Spinball Whizzer is a spinning roller coaster located in the Adventure Land area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England.

In 2010, it was announced that Spinball Whizzer would be receiving a Sonic the Hedgehog re-brand as part of a partnership with Japanese video game company Sega.

[5] The roller coaster was therefore given a red and blue track repaint; new decoys, signage and audio, including songs from the games and station announcements provided in-character by Roger Craig Smith as Sonic, prior to his official debut as the character in Sonic Free Riders.

[citation needed] On 2 June 2015, the ride was temporarily closed, owing to an accident on The Smiler at Alton Towers.

[7] The ride's original Spinball Whizzer theme was restored for the 2016 season as part of an area of the park called Adventure Land.