Dumbo the Flying Elephant Reliability & Wait Patterns
Disneyland Paris · Based on 15103 wait-time samples
Weekend vs Weekday
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.
Most recent outages
| Date | Down for |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-09 | 18m |
| 2026-08-31 | 16m |
| 2026-08-31 | 1h 27m |
| 2026-08-16 | 18m |
| 2026-08-15 | 25m |
| 2026-08-15 | 13m |
| 2026-08-15 | 14m |
| 2026-08-15 | 34m |
Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 27 different days in this window.
Downtime by hour
Rate of DOWN/CLOSED status per hour of the day (ET).
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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 | 40 | 38 | 34 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tue | 44 | 38 | 33 | 33 | 27 | 31 | 27 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wed | 32 | 25 | 31 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Thu | 40 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 21 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fri | 37 | 30 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sat | 41 | 41 | 36 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sun | 34 | 33 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Weather effect on waits
Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:
When this ride goes down
These rides spike in wait time when Dumbo the Flying Elephant is reported DOWN:
What causes this ride to spike
Waits for Dumbo the Flying Elephant go up the most when these rides are DOWN:
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