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Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE

Mutiny Bay's aquarium combines shipwreck theming, sea life and an underwater tunnel.

Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE offers a calm indoor break between Alton Towers' rides. Guests move through pirate and shipwreck scenery into aquariums filled with sharks, rays, seahorses and other sea creatures. The highlight is the ocean tunnel, which makes the attraction feel more like a compact SEA LIFE trail than a standard walkthrough.

Normal 5 min
Average 5 min
Highest measurement 10 min Measured at 25-07 14:02
Type Ride
Category Aquarium
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Coaster profile

Classification

Scale low
Ride type SEA LIFE Centre
Opened March 28, 2009
Cost £4 million (€4.7 million)
Ocean tunnel 32.8 ft (10.0 m)
Location Mutiny Bay
Sources Alton Towers Rides & Attractions; Alton Towers Height Restrictions; TowersTimes; TowersStreet; Wikipedia

Trains

Arrangement Aquarium-walkthrough zonder voertuigen; bezoekers lopen vrij door de SEA LIFE-route en langs de bassins.

Location

Sharkbait Reef sits in Mutiny Bay on the site of the former 3D Cinema.

Notes

TowersTimes lists Merlin Studios, SEA LIFE Centre, an opening date of 28 March 2009 and no minimum or maximum height. The walkthrough opened a year after Mutiny Bay, cost about GBP 4 million and mixes shipwreck theming with aquariums, Skeleton Bay, a 33-foot ocean tunnel and an interactive tropical pool.

Theming

The aquarium is framed as a pirate wreck tied to Captain Black, so the SEA LIFE presentation fits neatly into Mutiny Bay.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now Closed
Normal 5 min
Average 5 min
Highest measurement 10 min Measured at 25-07 14:02
Measurements 1347
Outage measurements 0
Avg. outage duration -
Often busy 10:00 5 min average
Often quiet 10:00 5 min average
Reliability High 1388 measurements, 8 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.

Wait times

1347 measurements

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Q3
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Typical wait time: around 5 min.

It usually falls between 5 min and 5 min.

See more than 5 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 5 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

Not enough data yet for a boxplot.

This attraction has not reported any outages to us yet. We cannot say anything meaningful about it here.

Outages per day

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Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

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