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Heave Ho — wait times

Heave Ho at Alton Towers. Closed right now.

Busiest around 6pm (about 11 min) and quietest around 10am (about 5 min).

Of the days recorded so far, Sunday averages the longest queue, at about 11 minutes.

Closed during 1% of the readings taken while the park was fully open. The feed does not say why, so that covers refurbishment and weather as well as breakdowns.

The longest queue we have recorded is 30 minutes on 2026-10-30, the shortest 5 minutes on 2026-08-13.

Typical wait through the day

10am5 min39 readings
11am7 min54 readings
12pm8 min59 readings
1pm9 min43 readings
2pm10 min37 readings
3pm8 min56 readings
4pm10 min32 readings
5pm10 min26 readings
6pm11 min15 readings
7pm7 min21 readings

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