46
Jun 39 64
Jul 52 81
Aug 47 70
Sep 32 50
Oct 18 32

Average queue time by day (2025)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 35 56
Mon 37 60
Tue 35 57
Wed 39 65
Thu 41 64
Fri 41 61
Sat 47 71

Top 10 longest queues (2025)

Average queue time by hour (2025)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 37 47
11 49 58
12 45 51
13 39 45
14 39 46
15 39 45
16 39 45
17 34 41
18 35 43
19 29 37
20 24 31

Average queue time by week of year (2025)

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Average queue time by event (2025)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
🌃 Alton After Dark 56 91
🎃 Scarefest 38 59
🎆 Fireworks
🍺 Oktoberfest
🌻 Mardi Gras
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land
🌻 Feel Good Summer
🎢 Festival of Thrills
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover!