Alton Towers queue time statistics

All time

Average queue time by ride (all time)

Ride	Overall average queue time, mins
The Smiler	46
Wicker Man	46
TH13TEEN	34
Rita	33
Galactica	32
Spinball Whizzer	29
Get Set Go Tree Top Adventure	27
Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure	26
Runaway Mine Train	24
Congo River Rapids	23
In The Night Garden Magical Boat Ride	22
Oblivion	22
[Archived] The Haunting of Molly Crowe	22
[Archived] Charlie and The Chocolate Factory	21
Nemesis Reborn	21
[Archived] The Chocolate Factory	21
The Furchester Hotel Live Show	21
[Archived] Enterprise	20
Gangsta Granny: The Ride	20
Nemesis Sub-Terra	19
[Archived] Runaway Mine Train	19
[Archived] Postman Pat Parcel Post	17
[Archived] Roller Disco	17
[Archived] Terror of The Towers	16
[Archived] The Flume	16
Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Ride	15
Andy’s Adventures Dinosaur Dig	14
Toxicator	14
Hex - The Legend of the Towers	13
[Archived] Garden Lantern Trail	12
Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop	12
Cuckoo Cars Driving School	11
[Archived] Flavio's Fabulous Fandango	11
Justin's House Pie-O-Matic Factory	11
[Archived] Mine Train	11
[Archived] Sub Species: The End Games	11
[Archived] The Blade	11
Battle Galleons	10
[Archived] River Rapids	10
Monorail to Entrance Plaza	9
Raj’s Bouncy Bottom Burp	9
Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Dark Forest)	9
[Archived] Twirling Toadstool	9
[Archived] Duel	8
Heave Ho	8
Skyride to Dark Forest (From Forbidden Valley)	8
Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Towers St.)	8
[Archived] Driving School	7
Edge of the Forest	7
Monorail to Hotels & Car Parks	7
[Archived] Ripsaw	7
The Curse at Alton Manor	7
JoJo & Gran Gran At Home	6
Marauder's Mayhem	6
The Royal Carousel	6
Altonville Mine Tours: Tiny's Revenge	5
Bugbie-Go-Round	5
Burial Grounds	5
Dark Hollow	5
Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE	5
Skyride to Towers St. (From Forbidden Valley)	5
Trick O' Treat Town with HARIBO & MAOAM	5

Average maximum queue time by ride (all time)

Ride	Average maximum queue time, mins
Wicker Man	69
The Smiler	67
TH13TEEN	56
Galactica	55
Rita	53
Spinball Whizzer	48
Get Set Go Tree Top Adventure	42
Oblivion	42
The Furchester Hotel Live Show	41
In The Night Garden Magical Boat Ride	40
Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure	40
Gangsta Granny: The Ride	37
Nemesis Reborn	37
Nemesis Sub-Terra	37
Congo River Rapids	36
Runaway Mine Train	36
[Archived] The Haunting of Molly Crowe	32
[Archived] Charlie and The Chocolate Factory	31
[Archived] Postman Pat Parcel Post	31
[Archived] The Chocolate Factory	31
[Archived] Enterprise	30
Toxicator	30
[Archived] Terror of The Towers	29
Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Ride	28
Monorail to Entrance Plaza	28
[Archived] Roller Disco	24
[Archived] Runaway Mine Train	24
[Archived] The Flume	24
Edge of the Forest	22
Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop	22
Hex - The Legend of the Towers	21
[Archived] Sub Species: The End Games	21
[Archived] Garden Lantern Trail	20
Monorail to Hotels & Car Parks	19
[Archived] The Blade	18
Andy’s Adventures Dinosaur Dig	17
Cuckoo Cars Driving School	17
[Archived] Flavio's Fabulous Fandango	16
Justin's House Pie-O-Matic Factory	16
[Archived] Mine Train	15
[Archived] River Rapids	15
Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Dark Forest)	15
Battle Galleons	14
Raj’s Bouncy Bottom Burp	14
Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Towers St.)	13
Heave Ho	12
Skyride to Dark Forest (From Forbidden Valley)	12
The Curse at Alton Manor	12
[Archived] Driving School	10
[Archived] Duel	10
[Archived] Ripsaw	10
Marauder's Mayhem	9
[Archived] Twirling Toadstool	9
Altonville Mine Tours: Tiny's Revenge	8
Burial Grounds	8
Trick O' Treat Town with HARIBO & MAOAM	8
Dark Hollow	7
The Royal Carousel	7
Bugbie-Go-Round	6
JoJo & Gran Gran At Home	6
Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE	6
Skyride to Towers St. (From Forbidden Valley)	6

Availability during park operating hours (last 7 days)

Availability during park operating hours (all time)

Average crowd level by month (all time)

Month	Average crowd level, %
Jan	31
Feb	74
Mar	38
Apr	44
May	41
Jun	48
Jul	59
Aug	72
Sep	40
Oct	47
Nov	46
Dec	30

Average crowd level by day of the week (all time)

Day	Average crowd level, %
Sun	57
Mon	48
Tue	42
Wed	43
Thu	44
Fri	46
Sat	66

Average crowd level by year (all time)

Year	Average crowd level, %	Average crowd level (YTD), %
2015	34	35
2016	43	42
2017	52	51
2018	61	59
2019	54	55
2020	70	77
2021	62	64
2022	51	52
2023	45	47
2024	46	48
2025	42	42

Average crowd level by event (all time)

Event	Average crowd level, %
🌻 Feel Good Summer	79
☠️ Pirate Takeover	78
🌱 February Half Term	75
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover!	73
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land	67
🎆 Fireworks	66
🎃 Scarefest	64
🌃 Alton After Dark	61
🌻 Mardi Gras	47
🎄 Christmas	30
🍺 Oktoberfest	28
🎢 Festival of Thrills	28

Top 10 busiest days (all time)

Day	Crowd level, %
February 12, 2024	100
February 23, 2023	99
August 24, 2021	99
September 01, 2020	99
September 02, 2019	99
August 04, 2020	99
June 02, 2021	99
June 07, 2021	99
August 12, 2020	99
August 20, 2021	99

Top 10 quietest days (all time)

Day	Crowd level, %
September 28, 2021	0
September 23, 2015	0
June 11, 2019	0
September 30, 2020	0
October 06, 2015	0
October 05, 2021	0
October 08, 2015	0
October 05, 2022	0
May 09, 2019	0
April 02, 2019	0

Month	Average crowd level, %
Jan	31
Feb	74
Mar	38
Apr	44
May	41
Jun	48
Jul	59
Aug	72
Sep	40
Oct	47
Nov	46
Dec	30

Month	Average crowd level, %
Jan	31
Feb	74
Mar	38
Apr	44
May	41
Jun	48
Jul	59
Aug	72
Sep	40
Oct	47
Nov	46
Dec	30

Alton Towers queue time statistics

Average queue time by ride (all time)

Average maximum queue time by ride (all time)

Availability during park operating hours (last 7 days)

Availability during park operating hours (all time)

Average crowd level by month (all time)

Average crowd level by day of the week (all time)

Average crowd level by year (all time)

Average crowd level by event (all time)

Top 10 busiest days (all time)

Top 10 quietest days (all time)

Crowd levels by day (last 30 days)

Month	Average crowd level, %
Jan	31
Feb	74
Mar	38
Apr	44
May	41
Jun	48
Jul	59
Aug	72
Sep	40
Oct	47
Nov	46
Dec	30