The Blade

Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2024-12-22)

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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 month (2018)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Mar 7 8
Apr 11 13
May 9 11
Jun 9 12
Jul 10 14
Aug 14 16
Sep 15 16
Oct 15 22
Nov 17 24

Average queue time by day (2018)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 9 12
Mon 14 16
Tue 13 16
Wed 9 13
Thu 12 16
Fri 10 13
Sat 13 17

Average queue time by hour (2018)

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

Average queue time by week of year (2018)

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Average queue time by event (2018)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
🎆 Fireworks 23 33
🎃 Scarefest 15 21
🍺 Oktoberfest
🌻 Mardi Gras
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land
🌻 Feel Good Summer
🎢 Festival of Thrills
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover!