How often does Chip 'n' Dale's GADGETcoaster break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 36 real breakdown episodes for Chip 'n' Dale's GADGETcoaster — about 2.8 per week, spread across 27 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is Chip 'n' Dale's GADGETcoaster usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for Chip 'n' Dale's GADGETcoaster lasted 13 minutes (average 16 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 64 minutes, on 2026-07-27.

Chip 'n' Dale's GADGETcoaster Reliability & Wait Patterns

Disneyland Park · Based on 16362 wait-time samples

0.49

Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)

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

25m

Typical (p50) wait

40m

Busy (p90) wait

50m

Worst-case (p99)

60m

All-time max

Weekend vs Weekday

26m

Weekday average

24m

Weekend average

0.91×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Chip 'n' Dale's GADGETcoaster flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.

Recorded breakdowns

13m

Typical (median) outage

1h 4m

Longest outage (2026-07-27)

2.8

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-08-31	24m
2026-08-26	13m
2026-08-26	27m
2026-08-10	8m
2026-08-08	14m
2026-08-06	13m
2026-08-04	6m
2026-08-03	13m

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).

0
67%

1
20%

2
76%

3
97%

4
100%

5
100%

6
100%

7
100%

8
100%

9
100%

10
100%

11
9%

12
4%

13
3%

14
2%

15
3%

16
2%

17
3%

18
1%

19
1%

20
1%

21
2%

22
1%

23
72%

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	–	–	–	5	16	31	34	37	35	35	36	35	33	34	29
Tue	–	–	–	5	15	27	32	36	36	34	36	37	35	33	31
Wed	–	–	–	5	14	27	35	32	32	33	32	33	34	33	27
Thu	–	–	–	7	18	26	31	30	33	31	27	34	33	30	26
Fri	–	–	–	5	13	27	31	31	26	30	27	29	30	29	28
Sat	–	–	–	5	9	24	31	30	27	29	27	30	33	32	25
Sun	–	–	–	5	9	23	28	26	24	26	27	31	26	24	21

Weather effect on waits

Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:

26m

Clear

26m

Cloudy

22m

Drizzle

24m

Partly Cloudy

When this ride goes down

These rides spike in wait time when Chip 'n' Dale's GADGETcoaster is reported DOWN:

Star Tours - The Adventures Continue

+-6m (-18%)

Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway

+-6m (-15%)

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for Chip 'n' Dale's GADGETcoaster go up the most when these rides are DOWN:

Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters

+6m (23%)

Mark Twain Riverboat

+6m (23%)

Sailing Ship Columbia

+6m (22%)

Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin

+-6m (-22%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	5	16	31	34	37	35	35	36	35	33	34	29
Tue	–	–	–	5	15	27	32	36	36	34	36	37	35	33	31
Wed	–	–	–	5	14	27	35	32	32	33	32	33	34	33	27
Thu	–	–	–	7	18	26	31	30	33	31	27	34	33	30	26
Fri	–	–	–	5	13	27	31	31	26	30	27	29	30	29	28
Sat	–	–	–	5	9	24	31	30	27	29	27	30	33	32	25
Sun	–	–	–	5	9	23	28	26	24	26	27	31	26	24	21

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	5	16	31	34	37	35	35	36	35	33	34	29
Tue	–	–	–	5	15	27	32	36	36	34	36	37	35	33	31
Wed	–	–	–	5	14	27	35	32	32	33	32	33	34	33	27
Thu	–	–	–	7	18	26	31	30	33	31	27	34	33	30	26
Fri	–	–	–	5	13	27	31	31	26	30	27	29	30	29	28
Sat	–	–	–	5	9	24	31	30	27	29	27	30	33	32	25
Sun	–	–	–	5	9	23	28	26	24	26	27	31	26	24	21

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	5	16	31	34	37	35	35	36	35	33	34	29
Tue	–	–	–	5	15	27	32	36	36	34	36	37	35	33	31
Wed	–	–	–	5	14	27	35	32	32	33	32	33	34	33	27
Thu	–	–	–	7	18	26	31	30	33	31	27	34	33	30	26
Fri	–	–	–	5	13	27	31	31	26	30	27	29	30	29	28
Sat	–	–	–	5	9	24	31	30	27	29	27	30	33	32	25
Sun	–	–	–	5	9	23	28	26	24	26	27	31	26	24	21