Big Thunder Mountain Reliability & Wait Patterns

Disneyland Paris · Based on 14308 wait-time samples

0.39

Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)

Stable — waits stay close to the average throughout the day.

50m

Typical (p50) wait

65m

Busy (p90) wait

85m

Worst-case (p99)

105m

All-time max

Weekend vs Weekday

46m

Weekday average

47m

Weekend average

1.02×

Weekend multiplier

Lightning Lane sell-out pattern

Big Thunder Mountain sells out at a median of 21:03 local time, on 10 of 51 observed days (19%).

Downtime by hour

Rate of DOWN/CLOSED status per hour of the day (ET).

0
100%

1
100%

2
77%

3
35%

4
8%

5
6%

6
6%

7
18%

8
13%

9
11%

10
13%

11
31%

12
13%

13
11%

14
6%

15
17%

16
46%

17
97%

18
100%

19
100%

20
100%

21
100%

22
100%

23
100%

Best & worst hours by day of week

Average standby wait (minutes). Green = lowest of day, red = highest.

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	55	54	56	53	46	45	40	31	21	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tue	58	58	56	50	54	54	44	40	24	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wed	52	49	53	51	49	43	36	29	22	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thu	57	57	54	53	55	49	42	34	15	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fri	55	54	55	52	48	47	38	32	12	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sat	67	62	63	58	54	49	45	36	27	17	–	–	–	–	–
Sun	57	56	50	49	47	39	31	25	16	–	–	–	–	–	–

Weather effect on waits

Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:

48m

Clear

45m

Cloudy

47m

Drizzle

46m

Partly Cloudy

30m

Rain

When this ride goes down

These rides spike in wait time when Big Thunder Mountain is reported DOWN:

Indiana Jones™ and the Temple of Peril

+8m (37%)

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for Big Thunder Mountain go up the most when these rides are DOWN:

Disneyland Railroad Main Street Station

+13m (26%)

Disneyland Railroad Main Street Station

+12m (26%)

Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing

+11m (23%)

La Cabane des Robinson

+11m (23%)

Disneyland Railroad Frontierland Depot

+11m (22%)

Main Street Vehicles

+9m (18%)

Frontierland Playground

+8m (17%)

"it's a small world"

+8m (16%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	55	54	56	53	46	45	40	31	21	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tue	58	58	56	50	54	54	44	40	24	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wed	52	49	53	51	49	43	36	29	22	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thu	57	57	54	53	55	49	42	34	15	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fri	55	54	55	52	48	47	38	32	12	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sat	67	62	63	58	54	49	45	36	27	17	–	–	–	–	–
Sun	57	56	50	49	47	39	31	25	16	–	–	–	–	–	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	55	54	56	53	46	45	40	31	21	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tue	58	58	56	50	54	54	44	40	24	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wed	52	49	53	51	49	43	36	29	22	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thu	57	57	54	53	55	49	42	34	15	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fri	55	54	55	52	48	47	38	32	12	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sat	67	62	63	58	54	49	45	36	27	17	–	–	–	–	–
Sun	57	56	50	49	47	39	31	25	16	–	–	–	–	–	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	55	54	56	53	46	45	40	31	21	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tue	58	58	56	50	54	54	44	40	24	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wed	52	49	53	51	49	43	36	29	22	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thu	57	57	54	53	55	49	42	34	15	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fri	55	54	55	52	48	47	38	32	12	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sat	67	62	63	58	54	49	45	36	27	17	–	–	–	–	–
Sun	57	56	50	49	47	39	31	25	16	–	–	–	–	–	–