Here in West Yorkshire it's the first week of the easter holidays.
All the schools around Alton Towers area - Staffordshire, Derbyshire and so on - are off this week too.
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Queue Times Discussion 2024
All the schools around Alton Towers area - Staffordshire, Derbyshire and so on - are off this week too.
Matt.GC
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We've discussed many times before that term times are rough guides now that Academy trusts, even within the same area, have various different term times. There are no national term dates anymore, you just have to look at the last few posts to see that. This should be a good thing actually as it does spread the crowds out somewhat.
It's likely that a lot of schools in the region, or maybe even further afield, are off this week. My lot aren't, their last day is Thursday and then they're off for 2 weeks, but just because my lot are the state's problem this week, doesn't mean that John 'o Groats Academy and St Ives Comprehensive aren't off. So this is effectively a 3 week end of term, with the busiest week likely to be the one in the middle.
It's likely that a lot of schools in the region, or maybe even further afield, are off this week. My lot aren't, their last day is Thursday and then they're off for 2 weeks, but just because my lot are the state's problem this week, doesn't mean that John 'o Groats Academy and St Ives Comprehensive aren't off. So this is effectively a 3 week end of term, with the busiest week likely to be the one in the middle.
Shaggy_Dog_
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Just a quick question I’m hoping you can help me out with, I’m planning my once yearly trip to Towers and trying to work out when would be best to visit. Because of taking the kids and having quite a long drive to the park we are limited in our options as to when we can go (just Saturdays and school holidays).
Does the park tend to be equally busy throughout the whole of August or are there any days that tend to be quieter? Also would a Saturday in say June be generally any better for queues than a midweek day in August (sorry, I know that is a difficult question to answer)?
Does the park tend to be equally busy throughout the whole of August or are there any days that tend to be quieter? Also would a Saturday in say June be generally any better for queues than a midweek day in August (sorry, I know that is a difficult question to answer)?
AT86
TS Member
First two weeks of the summer holidays tend to be much quieter than August. As the weeks go on, the park gets busier.
Bowser
TS Member
I tend to use this for all parks we plan to visit:
Alton Towers crowd calendar - August 2024
August 2024 crowd calendar for Alton Towers. View opening times and predicted crowd levels. Find the least busy days to visit.
queue-times.com
Naturally it's only a guide and can't account for variables like weather but it tends to give a decent ballpark view based on historical data and public holidays.
As you can see June is traditionally much quieter on a Saturday than the equivalent in August (other than the half term weekend) and even some weekdays. Otherwise the earlier in August you can do and on a Tuesday or Wednesday tends to be your best bet.
Well I saw it on 30 the other and there was like 30 people in the queue
It probably has a hideous loading procedure these days too.Well I saw it on 30 the other and there was like 30 people in the queue
Honestly don’t know how young kids put up with queues that don’t move
djtruefitt
TS Team
It’s always got one of the worse queues on park.
There always seems to be a few of the ride cars dotted around. You usually see a couple behind the Curse and then some behind Towers Street. Add a couple more to the transfer track as well. It’s definitely got awful capacity.
Surprisingly busy today, I had quite the shock when I seen the queue to enter the car park was all the way back to the gates!
Monorail queue was just outside the station so didn't bother. Appears there were 2 trains in service
Wickerman sat at an advertised queue of 25 min queue all day, but was often a bit quicker. The preshow was shambolic, they kept getting the timing wrong and the doors were being opened about 30 seconds after the video starts, as the station sat completely empty. Staff on the platform absolutely throwing the 3 trains out, rows were going around empty as the gates weren't filled quick enough.
Rita didn't open, although I seen one test run whilst waiting for Thirteen.
Thirteen advertised 25 min wait, I was in the station after around 15, just in time for it to break down
. Credit where due, sorted in about 10 mins
Nemmy advertised as 15 min, 14 of which were seemingly allocated to walking around the queueline
Did look at Galactica, advertised as 35 min but looked a lot longer so didn't bother
Monorail queue was just outside the station so didn't bother. Appears there were 2 trains in service
Wickerman sat at an advertised queue of 25 min queue all day, but was often a bit quicker. The preshow was shambolic, they kept getting the timing wrong and the doors were being opened about 30 seconds after the video starts, as the station sat completely empty. Staff on the platform absolutely throwing the 3 trains out, rows were going around empty as the gates weren't filled quick enough.
Rita didn't open, although I seen one test run whilst waiting for Thirteen.
Thirteen advertised 25 min wait, I was in the station after around 15, just in time for it to break down
. Credit where due, sorted in about 10 minsNemmy advertised as 15 min, 14 of which were seemingly allocated to walking around the queueline
Did look at Galactica, advertised as 35 min but looked a lot longer so didn't bother
Election day...lots of classes/schools closed for voting.Surprisingly busy today, I had quite the shock when I seen the queue to enter the car park was all the way back to the gates!
Monorail queue was just outside the station so didn't bother. Appears there were 2 trains in service
Wickerman sat at an advertised queue of 25 min queue all day, but was often a bit quicker. The preshow was shambolic, they kept getting the timing wrong and the doors were being opened about 30 seconds after the video starts, as the station sat completely empty. Staff on the platform absolutely throwing the 3 trains out, rows were going around empty as the gates weren't filled quick enough.
Rita didn't open, although I seen one test run whilst waiting for Thirteen.
Thirteen advertised 25 min wait, I was in the station after around 15, just in time for it to break down
Nemmy advertised as 15 min, 14 of which were seemingly allocated to walking around the queueline
Did look at Galactica, advertised as 35 min but looked a lot longer so didn't bother
Loui Richards
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Fairly low, i've done a monday visit, and 2 friday visits in the last few off peak weeks and got loads done on all visits. The Nemesis queue will be low, it was walk on in the afternoon on friday! biggest queues have consistently been galactica and the smiler with around half hour queues on my visits
BigShadowtinytree
TS Member
Why? It’s not school holidays so most people will be back at work/school as normal.
It’s the day after bank holiday syndrome