The Blade

Alton Towers

Historical wait times (10-24-2025)

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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 (2022)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Mar 11 20
Apr 9 14
May 8 12
Jun 9 13
Jul 13 18
Aug 11 17
Sep 10 14
Oct 13 23
Nov 12 15

Average wait time by day (2022)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 9 14
Mon 9 15
Tue 10 15
Wed 10 16
Thu 13 18
Fri 11 16
Sat 11 20

Top 10 longest wait times (2022)

Day Wait time, mins
October 15, 2022 40
July 21, 2022 40
June 24, 2022 40
October 30, 2022 35
October 24, 2022 35
October 22, 2022 35
September 02, 2022 35
August 30, 2022 35
October 28, 2022 30
October 27, 2022 30

Average wait time by hour (2022)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
10 7 8
11 9 11
12 12 15
13 13 15
14 12 14
15 12 14
16 11 13
17 10 11
18 9 11
19 8 9
20 8 8

Average wait time by week of year (2022)

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Average wait time by event (2022)

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Event Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
🎃 Scarefest 13 24
🌻 Feel Good Summer 13 20
🎆 Fireworks 12 15
🍺 Oktoberfest 8 13
🌻 Mardi Gras — —
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land — —
🎢 Festival of Thrills — —
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover! — —