Spinball Whizzer

Alton Towers

Historical wait times (11-10-2026)

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Ride statistics

Current wait time Closed
Opened 2004-03-27
Duration 1 minutes, 15 seconds
Maximum height 17m
Maximum speed 60km/h
Riders per vehicle 4
Average hourly throughput 950
Ride cost Β£3,500,000
Ride type Spinning Coaster
Ride manufacturer Maurer SΓΆhne
Length 470m
Minimum rider height 1.2m
On ride photo available No
Coordinates (OSM) 52.9889, -1.89456

Average wait time by year (all time)

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Year Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
2015 23 39
2016 25 38
2017 24 40
2018 29 50
2019 34 56
2020 38 58
2021 29 51
2022 28 49
2023 32 54
2024 32 55
2025 27 49
2026 32 58

Average wait time by month (all time)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Jan 7 11
Feb 15 23
Mar 26 45
Apr 27 45
May 24 42
Jun 27 46
Jul 34 58
Aug 38 61
Sep 24 43
Oct 32 57
Nov 29 50
Dec 8 15

Average wait time by day (all time)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 31 53
Mon 28 47
Tue 26 45
Wed 27 47
Thu 27 45
Fri 27 49
Sat 36 60

Top 10 longest wait times (all time)

Average wait time by hour (all time)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
10 25 36
11 39 45
12 35 42
13 29 36
14 28 35
15 30 36
16 33 40
17 34 40
18 32 40
19 24 31
20 21 27

Average wait time by week of year (all time)

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Average daily wait time histogram (all time)

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Maximum daily wait time histogram (all time)

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Availability during park operating hours (last 7 days)

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