The Blade

Alton Towers

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Historical wait times (11-21-2024)

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Ride statistics

Current wait time Closed
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)

Day Wait time, mins
September 02, 2022 35
August 30, 2022 35
September 03, 2022 30
September 01, 2022 30
August 20, 2022 30
August 26, 2022 25
August 21, 2022 25
August 18, 2022 25
August 27, 2022 20
August 25, 2022 20

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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