π Christmas, 2021
In 2021, In The Night Garden Magical Boat Ride had the longest average queue at Alton Towers, at 25 minutes, followed by Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure (20 minutes) and Gangsta Granny: The Ride (18 minutes). 8 of the 14 rides have an average queue of 15 minutes or less.
| Ride | Overall average queue time, mins |
|---|---|
| In The Night Garden Magical Boat Ride | 25 |
| Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure | 20 |
| Gangsta Granny: The Ride | 18 |
| Bluey the Ride: Here Come The Grannies! | 17 |
| Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Ride | 17 |
| Justin's House Pie-O-Matic Factory | 17 |
| Cuckoo Cars Driving School | 15 |
| Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop | 14 |
| Rajβs Bouncy Bottom Burp | 8 |
| Spinball Whizzer | 8 |
| The Royal Carousel | 8 |
| Heave Ho | 6 |
| Bugbie-Go-Round | 5 |
| Marauder's Mayhem | 5 |
In 2021, In The Night Garden Magical Boat Ride saw the longest peak queues at Alton Towers, with its daily maximum averaging 43 minutes, ahead of Gangsta Granny: The Ride (36 minutes) and Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure (34 minutes).
| Ride | Average maximum queue time, mins |
|---|---|
| In The Night Garden Magical Boat Ride | 43 |
| Gangsta Granny: The Ride | 36 |
| Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure | 34 |
| Bluey the Ride: Here Come The Grannies! | 29 |
| Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Ride | 28 |
| Justin's House Pie-O-Matic Factory | 28 |
| Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop | 23 |
| Cuckoo Cars Driving School | 18 |
| Spinball Whizzer | 15 |
| Rajβs Bouncy Bottom Burp | 12 |
| The Royal Carousel | 9 |
| Heave Ho | 7 |
| Bugbie-Go-Round | 5 |
| Marauder's Mayhem | 5 |
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| Nov | 79 |
| Dec | 48 |
In 2021, Wednesday was the quietest day of the week at Alton Towers, averaging 34% compared with 71% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 32 percentage points quieter than weekends.
| Day | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Sun | 70 |
| Mon | 39 |
| Tue | 44 |
| Wed | 34 |
| Thu | 37 |
| Fri | 39 |
| Sat | 71 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| November 27, 2021 | 79 |
| November 28, 2021 | 78 |
| December 05, 2021 | 75 |
| December 04, 2021 | 71 |
| December 18, 2021 | 70 |
| December 20, 2021 | 69 |
| December 19, 2021 | 69 |
| December 23, 2021 | 67 |
| December 11, 2021 | 64 |
| December 22, 2021 | 64 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| December 29, 2021 | 4 |
| December 30, 2021 | 6 |
| December 27, 2021 | 9 |
| December 31, 2021 | 11 |
| December 10, 2021 | 35 |
| December 28, 2021 | 37 |
| December 17, 2021 | 50 |
| December 21, 2021 | 51 |
| December 12, 2021 | 57 |
| December 03, 2021 | 58 |