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• Visit on the quietest day possible<\/b> – if you can, avoid visiting Alton Towers during the school holidays and on Saturdays. Sundays and weekdays are usually the least busy, although it is possible to have a great time on any day by using the rest of the tips in this article.<\/li>\n
• Arrive early<\/b> – aim to get to Alton Towers at least 45 minutes before rides open, to give yourself a chance to park, catch the monorail and pick up your tickets (if you haven’t ordered them in advance).<\/li>\n
• Take advantage of Early Ride Time if possible<\/b> – if you’re booking tickets online, have an annual pass or are staying one of Alton Towers’ on-site hotels, you’ll be able to enter the park an hour before it opens to other guests and enjoy a selection of the most popular rides with very short queues.<\/li>\n
• Choose when you plan to eat carefully<\/b> – Alton Towers’ restaurants are very busy between 11am and 1pm. If you can eat either side of this window, then do.<\/li>\n
• Don’t start at the front of the park<\/b> – the rides at the front towards the front of the park (such as Sonic Spinball) get busy early, as many guests head straight to them. Instead, head towards either Air (in Forbidden Valley) or Rita (in the Dark Forest) first as both rides’ queues are at their shortest early in the day. If you want to ride both, hit Rita first due to its low capacity.<\/li>\n
• Use Single Rider Queues<\/b> – if you don’t mind riding on your own, then you can take advantage of the Single Rider Queues that are used on many of the park’s biggest attractions to help fill up empty seats. These are usually much shorter than the standard queue.<\/li>\n
• Eat breakfast before you arrive<\/b> – breakfast at Alton Towers is both expensive and time-consuming, so make sure you eat before you head to the park.<\/li>\n
• Buy a car park token on the way in<\/b> – buying your car park token on the way into the park will save time on the way out, when queues often build at the machines near the exit.<\/li>\n
• Turn to the dark side and buy Fastrack tickets<\/b> – we hate it when theme parks charge extra for queue-jumping options, which leave everyone else in the park feeling like second-class citizens. But if you must, or you’re desperate, you can buy Fastrack tickets (with costs ranging from \u00a35 to \u00a384) which enable you tro avoid the lines for some of the most popular attractions. If you follow the other tips in this article, though, there should be no need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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