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 (2020)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Jul 20 30
Aug 28 42
Sep 18 29
Oct 16 24
Nov 7 10

Average queue time by day (2020)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 25 40
Mon 18 25
Tue 18 27
Wed 15 20
Thu 16 25
Fri 19 30
Sat 23 35

Average queue time by hour (2020)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 13 15
11 17 22
12 25 30
13 27 30
14 28 29
15 26 28
16 26 29
17 22 26
18 16 20
19 12 13
20 9 10

Average queue time by week of year (2020)

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Average queue time by event (2020)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
🎃 Scarefest 19 28
🎆 Fireworks
🍺 Oktoberfest
🌻 Mardi Gras
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land
🌻 Feel Good Summer
🎢 Festival of Thrills
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover!