The Blade

Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2024-12-03)

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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 (2022)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Mar 11 20
Apr 9 14
May 8 12
Jun 9 13
Jul 13 18
Aug 11 17
Sep 10 14
Oct 13 23
Nov 12 15

Average queue time by day (2022)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 9 14
Mon 9 15
Tue 10 15
Wed 10 16
Thu 13 18
Fri 11 16
Sat 11 20

Average queue time by hour (2022)

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

Average queue time by week of year (2022)

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Average queue time by event (2022)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
🎃 Scarefest 13 24
🌻 Feel Good Summer 13 20
🎆 Fireworks 12 15
🍺 Oktoberfest 8 13
🌻 Mardi Gras
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land
🎢 Festival of Thrills
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover!