Spinball Whizzer
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| Location | Alton Towers |
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| Park section | Adventure Land |
| Type | - Spinning |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | March 27, 2004 |
| Manufacturer | Maurer Söhne |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Xtended SC 3000 |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Length | 1,576 ft (480 m) |
| Max speed | 38 mph (61 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 1:15 |
| Cost | £3,500,000 |
| Spinball Whizzer at RCDB Pictures of Spinball Whizzer at RCDB |
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Spinball Whizzer is a steel spinning roller coaster made by Maurer Söhne of Germany. The ride is located in the Adventure Land area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England.
It is themed around a giant pinball machine, with the silver cars being the balls. The ride also features several high banked turns to add to the pinball theme. The biggest bank of the ride is called "the vertical wall of doom." A large variety of music can be heard from the rock 'n' roll genre whilst you are queuing up or around the ride. This is appropriate, as its name is play on the title of Pinball Wizard by The Who.
[edit] External links
- Spinball Whizzer at Alton Towers Net
- Spinball Whizzer on Theme Park Junkies
- Spinball Whizzer at Alton Towers Almanac
- Spinball Whizzer at Towers Nerd
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