Alton Towers queue time statistics

All time

Average queue time by ride (all time)

Ride	Overall average queue time, mins
Wicker Man	47
The Smiler	46
TH13TEEN	34
Rita	33
Galactica	32
Spinball Whizzer	29
Get Set Go Tree Top Adventure	27
Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure	26
Runaway Mine Train	25
Congo River Rapids	24
In The Night Garden Magical Boat Ride	23
Gangsta Granny: The Ride	22
Oblivion	22
[Archived] The Haunting of Molly Crowe	22
[Archived] Charlie and The Chocolate Factory	21
Nemesis Reborn	21
Nemesis Sub-Terra	21
[Archived] The Chocolate Factory	21
[Archived] The Furchester Hotel Live Show	21
[Archived] Enterprise	20
[Archived] Runaway Mine Train	19
Toxicator	18
Postman Pat Parcel Post	17
[Archived] Roller Disco	17
Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Ride	16
[Archived] Terror of The Towers	16
[Archived] The Flume	16
Andy’s Adventures Dinosaur Dig	15
Hex - The Legend of the Towers	15
[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
[Archived] Twirling Toadstool	9
[Archived] Duel	8
Heave Ho	8
Monorail to Hotels & Car Parks	8
Skyride to Dark Forest (From Forbidden Valley)	8
Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Dark Forest)	8
The Curse at Alton Manor	8
[Archived] Driving School	7
[Archived] Ripsaw	7
Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Towers St.)	7
JoJo & Gran Gran At Home	6
Marauder's Mayhem	6
Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE	6
The Royal Carousel	6
Bugbie-Go-Round	5
Skyride to Towers St. (From Forbidden Valley)	5

Average maximum queue time by ride (all time)

Ride	Average maximum queue time, mins
Wicker Man	71
The Smiler	67
TH13TEEN	57
Galactica	54
Rita	53
Spinball Whizzer	48
Get Set Go Tree Top Adventure	42
Oblivion	42
[Archived] The Furchester Hotel Live Show	41
In The Night Garden Magical Boat Ride	40
Nemesis Sub-Terra	40
Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure	40
Gangsta Granny: The Ride	39
Congo River Rapids	36
Nemesis Reborn	36
Runaway Mine Train	36
Toxicator	35
[Archived] The Haunting of Molly Crowe	32
[Archived] Charlie and The Chocolate Factory	31
Postman Pat Parcel Post	31
[Archived] The Chocolate Factory	31
[Archived] Enterprise	30
Monorail to Entrance Plaza	30
Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Ride	29
[Archived] Terror of The Towers	29
[Archived] Roller Disco	24
[Archived] Runaway Mine Train	24
[Archived] The Flume	24
Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop	23
Hex - The Legend of the Towers	22
[Archived] Sub Species: The End Games	21
[Archived] Garden Lantern Trail	20
Monorail to Hotels & Car Parks	20
[Archived] The Blade	18
Andy’s Adventures Dinosaur Dig	17
Cuckoo Cars Driving School	17
Justin's House Pie-O-Matic Factory	17
[Archived] Flavio's Fabulous Fandango	16
Battle Galleons	15
[Archived] Mine Train	15
[Archived] River Rapids	15
Raj’s Bouncy Bottom Burp	14
Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Dark Forest)	14
Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Towers St.)	13
Heave Ho	12
The Curse at Alton Manor	12
[Archived] Driving School	10
[Archived] Duel	10
[Archived] Ripsaw	10
Skyride to Dark Forest (From Forbidden Valley)	10
Marauder's Mayhem	9
[Archived] Twirling Toadstool	9
Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE	7
The Royal Carousel	7
Bugbie-Go-Round	6
JoJo & Gran Gran At Home	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	30
Feb	73
Mar	38
Apr	43
May	41
Jun	49
Jul	61
Aug	73
Sep	41
Oct	48
Nov	45
Dec	29

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

Day	Average crowd level, %
Sun	57
Mon	49
Tue	42
Wed	43
Thu	44
Fri	46
Sat	67

Average crowd level by year (all time)

Year	Average crowd level, %	Average crowd level (YTD), %
2015	33	35
2016	43	25
2017	52	36
2018	61	49
2019	54	47
2020	70	—
2021	62	50
2022	51	42
2023	44	42
2024	45	46
2025	44	44

Average crowd level by event (all time)

Event	Average crowd level, %
🌻 Feel Good Summer	79
☠️ Pirate Takeover	77
🌱 February Half Term	75
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover!	72
🎆 Fireworks	66
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land	66
🎃 Scarefest	64
🌃 Alton After Dark	60
🌻 Mardi Gras	47
🎄 Christmas	30
🍺 Oktoberfest	27
🎢 Festival of Thrills	27

Top 10 busiest days (all time)

Day	Crowd level, %
February 12, 2024	100
February 23, 2023	99
August 24, 2021	99
September 02, 2019	99
September 01, 2020	99
August 04, 2020	99
June 02, 2021	99
August 06, 2020	99
August 01, 2020	99
June 07, 2021	99

Top 10 quietest days (all time)

Day	Crowd level, %
September 23, 2015	0
September 28, 2021	0
October 06, 2015	0
October 08, 2015	0
June 11, 2019	0
September 30, 2020	0
October 05, 2021	0
October 05, 2022	0
April 29, 2015	0
May 09, 2019	0

Month	Average crowd level, %
Jan	30
Feb	73
Mar	38
Apr	43
May	41
Jun	49
Jul	61
Aug	73
Sep	41
Oct	48
Nov	45
Dec	29

Month	Average crowd level, %
Jan	30
Feb	73
Mar	38
Apr	43
May	41
Jun	49
Jul	61
Aug	73
Sep	41
Oct	48
Nov	45
Dec	29

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	30
Feb	73
Mar	38
Apr	43
May	41
Jun	49
Jul	61
Aug	73
Sep	41
Oct	48
Nov	45
Dec	29