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Alton Towers

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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 year (🍺 Oktoberfest, all time)

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Year Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
2016 — —
2017 — —
2018 — —
2019 — —
2020 — —
2021 — —
2022 38 55
2023 32 49
2024 28 48
2025 — —

Average queue time by month (🍺 Oktoberfest, all time)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sep 31 50
Oct 40 52

Average queue time by day (🍺 Oktoberfest, all time)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 35 54
Mon 24 44
Tue 18 37
Wed 16 32
Thu 22 39
Fri 39 60
Sat 56 73

Top 10 longest queues (🍺 Oktoberfest, all time)

Day Queue time, mins
September 10, 2022 100
September 09, 2023 90
September 18, 2022 90
September 17, 2022 90
September 28, 2024 80
September 28, 2024 80
September 29, 2023 80
September 23, 2023 80
September 24, 2022 80
September 21, 2024 70

Average queue time by hour (🍺 Oktoberfest, all time)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 30 39
11 41 47
12 38 45
13 32 38
14 31 37
15 31 36
16 27 33
17 33 40
18 19 24

Average queue time by week of year (🍺 Oktoberfest, all time)

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