Golden Zephyr Reliability & Wait Patterns
Disney California Adventure · Based on 9164 wait-time samples
0.64
Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)
Moderately volatile — expect meaningful hourly swings.
15m
Typical (p50) wait
25m
Busy (p90) wait
35m
Worst-case (p99)
45m
All-time max
Weekend vs Weekday
15m
Weekday average
11m
Weekend average
0.78×
Weekend multiplier
Downtime by hour
Rate of DOWN/CLOSED status per hour of the day (ET).
0
76%
76%
1
86%
86%
2
88%
88%
3
86%
86%
4
87%
87%
5
87%
87%
6
86%
86%
7
87%
87%
8
87%
87%
9
87%
87%
10
87%
87%
11
15%
15%
12
13%
13%
13
11%
11%
14
15%
15%
15
20%
20%
16
34%
34%
17
47%
47%
18
52%
52%
19
49%
49%
20
46%
46%
21
30%
30%
22
17%
17%
23
27%
27%
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 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 18 |
| Tue | – | – | – | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 18 |
| Wed | – | – | – | 5 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 24 | 18 | – | 15 | 10 | 16 | 19 |
| Thu | – | – | – | 5 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 18 |
| Fri | – | – | – | 5 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 13 |
| Sat | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 18 |
| Sun | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 11 |
Weather effect on waits
Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:
14m
Clear
14m
Cloudy
13m
Drizzle
13m
Partly Cloudy
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