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Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2025-08-11)

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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 39 59

Average queue time by day (2025)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 33 53
Mon 38 61
Tue 37 59
Wed 43 70
Thu 45 69
Fri 40 62
Sat 48 73

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 49
11 50 60
12 46 53
13 40 47
14 40 47
15 39 45
16 37 43
17 31 38
18 46 52
19 32 41

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