The Blade

Alton Towers

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Historical queue times (2024-11-21)

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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 (🎆 Fireworks, all time)

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Year Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
2015 8 10
2016 10 10
2017 16 30
2018 23 33
2019 — —
2020 — —
2021 12 20
2022 12 15
2023 10 25
2024 8 27

Average queue time by month (🎆 Fireworks, all time)

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

Average queue time by day (🎆 Fireworks, all time)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 11 24
Fri 10 17
Sat 13 23

Top 10 longest queues (🎆 Fireworks, all time)

Day Queue time, mins
November 09, 2024 40
November 09, 2024 40
November 10, 2024 35
November 10, 2024 35
November 03, 2023 35
November 03, 2023 35
November 03, 2018 35
November 05, 2023 30
November 05, 2023 30
November 04, 2018 30

Average queue time by hour (🎆 Fireworks, all time)

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

Average queue time by week of year (🎆 Fireworks, all time)

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