How often does RC Racer break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 38 real breakdown episodes for RC Racer — about 3.0 per week, spread across 26 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 22 minutes (average 43 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 390 minutes, on 2026-08-14.

RC Racer Reliability & Wait Patterns

Disney Adventure World · Based on 23269 wait-time samples

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

0.34

Volatility Index (typical within-day swing)

Moderately volatile — expect meaningful swings through the day.

40m

Typical (p50) wait

55m

Busy (p90) wait

65m

Worst-case (p99)

300m

Highest (last 180 days)

Weekend vs Weekday

41m

Weekday average

40m

Weekend average

0.97×

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

22m

Typical (median) outage

6h 30m

Longest outage (2026-08-14)

3.0

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-10-15	9m
2026-10-11	6m
2026-10-05	17m
2026-10-04	11m
2026-10-03	13m
2026-10-01	17m
2026-09-17	14m
2026-09-16	38m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 26 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.

9
2%

10
4%

11
4%

12
4%

13
6%

14
8%

15
9%

16
10%

17
9%

18
9%

19
8%

20
6%

21
3%

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	–	20	39	50	52	48	48	43	44	40	39	36	28	20	15
Tue	–	23	42	56	58	53	51	46	47	44	42	39	30	25	15
Wed	–	22	42	53	52	49	46	45	46	39	41	34	26	22	17
Thu	–	21	42	57	59	53	50	45	48	44	41	38	30	23	17
Fri	–	17	39	52	50	45	47	43	42	40	39	35	29	23	17
Sat	–	18	42	52	51	48	46	43	43	40	38	37	30	20	14
Sun	–	21	42	53	56	49	47	46	43	41	38	36	29	18	14

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 · 586 ride-hours · within noise

-0m

Clear · 272 ride-hours · within noise

-2m

Light Rain · 20 ride-hours · clear signal

When this ride goes down

These rides get busier when RC Racer is reported DOWN, compared with the same hour on a normal day:

Crush's Coaster

+5m (6%)

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for RC Racer rise when these rides are DOWN, compared with the same hour on a normal day:

Avengers Assemble: Flight Force

+5m (12%)

Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop

+5m (11%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	20	39	50	52	48	48	43	44	40	39	36	28	20	15
Tue	–	23	42	56	58	53	51	46	47	44	42	39	30	25	15
Wed	–	22	42	53	52	49	46	45	46	39	41	34	26	22	17
Thu	–	21	42	57	59	53	50	45	48	44	41	38	30	23	17
Fri	–	17	39	52	50	45	47	43	42	40	39	35	29	23	17
Sat	–	18	42	52	51	48	46	43	43	40	38	37	30	20	14
Sun	–	21	42	53	56	49	47	46	43	41	38	36	29	18	14

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	20	39	50	52	48	48	43	44	40	39	36	28	20	15
Tue	–	23	42	56	58	53	51	46	47	44	42	39	30	25	15
Wed	–	22	42	53	52	49	46	45	46	39	41	34	26	22	17
Thu	–	21	42	57	59	53	50	45	48	44	41	38	30	23	17
Fri	–	17	39	52	50	45	47	43	42	40	39	35	29	23	17
Sat	–	18	42	52	51	48	46	43	43	40	38	37	30	20	14
Sun	–	21	42	53	56	49	47	46	43	41	38	36	29	18	14

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	20	39	50	52	48	48	43	44	40	39	36	28	20	15
Tue	–	23	42	56	58	53	51	46	47	44	42	39	30	25	15
Wed	–	22	42	53	52	49	46	45	46	39	41	34	26	22	17
Thu	–	21	42	57	59	53	50	45	48	44	41	38	30	23	17
Fri	–	17	39	52	50	45	47	43	42	40	39	35	29	23	17
Sat	–	18	42	52	51	48	46	43	43	40	38	37	30	20	14
Sun	–	21	42	53	56	49	47	46	43	41	38	36	29	18	14