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The Smiler wait time

Name: The Smiler wait time (Alton Towers)
Creator: Wait Time Report
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at Alton Towers - live posted wait, refreshed every few minutes

Posted wait now

15 min

status: open

as of 15:00 UTC, October 13, 2026 (auto-refreshes with JavaScript on)

The Smiler at Alton Towers is open with a posted wait of 15 min as of 15:00 UTC, October 13, 2026.
Right now 4 of the park's other 32 open rides post a longer wait.
Tracked by this site for 47 days, sampled every 10 minutes while the park reports.

Live wait times powered by Queue-Times.com.

Average posted wait by hour (London local time), from 47 days of our tracking.

In our tracking so far, the shortest posted waits for this ride have come around 10 a.m. local time (average 30 minutes).

Other waits at Alton Towers right now

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Full board: Alton Towers wait times. Posted waits are the park's own estimates - see how wait times work.