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Best rides at Alton Towers

43 rides rankedpark averages 21 min

The longest queue at Alton Towers is The Smiler, at about 71 minutes on a typical day. Across the 43 ranked rides the park averages 21 minutes. 16 of them are usually a walk on.

Every Alton Towers ride ranked by its usual queue

Top rides by typical wait

43 rides · longest typical queue first

  1. 1The Smiler ~71 min typical · up to 82 min at peak71m
  2. 2Rita ~69 min typical · up to 104 min at peak69m
  3. 3Wicker Man ~69 min typical · up to 83 min at peak69m
  4. 4Nemesis Reborn ~53 min typical · up to 68 min at peak53m
  5. 5TH13TEEN ~52 min typical · up to 68 min at peak52m
  6. 6Galactica ~50 min typical · up to 66 min at peak50m
  7. 7Spinball Whizzer ~48 min typical · up to 65 min at peak48m
  8. 8Oblivion ~35 min typical · up to 48 min at peak35m
  9. 9Runaway Mine Train ~33 min typical · up to 44 min at peak33m
  10. 10Bluey the Ride: Here Come The Grannies! ~31 min typical · up to 41 min at peak31m
  12. 11In The Night Garden Magical Boat Ride ~25 min typical · up to 39 min at peak25m
  13. 12Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure ~23 min typical · up to 31 min at peak23m
  14. 13Nemesis Sub-Terra ~21 min typical · up to 35 min at peak21m
  15. 14Toxicator ~21 min typical · up to 32 min at peak21m
  16. 15Get Set Go Tree Top Adventure ~20 min typical · up to 29 min at peak20m
  17. 16Gangsta Granny: The Ride ~20 min typical · up to 30 min at peak20m
  18. 17Hex - The Legend of the Towers ~17 min typical · up to 28 min at peak17m
  19. 18Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Ride ~15 min typical · up to 22 min at peak15m
  20. 19Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Towers St.) ~15 min typical · up to 17 min at peak15m
  21. 20Final Exhibit ~15 min typical · up to 22 min at peak15m
  22. 21Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Dark Forest) ~13 min typical · up to 17 min at peak13m
  23. 22Skyride to Dark Forest (From Forbidden Valley) ~12 min typical · up to 20 min at peak12m
  24. 23COMPOUND ~12 min typical · up to 16 min at peak12m
  25. 24Edge of the Forest ~12 min typical · up to 32 min at peak12m
  26. 25Raj’s Bouncy Bottom Burp ~11 min typical · up to 17 min at peak11m
  27. 26Cuckoo Cars Driving School ~10 min typical · up to 18 min at peak10m
  28. 27Altonville Mine Tours: Tiny's Revenge ~10 min typical · up to 21 min at peak10m
  29. 28Heave Ho ~9 min typical · up to 15 min at peak9m
  30. 29Marauder's Mayhem ~9 min typical · up to 15 min at peak9m
  31. 30Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop ~9 min typical · up to 17 min at peak9m
  32. 31Trick O' Treat Town ~9 min typical · up to 18 min at peak9m
  33. 32Monorail to Entrance Plaza ~8 min typical · up to 21 min at peak8m
  34. 33The Curse at Alton Manor ~8 min typical · up to 15 min at peak8m
  35. 34Amigos in the Afterlife ~8 min typical · up to 14 min at peak8m
  36. 35Justin's House Pie-O-Matic Factory ~7 min typical · up to 11 min at peak7m
  37. 36Monorail to Hotels & Car Parks ~7 min typical · up to 16 min at peak7m
  38. 37Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE ~6 min typical · up to 20 min at peak6m
  39. 38The Royal Carousel ~6 min typical · up to 10 min at peak6m
  40. 39Bugbie-Go-Round ~5 min typical · up to 5 min at peak5m
  41. 40Hey Duggee’s Big Adventure Badge ~5 min typical · up to 5 min at peak5m
  42. 41JoJo & Gran Gran At Home ~5 min typical · up to 10 min at peak5m
  43. 42Skyride to Towers St. (From Forbidden Valley) ~5 min typical · up to 8 min at peak5m
  44. 43The Gardens ~5 min typical · up to 5 min at peak5m

The ranking is each ride's typical wait, which stands in for popularity - the rides people queue longest for tend to be the headline attractions. It is not an editorial "best" score.

Walk on under 10 minShort 10-19 minModerate 20-34 minLong 35-59 minVery long 60 min and up

Typical waits are each ride's own recorded queue times over recent weeks, sampled every few minutes through the park's opening hours. A ride with too little history to average honestly is left out.