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 (2021)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Apr 16 25
May 12 18
Jun 16 28
Jul 10 18
Aug 17 26
Sep 9 15
Oct 13 20
Nov 12 20

Average queue time by day (2021)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 14 24
Mon 13 22
Tue 13 20
Wed 12 18
Thu 14 22
Fri 12 20
Sat 15 25

Average queue time by hour (2021)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 8 9
11 10 12
12 15 18
13 17 20
14 17 19
15 17 19
16 16 19
17 13 17
18 10 12
19 7 8
20 5 5

Average queue time by week of year (2021)

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Average queue time by event (2021)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
🎃 Scarefest 14 22
🎆 Fireworks 12 20
🍺 Oktoberfest
🌻 Mardi Gras
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land
🌻 Feel Good Summer
🎢 Festival of Thrills
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover!