Spinball Whizzer

Alton Towers

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Historical wait times (10-31-2025)

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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 £3,500,000
Ride type Spinning Coaster
Ride manufacturer Maurer Söhne
Length 470m
Minimum rider height 1.2m
On ride photo available No
Coordinates (OSM) 52.9889, -1.89456

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

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Jul 39 64
Aug 47 73
Sep 39 65

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

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 43 66
Mon 49 80
Tue 48 76
Wed 45 71
Thu 46 70
Fri 39 62
Sat 42 68

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

Day Wait time, mins
August 14, 2024 120
August 19, 2024 100
August 08, 2024 95
August 31, 2024 90
August 27, 2024 90
August 04, 2024 90
July 30, 2024 90
August 30, 2024 80
August 29, 2024 80
August 13, 2024 80

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

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
10 30 48
11 52 60
12 50 62
13 46 55
14 45 55
15 46 54
16 44 52
17 42 51

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

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