The Blade

Alton Towers

Historical wait times (10-10-2026)

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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 (🌻 Feel Good Summer, 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 13 20
2023 — —
2024 — —

Average wait time by month (🌻 Feel Good Summer, all time)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Aug 12 19
Sep 17 25

Average wait time by day (🌻 Feel Good Summer, all time)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 11 16
Mon 8 12
Tue 10 22
Wed 9 15
Thu 23 25
Fri 18 23
Sat 12 27

Top 10 longest wait times (🌻 Feel Good Summer, all time)

Average wait time by hour (🌻 Feel Good Summer, all time)

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

Average wait time by week of year (🌻 Feel Good Summer, all time)

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