The Blade

Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2024-11-23)

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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 (2019)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Mar 16 18
Apr 12 13
May 19 23
Jun 11 14
Jul 12 18
Aug 12 18
Sep 15 23

Average queue time by day (2019)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 14 20
Mon 10 14
Tue 12 18
Wed 14 18
Thu 17 23
Fri 9 10
Sat 11 14

Average queue time by hour (2019)

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

Average queue time by week of year (2019)

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Average queue time by event (2019)

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