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Skyride to Forbidden Valley (from Towers St.) — wait times

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

Busiest around 2pm (about 13 min) and quietest around 11am (about 10 min).

Of the days recorded so far, Sunday averages the longest queue, at about 16 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 30 minutes on 2026-08-16, the shortest 5 minutes on 2026-08-17.

Typical wait through the day

11am10 min31 readings
12pm10 min51 readings
1pm12 min32 readings
2pm13 min32 readings
3pm13 min47 readings
4pm12 min23 readings
5pm13 min15 readings

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