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Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2025-03-25)

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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 54 92

Average queue time by day (2025)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 40 75
Fri 50 80
Sat 71 115

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 55 68
11 70 88
12 62 80
13 66 76
14 63 73
15 52 62
16 51 59
17 47 56
18 44 50
19 28 38

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 54 92
🎆 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!