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

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

Busiest around 5pm (about 18 min) and quietest around 11am (about 8 min).

Of the days recorded so far, Sunday averages the longest queue, at about 16 minutes.

Closed during 12% 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 2026-08-23, the shortest 5 minutes on 2026-08-19.

Typical wait through the day

11am8 min32 readings
12pm11 min50 readings
1pm12 min31 readings
2pm14 min32 readings
3pm13 min47 readings
4pm13 min22 readings
5pm18 min15 readings

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