Guiness World Record for Top Spinning Barely Missed at Silver Dollar City

First posted on 08-21-2008

At exactly 2:00 on Aug. 16 the gun went off and 250 spinners took aim, with Silver Dollar City seeking to be home of The Guinness Book of World Records: Most Top Spun Simultaneously. While the number of participants exceeded the requested 200, only 192 of the tops continued spinning for the required ten seconds.

Silver Dollar City will still be submitting the results. “Today’s event could be named the world record, as we were seeking to create this category. However Guinness had set the bar, that in order to make the book, we needed 200 to establish this as an official world record,” said event creator and spinning expert, Silver Dollar City’s Roy Campbell.

“We’ll be back next year with an even bigger and better event!” said Campbell. “People had a great time learning and then joining the team.” Campbell says the craft of making and spinning tops has been around for hundreds of years, which fits perfectly with Silver Dollar City’s 1800s theme. “Interestingly, in this day and age of video games and digital toys, we see so many people loving the old fashioned fun. There is no better place than Silver Dollar City to set this world record - watch us next year!”