The Blade

Alton Towers

Historical queue times (2025-11-13)

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Ride statistics

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 (⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land, 2024)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Jul 9 25
Aug 11 27
Sep 11 40

Average queue time by day (⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land, 2024)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 10 32
Mon 13 35
Tue 10 20
Wed 14 30
Thu 9 27
Fri 9 19
Sat 9 24

Top 10 longest queues (⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land, 2024)

Day Queue time, mins
August 19, 2024 45
July 22, 2024 45
September 01, 2024 40
August 14, 2024 40
August 05, 2024 40
July 24, 2024 40
August 29, 2024 35
August 25, 2024 35
August 18, 2024 35
August 15, 2024 35

Average queue time by hour (⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land, 2024)

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

Average queue time by week of year (⭐ Celebrate 10 Years of the UK’s only CBeebies Land, 2024)

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