How often does Dumbo the Flying Elephant break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 31 real breakdown episodes for Dumbo the Flying Elephant — about 2.4 per week, spread across 22 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is Dumbo the Flying Elephant usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for Dumbo the Flying Elephant lasted 24 minutes (average 77 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 412 minutes, on 2026-08-14.

Dumbo the Flying Elephant Reliability & Wait Patterns

Disneyland Paris · Based on 22510 wait-time samples

Data updated October 26, 2026 · refreshed weekly from the last 180 days

0.37

Volatility Index (typical within-day swing)

Moderately volatile — expect meaningful swings through the day.

30m

Typical (p50) wait

40m

Busy (p90) wait

50m

Worst-case (p99)

300m

Highest (last 180 days)

Weekend vs Weekday

27m

Weekday average

27m

Weekend average

0.98×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Dumbo the Flying Elephant flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.

Recorded breakdowns

24m

Typical (median) outage

6h 52m

Longest outage (2026-08-14)

2.4

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-10-23	37m
2026-10-06	23m
2026-09-25	12m
2026-09-24	20m
2026-09-22	7m
2026-09-21	41m
2026-09-20	26m
2026-09-15	11m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 22 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
1%

9
1%

10
1%

11
2%

12
4%

13
5%

14
7%

15
8%

16
10%

17
11%

18
10%

19
7%

20
6%

21
6%

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	15	21	32	37	35	35	34	30	25	28	27	27	–	–	–
Tue	16	23	35	35	41	35	33	30	27	28	29	28	29	–	–
Wed	15	22	31	31	34	35	30	29	24	40	26	23	–	–	–
Thu	18	22	28	33	37	36	35	31	29	30	28	31	–	–	–
Fri	12	20	28	30	35	33	31	29	25	24	24	22	–	–	5
Sat	11	24	33	35	37	35	31	31	27	26	23	21	–	–	–
Sun	12	23	30	34	39	36	34	28	25	25	23	22	24	–	–

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 · 535 ride-hours · within noise

-1m

Clear · 264 ride-hours · within noise

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	15	21	32	37	35	35	34	30	25	28	27	27	–	–	–
Tue	16	23	35	35	41	35	33	30	27	28	29	28	29	–	–
Wed	15	22	31	31	34	35	30	29	24	40	26	23	–	–	–
Thu	18	22	28	33	37	36	35	31	29	30	28	31	–	–	–
Fri	12	20	28	30	35	33	31	29	25	24	24	22	–	–	5
Sat	11	24	33	35	37	35	31	31	27	26	23	21	–	–	–
Sun	12	23	30	34	39	36	34	28	25	25	23	22	24	–	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	15	21	32	37	35	35	34	30	25	28	27	27	–	–	–
Tue	16	23	35	35	41	35	33	30	27	28	29	28	29	–	–
Wed	15	22	31	31	34	35	30	29	24	40	26	23	–	–	–
Thu	18	22	28	33	37	36	35	31	29	30	28	31	–	–	–
Fri	12	20	28	30	35	33	31	29	25	24	24	22	–	–	5
Sat	11	24	33	35	37	35	31	31	27	26	23	21	–	–	–
Sun	12	23	30	34	39	36	34	28	25	25	23	22	24	–	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	15	21	32	37	35	35	34	30	25	28	27	27	–	–	–
Tue	16	23	35	35	41	35	33	30	27	28	29	28	29	–	–
Wed	15	22	31	31	34	35	30	29	24	40	26	23	–	–	–
Thu	18	22	28	33	37	36	35	31	29	30	28	31	–	–	–
Fri	12	20	28	30	35	33	31	29	25	24	24	22	–	–	5
Sat	11	24	33	35	37	35	31	31	27	26	23	21	–	–	–
Sun	12	23	30	34	39	36	34	28	25	25	23	22	24	–	–