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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 14 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 13% 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

11am8 min12 readings
12pm10 min24 readings
1pm12 min17 readings
2pm14 min11 readings
3pm14 min18 readings
4pm11 min11 readings
5pm14 min12 readings
6pm8 min8 readings

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