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Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2025-04-26)

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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 29 44

Average queue time by day (2025)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 36 58
Mon 27 48
Tue 30 45
Wed 37 65
Thu 52 71
Fri 42 63
Sat 55 85

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 39 50
11 49 59
12 42 49
13 39 48
14 41 47
15 38 45
16 37 43
17 34 43
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!