The Blade

Alton Towers

Historical wait times (11-13-2025)

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Ride statistics

Opened 1981-01-01
Duration 1 minutes, 30 seconds
Maximum height 20m
Maximum speed 19km/h
Number of vehicles 1
Riders per vehicle 45
Average hourly throughput 1800
Ride type Swinging Ship
Ride manufacturer HUSS Rides
Minimum rider height 1.0m
On ride photo available No

Average wait time by month (🎆 Fireworks, 2018)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Nov 23 33

Average wait time by day (🎆 Fireworks, 2018)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 22 30
Sat 25 35

Top 10 longest wait times (🎆 Fireworks, 2018)

Day Wait time, mins
November 03, 2018 35
November 04, 2018 30

Average wait time by hour (🎆 Fireworks, 2018)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
12 25 25
13 25 25
14 15 15
15 15 15
16 20 28
17 28 33
18 28 28
19 28 28
20 28 28

Average wait time by week of year (🎆 Fireworks, 2018)

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