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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 (⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land, all time)

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Year Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
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2019 — —
2020 — —
2021 — —
2022 — —
2023 — —
2024 56 79
2025 — —

Average queue time by month (⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land, all time)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Jul 48 70
Aug 60 83
Sep 52 80

Average queue time by day (⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land, all time)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 53 76
Mon 65 92
Tue 54 71
Wed 55 76
Thu 54 76
Fri 57 83
Sat 56 79

Top 10 longest queues (⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land, all time)

Day Queue time, mins
August 14, 2024 180
August 19, 2024 120
July 22, 2024 120
August 30, 2024 110
August 03, 2024 110
August 31, 2024 100
August 29, 2024 100
August 16, 2024 100
August 26, 2024 90
August 23, 2024 90

Average queue time by hour (⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land, all time)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 51 62
11 62 72
12 65 73
13 56 63
14 58 64
15 57 64
16 54 60
17 49 56

Average queue time by week of year (⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land, all time)

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