Spinball Whizzer • Alton Towers

Theming Intensity Headbanging Discomfort

Makes you feel very strange afterward. Very intense, nice themeing.

it spins

Capacity Comfort

Very cool theme ingredients brilliant family coaster

Lap Bar Fun Intensity Rattle Capacity Layout

Maurer do a very decent job with their family spinners. Spinball isn't their finest work, certainly not in terms of layout, but it still provides a crazy, intense and very fun ride experience. Isn't the smoothest ride, it's definitely showing it's age, but that adds to the crazy feel I think. Still does feel a bit out of place at Towers, some better theming (or even putting it indoors) would go a long way for it, and I do think it's time is limited at a park with very little useable space for new rides. It's always worth a ride though, particularly in the middle of the day when it tends to have a shorter queue!

Fun

This is a decent coaster that is very fun, however it could do with an extra something.

Nice surprise! Pace Fun Capacity

Fun, fast and fairly smooth, spinball whizzer is a extremely exciting spinning coaster with the capacity being the only con.

Fun Capacity

Fun spinning layout, some of the transitions really throw you around, but there is a significantly better spinner in the UK.

Fun

Good fun but as others have said looks a little out of place at Towers. I guess it’s a good kids ride, and the horseshoe element is pretty intense.

Pace Intensity Theming Capacity

A fun little ride but doesn't fit the park. Looks very out of place, and a lot more could've been done with it. Same problem with Chessington where it's a low capacity ride at a very, very busy park though the problem's not as bad because it's not the biggest coaster at the park, but it doesn't mean the issue is completely eliminated.

Fun Layout Theming Pointless

Fine family coaster but looks very out of place. Fun to ride but nothing special. Doesn't belong at alton towers

Fun Capacity Dead spots

It is a good family spinning coaster. Good ride for children who aren't tall enough for the rides like Oblivion and Nemesis but have grown out of Family coasters like Octonuats. The only problem is 25% of the ride are break runs to increase capacity but even then that's not the best, I went on a school day and there was still at least a 10 minute wait when all other coasters were walk-ons

Pace Fun Capacity Discomfort Reliability

Fun spinning coaster. The horseshoe element in particular is very enjoyable, but the block brakes are violent and at the first sign of rain capacity is severely limited as they will only part-load cars. Most times I've ridden this coaster, the car doesn't spin much until the final helix, which is disappointing.

Fun Dead spots

Enjoyable ride, but I honestly think Dragon's fury at Chessington is better.

A fun ride if you like spinning coasters, but low capacity and since Sonic left it lacks the polish of some of the larger attractions.

Harness Discomfort Tear it down!

Discomfort

Layout Capacity Discomfort

Fun Layout Too short Capacity Dead spots

Pace Discomfort Intensity

Nice surprise! Fun Intensity Discomfort

Airtimes Nice surprise! Fun

Lap Bar Fun Headbanging

Fun

Nice surprise!

Fun Discomfort

Fun Duration

Nice surprise! Pace Rattle Harness

Nice surprise! Fun

Comfort Fun Theming

Nice surprise! Intensity Theming

Capacity

Fun Smoothness Theming Capacity

Nice surprise! Pace Fun Too short Theming

Nice surprise! Fun Capacity Reliability

Fun Capacity

Fun

Pointless