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Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2025-10-29)

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Ride statistics

Current queue time 110 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 43 67

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 38 63
Thu 40 63
Fri 43 64
Sat 50 74

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 49 58
12 46 52
13 40 47
14 41 48
15 41 47
16 42 48
17 38 45
18 44 52
19 43 50
20 38 47

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 58 87
🎆 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!