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 (2024)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Mar 6 13
Apr 8 16
May 7 15
Jun 8 19
Jul 10 27
Aug 11 27
Sep 7 13
Oct 8 18
Nov 8 19

Average queue time by day (2024)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 8 21
Mon 9 20
Tue 9 17
Wed 8 16
Thu 8 18
Fri 8 15
Sat 9 24

Average queue time by hour (2024)

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Hour Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
10 5 6
11 8 11
12 10 14
13 9 12
14 10 14
15 10 14
16 9 13
17 7 9
18 6 8
19 5 6
20 5 6

Average queue time by week of year (2024)

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Average queue time by event (2024)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
🎆 Fireworks 8 27
⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land 10 27
🎃 Scarefest 10 25
🌭 Greg the Sausage Roll Takeover! 9 23
🍺 Oktoberfest 6 10
🌻 Mardi Gras
🌻 Feel Good Summer
🎢 Festival of Thrills