Best Rides at Alton Towers
The headline rides, ranked by typical wait time
These are the most popular rides at Alton Towers, ordered by how long people typically queue for them. A longer typical wait is a good proxy for the must-do, headline attractions. Tap any ride for its live wait time, busiest hours and reliability.
Top rides by typical wait
40 rides ranked · longest typical queue first
- 1The Smiler~53 min typical wait up to 68 min at peak
- 2Galactica~46 min typical wait up to 58 min at peak
- 3Wicker Man~45 min typical wait up to 58 min at peak
- 4Rita~42 min typical wait up to 60 min at peak
- 5Spinball Whizzer~36 min typical wait up to 49 min at peak
- 6TH13TEEN~35 min typical wait up to 49 min at peak
- 7Nemesis Reborn~34 min typical wait up to 51 min at peak
- 8Oblivion~30 min typical wait up to 46 min at peak
- 9Bluey the Ride: Here Come The Grannies!~29 min typical wait up to 42 min at peak
- 10Get Set Go Tree Top Adventure~26 min typical wait up to 33 min at peak
- 11In The Night Garden Magical Boat Ride~24 min typical wait up to 36 min at peak
- 12Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure~24 min typical wait up to 32 min at peak
- 13Congo River Rapids~23 min typical wait up to 35 min at peak
- 14Runaway Mine Train~23 min typical wait up to 32 min at peak
- 15Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Ride~18 min typical wait up to 28 min at peak
- 16Toxicator~14 min typical wait up to 23 min at peak
- 17Nemesis Sub-Terra~13 min typical wait up to 20 min at peak
- 18Cuckoo Cars Driving School~12 min typical wait up to 24 min at peak
- 19Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Dark Forest)~12 min typical wait up to 14 min at peak
- 20Gangsta Granny: The Ride~10 min typical wait up to 18 min at peak
- 21Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop~10 min typical wait up to 15 min at peak
- 22Monorail to Entrance Plaza~9 min typical wait up to 12 min at peak
- 23Skyride to Dark Forest (From Forbidden Valley)~9 min typical wait up to 12 min at peak
- 24Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Towers St.)~9 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 25Battle Galleons~8 min typical wait up to 12 min at peak
- 26Hex - The Legend of the Towers~8 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 27Heave Ho~7 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 28Marauder's Mayhem~7 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 29Raj’s Bouncy Bottom Burp~7 min typical wait up to 12 min at peak
- 30Justin's House Pie-O-Matic Factory~6 min typical wait up to 11 min at peak
- 31Monorail to Hotels & Car Parks~6 min typical wait up to 19 min at peak
- 32Bugbie-Go-Round~5 min typical wait up to 5 min at peak
- 33The Alton Towers Exhibition~5 min typical wait up to 6 min at peak
- 34Hey Duggee’s Big Adventure Badge~5 min typical wait
- 35JoJo & Gran Gran At Home~5 min typical wait
- 36Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE~5 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 37Skyride to Towers St. (From Forbidden Valley)~5 min typical wait up to 7 min at peak
- 38The Curse at Alton Manor~5 min typical wait up to 9 min at peak
- 39The Gardens~5 min typical wait
- 40The Royal Carousel~5 min typical wait up to 5 min at peak
Ranking is by each ride's typical wait time, which we use as a popularity proxy - the rides people queue longest for tend to be the headline attractions. It isn't an editorial "best" score.