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General Queue Times Discussion 2023

djtruefitt said:
I imagine school trips might be worse this season, because we’ve had two years of no school trips. So people will really want to do trips, and I guess so will schools after covid.
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That's a really good point actually. Wouldn't be surprised if that is the case. 🙂
 
Also, yesterday was the first day after GCSE’s and A levels were finished and also an inset day for quite a few schools so many people may have taken advantage of that and it actually won’t be that busy everyday.
 
Dan19F1 said:
Also, yesterday was the first day after GCSE’s and A levels were finished and also an inset day for quite a few schools so many people may have taken advantage of that and it actually won’t be that busy everyday.
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And then it turns out to be the busiest day of the year so far🤣
 
Danscott22 said:
It won’t be any better than yesterday - your best bet at the moment is probably visiting on a Saturday or Sunday
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This could be because it’s still early, admittedly, but currently, nothing is above 65 other than Smiler on 120… a definite improvement on yesterday!
 
On an A-side, how much revenue do Alton Towers get from school trips? Haven’t seen queues this big for a while, which makes me wonder, were Towers having a steady season guest number wise up until this point.
 
I suspect this week is busier for school trips because tickets for students are more expensive on "super peak" dates which includes 1st-20th July. A secondary school student costs £14 usually or £18 on super peak dates. One teacher goes free for every ten students so if a class of 30 goes then it would be £420 or £540 with three teachers.
Source: https://www.altontowers.com/schools/prices-and-planning/
 
Matt N said:
This could be because it’s still early, admittedly, but currently, nothing is above 65 other than Smiler on 120… a definite improvement on yesterday!
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Not too much though - Galactica being 60 now and 70 yesterday for example isn’t too much of a difference
 
Thameslink Rail said:
I suspect this week is busier for school trips because tickets for students are more expensive on "super peak" dates which includes 1st-20th July. A secondary school student costs £14 usually or £18 on super peak dates. One teacher goes free for every ten students so if a class of 30 goes then it would be £420 or £540 with three teachers.
Source: https://www.altontowers.com/schools/prices-and-planning/
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I didn't realise school trip prices were so low! I would have thought the high price for secondary age would be closer to £25.
 
Interesting that queue times for smiler and wicker man were at their peak yesterday between 2-3. So I'm assuming the queues were longer for them at this time due to school trips wanting to get on one of them before they leave
 
jon81uk said:
I didn't realise school trip prices were so low! I would have thought the high price for secondary age would be closer to £25.
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I always remember my school trips to theme parks costing about £30 in total, for what it’s worth. As that likely included coach costs as well, the figure that @Thameslink Rail posted would make sense for theme park ticket prices.
 
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