How often does RC Racer break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 70 real breakdown episodes for RC Racer — about 5.4 per week, spread across 43 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is RC Racer usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for RC Racer lasted 24 minutes (average 70 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 792 minutes, on 2026-07-06.

RC Racer Reliability & Wait Patterns

Walt Disney Studios Park · Based on 14170 wait-time samples

0.41

Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)

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

35m

Typical (p50) wait

55m

Busy (p90) wait

70m

Worst-case (p99)

125m

All-time max

Weekend vs Weekday

36m

Weekday average

36m

Weekend average

1.00×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

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

Recorded breakdowns

24m

Typical (median) outage

13h 12m

Longest outage (2026-07-06)

5.4

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-08-28	29m
2026-08-28	28m
2026-08-27	40m
2026-08-27	1h 44m
2026-08-27	7m
2026-08-14	6h 30m
2026-08-12	1h 42m
2026-08-11	24m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 43 different days in this window.

Downtime by hour

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

0
100%

1
100%

2
100%

3
69%

4
25%

5
1%

6
1%

7
0%

8
0%

9
2%

10
1%

11
2%

12
3%

13
3%

14
2%

15
45%

16
70%

17
100%

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	41	41	36	36	35	31	23	9	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tue	46	45	43	39	36	36	34	20	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wed	41	37	40	35	33	34	24	21	16	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thu	44	41	46	42	36	35	26	22	13	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fri	41	38	38	38	32	27	23	14	6	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sat	45	44	45	40	37	30	31	22	8	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sun	45	40	39	36	30	25	21	14	6	–	–	–	–	–	–

Weather effect on waits

Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:

37m

Clear

36m

Cloudy

36m

Drizzle

37m

Partly Cloudy

23m

Rain

When this ride goes down

These rides spike in wait time when RC Racer is reported DOWN:

Crush's Coaster

+10m (14%)

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

+9m (26%)

Spider-Man W.E.B. Adventure

+6m (17%)

Avengers Assemble: Flight Force

+6m (29%)

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for RC Racer go up the most when these rides are DOWN:

Avengers Assemble: Flight Force

+6m (15%)

Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop

+-6m (-15%)

Frozen Ever After

+-7m (-18%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	41	41	36	36	35	31	23	9	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tue	46	45	43	39	36	36	34	20	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wed	41	37	40	35	33	34	24	21	16	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thu	44	41	46	42	36	35	26	22	13	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fri	41	38	38	38	32	27	23	14	6	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sat	45	44	45	40	37	30	31	22	8	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sun	45	40	39	36	30	25	21	14	6	–	–	–	–	–	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	41	41	36	36	35	31	23	9	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tue	46	45	43	39	36	36	34	20	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wed	41	37	40	35	33	34	24	21	16	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thu	44	41	46	42	36	35	26	22	13	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fri	41	38	38	38	32	27	23	14	6	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sat	45	44	45	40	37	30	31	22	8	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sun	45	40	39	36	30	25	21	14	6	–	–	–	–	–	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	41	41	36	36	35	31	23	9	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tue	46	45	43	39	36	36	34	20	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wed	41	37	40	35	33	34	24	21	16	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thu	44	41	46	42	36	35	26	22	13	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fri	41	38	38	38	32	27	23	14	6	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sat	45	44	45	40	37	30	31	22	8	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sun	45	40	39	36	30	25	21	14	6	–	–	–	–	–	–