The Blade

Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2024-12-21)

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Ride statistics

Current queue 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 queue time by year (all time)

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Year Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
2015 7 8
2016 10 10
2017 10 12
2018 11 15
2019 12 17
2020 20 30
2021 13 22
2022 11 16
2023 9 15
2024 8 19

Average queue time by month (all time)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Mar 8 13
Apr 10 15
May 9 14
Jun 10 16
Jul 12 19
Aug 14 23
Sep 10 16
Oct 12 20
Nov 10 17

Average queue time by day (all time)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 11 19
Mon 10 17
Tue 11 18
Wed 10 16
Thu 11 18
Fri 11 17
Sat 12 20

Average queue time by hour (all time)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 6 7
11 9 12
12 12 15
13 13 16
14 14 16
15 14 16
16 13 15
17 12 14
18 11 13
19 8 9
20 7 8

Average queue time by week of year (all time)

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Average queue time by event (all time)

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Average daily queue time histogram (all time)

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Maximum daily queue time histogram (all time)

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Availability during park operating hours (last 7 days)

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