The Blade

Alton Towers

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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 year (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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Year Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
2015 7 9
2016 — —
2017 15 22
2018 15 21
2019 — —
2020 19 28
2021 14 22
2022 13 24
2023 10 22
2024 10 25

Average queue time by month (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Oct 12 22
Nov 11 24

Average queue time by day (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 12 25
Mon 12 22
Tue 12 21
Wed 11 21
Thu 11 20
Fri 11 19
Sat 15 26

Top 10 longest queues (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

Day Queue time, mins
October 29, 2024 50
October 29, 2024 50
October 30, 2024 45
October 30, 2024 45
October 27, 2024 45
October 27, 2024 45
October 11, 2020 45
October 25, 2017 45
October 30, 2023 40
October 30, 2023 40

Average queue time by hour (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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

Average queue time by week of year (🎃 Scarefest, all time)

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