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 (2023)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Mar 9 11
Apr 10 13
May 6 11
Jun 7 11
Jul 12 17
Aug 11 24
Sep 8 14
Oct 8 17
Nov 9 20

Average queue time by day (2023)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 9 17
Mon 9 13
Tue 10 18
Wed 8 13
Thu 8 14
Fri 9 15
Sat 9 17

Average queue time by hour (2023)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 5 6
11 7 9
12 10 12
13 10 13
14 10 12
15 11 13
16 10 12
17 9 10
18 7 10
19 6 6
20 5 6

Average queue time by week of year (2023)

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Average queue time by event (2023)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
🎆 Fireworks 10 25
🎃 Scarefest 10 22
🌻 Mardi Gras 7 12
🍺 Oktoberfest 6 10
🎢 Festival of Thrills 6 9
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land
🌻 Feel Good Summer
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover!