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 year (🌻 Mardi Gras, all time)

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Year Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
2015 — —
2016 — —
2017 — —
2018 — —
2019 — —
2020 — —
2021 — —
2022 — —
2023 7 12
2024 — —

Average wait time by month (🌻 Mardi Gras, all time)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
May 7 13
Jun 7 12

Average wait time by day (🌻 Mardi Gras, all time)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 5 10
Mon 6 10
Tue 8 12
Wed 8 15
Thu 7 13
Fri 6 10
Sat 8 16

Top 10 longest wait times (🌻 Mardi Gras, all time)

Day Wait time, mins
May 31, 2023 30
June 01, 2023 25
June 03, 2023 20
May 30, 2023 20
May 20, 2023 20
June 17, 2023 15
June 10, 2023 15
June 05, 2023 15
May 29, 2023 15
May 21, 2023 15

Average wait time by hour (🌻 Mardi Gras, all time)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
10 5 5
11 6 7
12 8 9
13 8 10
14 8 9
15 7 9
16 6 8
17 6 7

Average wait time by week of year (🌻 Mardi Gras, all time)

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