Games of Pixar Pier Reliability & Wait Patterns
Disney California Adventure · Based on 11973 wait-time samples
Data updated October 12, 2026 · refreshed weekly from the last 180 days
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Volatility Index (typical within-day swing)
Stable — waits stay close to the day's average.
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Typical (p50) wait
5m
Busy (p90) wait
5m
Worst-case (p99)
25m
Highest (last 180 days)
Weekend vs Weekday
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Weekday average
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Weekend average
0.95×
Weekend multiplier
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.
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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 | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Tue | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Wed | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Thu | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Fri | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | – | – |
| Sat | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Sun | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – | – |
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.
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Clear · 365 ride-hours · within noise
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Cloudy · 160 ride-hours · within noise
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