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Best rides at Alton Towers

47 rides rankedpark averages 13 min

The longest queue at Alton Towers is The Smiler, at about 37 minutes on a typical day. Across the 47 ranked rides the park averages 13 minutes. 26 of them are usually a walk on.

Every Alton Towers ride ranked by its usual queue

Top rides by typical wait

47 rides · longest typical queue first

  1. 1The Smiler ~37 min typical · up to 57 min at peak37m
  2. 2Rita ~35 min typical · up to 42 min at peak35m
  3. 3Galactica ~32 min typical · up to 40 min at peak32m
  4. 4Wicker Man ~32 min typical · up to 40 min at peak32m
  5. 5Nemesis Reborn ~28 min typical · up to 35 min at peak28m
  6. 6Spinball Whizzer ~27 min typical · up to 40 min at peak27m
  7. 7TH13TEEN ~26 min typical · up to 46 min at peak26m
  8. 8Congo River Rapids ~25 min typical25m
  9. 9Get Set Go Tree Top Adventure ~23 min typical · up to 35 min at peak23m
  10. 10Oblivion ~23 min typical · up to 27 min at peak23m
  12. 11Bluey the Ride: Here Come The Grannies! ~22 min typical · up to 38 min at peak22m
  13. 12In The Night Garden Magical Boat Ride ~19 min typical · up to 27 min at peak19m
  14. 13Gangsta Granny: The Ride ~17 min typical · up to 24 min at peak17m
  15. 14Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure ~17 min typical · up to 28 min at peak17m
  16. 15Cuckoo Cars Driving School ~15 min typical · up to 22 min at peak15m
  17. 16Runaway Mine Train ~15 min typical · up to 28 min at peak15m
  18. 17Go Jetters Vroomster Zoom Ride ~14 min typical · up to 22 min at peak14m
  19. 18Raj’s Bouncy Bottom Burp ~12 min typical · up to 18 min at peak12m
  20. 19Toxicator ~10 min typical · up to 16 min at peak10m
  21. 20Hex - The Legend of the Towers ~10 min typical · up to 18 min at peak10m
  22. 21Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Dark Forest) ~10 min typical · up to 15 min at peak10m
  23. 22Nemesis Sub-Terra ~9 min typical · up to 13 min at peak9m
  24. 23Peter Rabbit Hippity Hop ~9 min typical · up to 14 min at peak9m
  25. 24Skyride to Dark Forest (From Forbidden Valley) ~9 min typical · up to 15 min at peak9m
  26. 25Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Towers St.) ~9 min typical · up to 15 min at peak9m
  27. 26Final Exhibit ~8 min typical8m
  28. 27Monorail to Entrance Plaza ~8 min typical · up to 10 min at peak8m
  29. 28Amigos in the Afterlife ~7 min typical · up to 11 min at peak7m
  30. 29Burial Grounds ~7 min typical7m
  31. 30Heave Ho ~7 min typical · up to 12 min at peak7m
  32. 31Marauder's Mayhem ~7 min typical · up to 13 min at peak7m
  33. 32Edge of the Forest ~6 min typical6m
  34. 33Dark Hollow ~6 min typical6m
  35. 34Justin's House Pie-O-Matic Factory ~6 min typical · up to 12 min at peak6m
  36. 35Monorail to Hotels & Car Parks ~6 min typical · up to 18 min at peak6m
  37. 36The Curse at Alton Manor ~6 min typical · up to 8 min at peak6m
  38. 37The Royal Carousel ~6 min typical · up to 13 min at peak6m
  39. 38Battle Galleons ~6 min typical6m
  40. 39COMPOUND ~5 min typical · up to 6 min at peak5m
  41. 40Altonville Mine Tours: Tiny's Revenge ~5 min typical5m
  42. 41Bugbie-Go-Round ~5 min typical · up to 5 min at peak5m
  43. 42Hey Duggee’s Big Adventure Badge ~5 min typical · up to 5 min at peak5m
  44. 43JoJo & Gran Gran At Home ~5 min typical · up to 5 min at peak5m
  45. 44Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE ~5 min typical · up to 6 min at peak5m
  46. 45Skyride to Towers St. (From Forbidden Valley) ~5 min typical · up to 8 min at peak5m
  47. 46The Gardens ~5 min typical · up to 5 min at peak5m
  48. 47Trick O' Treat Town ~5 min typical · up to 9 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.