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Alton Towers

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Historical queue times (2026-09-19)

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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 year (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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Year Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
2016 58 81
2017 54 138
2018 71 99
2019 55 75
2020 48 59
2021 64 90
2022 70 100
2023 68 99
2024 63 95
2025 59 87
2026 73 107

Average queue time by month (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sep 52 77
Oct 64 95
Nov 59 90

Average queue time by day (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 60 95
Mon 59 84
Tue 58 105
Wed 60 90
Thu 59 85
Fri 59 85
Sat 78 107

Top 10 longest queues (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

Day Queue time, mins
October 31, 2017 480
October 29, 2017 480
October 29, 2023 180
October 29, 2023 180
October 27, 2026 160
October 27, 2026 160
October 28, 2025 150
October 28, 2025 150
October 30, 2024 150
October 30, 2024 150

Average queue time by hour (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 53 64
11 67 77
12 73 83
13 72 81
14 72 80
15 70 77
16 69 75
17 65 72
18 60 67
19 57 63
20 45 54

Average queue time by week of year (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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