How often does Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 105 real breakdown episodes for Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast — about 8.2 per week, spread across 60 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast lasted 20 minutes (average 25 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 158 minutes, on 2026-08-20.

Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast Reliability & Wait Patterns

Disneyland Paris · Based on 24928 wait-time samples

Data updated October 12, 2026 · refreshed weekly from the last 180 days

0.43

Volatility Index (typical within-day swing)

Moderately volatile — expect meaningful swings through the day.

35m

Typical (p50) wait

55m

Busy (p90) wait

70m

Worst-case (p99)

300m

Highest (last 180 days)

Weekend vs Weekday

35m

Weekday average

36m

Weekend average

1.04×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.

105

Recorded breakdowns

20m

Typical (median) outage

2h 38m

Longest outage (2026-08-20)

8.2

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-10-04	17m
2026-10-04	25m
2026-10-03	54m
2026-10-02	11m
2026-09-30	13m
2026-09-29	1h 4m
2026-09-29	23m
2026-09-27	30m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 60 different days in this window.

Downtime by hour

Share of running time the ride was down for an unplanned breakdown, by hour of the day (park-local time). Scheduled closures and refurbishments are not counted.

8
14%

9
8%

10
7%

11
5%

12
4%

13
3%

14
3%

15
4%

16
4%

17
6%

18
4%

19
4%

20
4%

21
4%

22
2%

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	6	20	36	40	49	41	41	42	40	37	40	36	26	21	11
Tue	6	19	39	46	50	43	44	46	44	39	46	40	30	25	14
Wed	7	18	38	41	48	42	39	42	40	33	37	30	24	20	12
Thu	6	17	37	38	44	44	43	44	42	38	42	38	28	21	17
Fri	6	13	35	34	44	40	38	41	39	33	38	32	26	16	8
Sat	6	21	41	41	50	46	49	44	46	40	42	34	31	18	10
Sun	6	21	41	42	48	46	42	45	43	37	40	32	27	17	11

Weather effect on waits

How the wait changed in each kind of weather, compared with this ride at the same hour on the same weekday within three weeks. Only differences marked “clear signal” are larger than day-to-day noise.

-0m

Cloudy · 571 ride-hours · within noise

+0m

Clear · 272 ride-hours · within noise

When this ride goes down

These rides get busier when Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast is reported DOWN, compared with the same hour on a normal day:

Autopia, presented by Avis

+9m (22%)

Orbitron®

+7m (17%)

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast rise when these rides are DOWN, compared with the same hour on a normal day:

Phantom Manor

+3m (8%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	6	20	36	40	49	41	41	42	40	37	40	36	26	21	11
Tue	6	19	39	46	50	43	44	46	44	39	46	40	30	25	14
Wed	7	18	38	41	48	42	39	42	40	33	37	30	24	20	12
Thu	6	17	37	38	44	44	43	44	42	38	42	38	28	21	17
Fri	6	13	35	34	44	40	38	41	39	33	38	32	26	16	8
Sat	6	21	41	41	50	46	49	44	46	40	42	34	31	18	10
Sun	6	21	41	42	48	46	42	45	43	37	40	32	27	17	11

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	6	20	36	40	49	41	41	42	40	37	40	36	26	21	11
Tue	6	19	39	46	50	43	44	46	44	39	46	40	30	25	14
Wed	7	18	38	41	48	42	39	42	40	33	37	30	24	20	12
Thu	6	17	37	38	44	44	43	44	42	38	42	38	28	21	17
Fri	6	13	35	34	44	40	38	41	39	33	38	32	26	16	8
Sat	6	21	41	41	50	46	49	44	46	40	42	34	31	18	10
Sun	6	21	41	42	48	46	42	45	43	37	40	32	27	17	11

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	6	20	36	40	49	41	41	42	40	37	40	36	26	21	11
Tue	6	19	39	46	50	43	44	46	44	39	46	40	30	25	14
Wed	7	18	38	41	48	42	39	42	40	33	37	30	24	20	12
Thu	6	17	37	38	44	44	43	44	42	38	42	38	28	21	17
Fri	6	13	35	34	44	40	38	41	39	33	38	32	26	16	8
Sat	6	21	41	41	50	46	49	44	46	40	42	34	31	18	10
Sun	6	21	41	42	48	46	42	45	43	37	40	32	27	17	11