Spinball Whizzer

Alton Towers

Historical wait times (06-06-2025)

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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 21 39

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 16 24
Mar 25 43
Apr 27 45
May 24 42
Jun 27 47
Jul 34 58
Aug 38 59
Sep 24 43
Oct 31 55
Nov 28 46
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 52
Mon 28 46
Tue 26 44
Wed 26 46
Thu 26 44
Fri 27 48
Sat 36 59

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 35
11 38 44
12 35 41
13 28 34
14 28 33
15 29 34
16 32 38
17 33 40
18 32 39
19 25 31
20 22 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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