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Skyride to Dark Forest (From Forbidden Valley) — wait times

Skyride to Dark Forest (From Forbidden Valley) at Alton Towers. Closed right now.

Busiest around 5pm (about 15 min) and quietest around 11am (about 5 min).

Of the days recorded so far, Sunday averages the longest queue, at about 13 minutes.

Closed during 10% 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 40 minutes on 2026-10-28, the shortest 5 minutes on 2026-08-17.

Typical wait through the day

11am5 min32 readings
12pm8 min51 readings
1pm11 min32 readings
2pm13 min32 readings
3pm14 min47 readings
4pm13 min23 readings
5pm15 min15 readings

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