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Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2025-11-20)

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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 (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 46 70
Nov 48 68

Average queue time by day (2025)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 38 60
Mon 38 62
Tue 37 59
Wed 39 65
Thu 41 64
Fri 42 64
Sat 51 75

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 48
11 50 59
12 46 53
13 41 48
14 42 49
15 42 48
16 43 49
17 39 46
18 46 53
19 45 52
20 40 48

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 59 87
🎆 Fireworks 52 72
🍺 Oktoberfest
🌻 Mardi Gras
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land
🌻 Feel Good Summer
🎢 Festival of Thrills
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover!