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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 5pm (about 13 min) and quietest around 11am (about 9 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

11am9 min21 readings
12pm10 min41 readings
1pm11 min26 readings
2pm12 min21 readings
3pm11 min34 readings
4pm11 min17 readings
5pm13 min15 readings

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