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