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
39 rides ranked · longest typical queue first
- 1The Smiler~53 min typical wait up to 66 min at peak
- 2Galactica~46 min typical wait up to 61 min at peak
- 3Wicker Man~40 min typical wait up to 52 min at peak
- 4Oblivion~33 min typical wait up to 42 min at peak
- 5TH13TEEN~32 min typical wait up to 46 min at peak
- 6Rita~31 min typical wait up to 44 min at peak
- 7Nemesis Reborn~30 min typical wait up to 46 min at peak
- 8Spinball Whizzer~29 min typical wait up to 42 min at peak
- 9Bluey the Ride: Here Come The Grannies!~21 min typical wait up to 29 min at peak
- 10Get Set Go Tree Top Adventure~20 min typical wait up to 25 min at peak
- 11Congo River Rapids~19 min typical wait up to 29 min at peak
- 12In The Night Garden Magical Boat Ride~19 min typical wait up to 29 min at peak
- 13Runaway Mine Train~17 min typical wait up to 25 min at peak
- 14Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure~16 min typical wait up to 23 min at peak
- 15Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Ride~13 min typical wait up to 24 min at peak
- 16Toxicator~12 min typical wait up to 21 min at peak
- 17Nemesis Sub-Terra~10 min typical wait up to 18 min at peak
- 18Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Dark Forest)~10 min typical wait up to 15 min at peak
- 19Cuckoo Cars Driving School~9 min typical wait up to 15 min at peak
- 20Skyride to Dark Forest (From Forbidden Valley)~9 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 21Gangsta Granny: The Ride~8 min typical wait up to 14 min at peak
- 22Monorail to Entrance Plaza~8 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 23Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop~8 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 24Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Towers St.)~8 min typical wait up to 12 min at peak
- 25Battle Galleons~7 min typical wait up to 11 min at peak
- 26Hex - The Legend of the Towers~7 min typical wait up to 13 min at peak
- 27Heave Ho~6 min typical wait up to 9 min at peak
- 28Marauder's Mayhem~6 min typical wait up to 8 min at peak
- 29Monorail to Hotels & Car Parks~6 min typical wait up to 17 min at peak
- 30Raj’s Bouncy Bottom Burp~6 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 31Bugbie-Go-Round~5 min typical wait up to 6 min at peak
- 32Hey Duggee’s Big Adventure Badge~5 min typical wait up to 5 min at peak
- 33JoJo & Gran Gran At Home~5 min typical wait up to 5 min at peak
- 34Justin's House Pie-O-Matic Factory~5 min typical wait up to 8 min at peak
- 35Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE~5 min typical wait up to 5 min at peak
- 36Skyride to Towers St. (From Forbidden Valley)~5 min typical wait up to 10 min at peak
- 37The Curse at Alton Manor~5 min typical wait up to 6 min at peak
- 38The Gardens~5 min typical wait up to 5 min at peak
- 39The Royal Carousel~5 min typical wait up to 10 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.