When to queue
Go at 6pm.
- Typical wait at 6pm
- 9min
- At 1pm, its worst hour
- 16min
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16minTypical wait
A typical day, opening to close
Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St at Alton Towers averages 16 minutes. It is shortest at 4pm and worst at 1pm. It has run 28% of the park's opening hours recently.
Every reading through the day, against what Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St usually does at that hour. Pick another day underneath.
Typical waits from this ride's own recorded readings
Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St has averaged about 16 minutes of queue across its recorded readings, peaking around 18 minutes, with the longest queues near 1pm, and the shortest near 4pm. Pick a date below to see that day minute by minute.
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When to queue
Which day
Does Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St break down?
It was running 28% of the time Alton Towers was open over the last two weeks, so it was down about 43 minutes in every opening hour.
The record
The longest queue posted for Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St, on Sunday 8 November.
Every ride at Alton Towers →Usually at 6pm, about 9 minutes, against 16 at 1pm. Turning up at the right hour saves 7 minutes on a single ride.
Typical wait, last 90 days · minutes
Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St averages 9 minutes at 6pm. The longest queue it has ever held is 35 minutes.
Monday, at 0 minutes on average, against 12 on Sunday.
6 days with a recorded queue
It ran 28% of Alton Towers's opening hours across 6 recorded days, and is declining. It ran without a recorded stop on Saturday 14 Nov.
28% of opening hours · 6 days recorded
↓ decliningRunning 28% of the minutes Alton Towers was open.
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The worst queue recorded for Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St was 35 minutes on Sunday 8 Nov.
Peaks in the last 14 days · Every one a real date
November runs longest at 18 minutes on average, and July is quietest at 10.
All-time average by month · minutes
Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St is one of 43 rides tracked at Alton Towers, 19th longest of 43 by usual wait. It queues about 16 minutes on a typical day, shorter than the 22-minute park average.
Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St has averaged about 16 minutes of wait over recent weeks, and is typically busiest around 1pm and quietest around 4pm. Over the last two weeks it has been open around 28% of the park's operating hours. It's typically quietest on Fridays and busiest on Sundays.
The live wait time for Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St at Alton Towers is shown at the top of this page and refreshed directly from the park's own ride system. Check live Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St queue times.
The live status badge at the top of this page shows whether Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St is open or closed right now - it updates automatically from Alton Towers's own ride system. Over the last couple of weeks, Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St has been open around 28% of Alton Towers's operating hours. You can also see the live status of every ride at Alton Towers.
Based on historical queue time data, Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St is typically quietest around 4pm. For most rides the queue is shortest in the first hour after the park opens and the last hour before it closes, with midday through mid-afternoon the busiest window.
Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St is usually quietest on Fridays, and busiest on Sundays based on recent weeks - visit on a Friday for shorter waits.
Over recent weeks, Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St has averaged about 16 minutes, with queues usually longest around 1pm. Wait times usually build through the morning, peak from midday to mid-afternoon, then ease off before close. Weekends and school holidays run noticeably longer than quiet weekdays. This page shows today's live wait time, the day's average, hourly breakdowns and the full history of peak queues for Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St at Alton Towers.
Over the last two weeks, Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St has been running about 28% of the time. We track Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St's uptime and downtime automatically - see the "Reliability" and "Downtime History" panels on this page for its full record over the last 30 days, including any current closures and how long they've lasted.
Skyride To Forbidden Valley From Towers St is at Alton Towers - see the park map and full ride list for its exact location. The Alton Towers page also shows which rides nearby have the shortest queues right now.
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