"it's a small world" Reliability & Wait Patterns
Disneyland Park · Based on 17311 wait-time samples
0.75
Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)
Moderately volatile — expect meaningful hourly swings.
10m
Typical (p50) wait
30m
Busy (p90) wait
45m
Worst-case (p99)
60m
All-time max
Weekend vs Weekday
15m
Weekday average
13m
Weekend average
0.86×
Weekend multiplier
Downtime by hour
Rate of DOWN/CLOSED status per hour of the day (ET).
0
19%
19%
1
4%
4%
2
75%
75%
3
97%
97%
4
100%
100%
5
100%
100%
6
100%
100%
7
100%
100%
8
100%
100%
9
100%
100%
10
100%
100%
11
20%
20%
12
6%
6%
13
5%
5%
14
2%
2%
15
3%
3%
16
3%
3%
17
2%
2%
18
3%
3%
19
6%
6%
20
6%
6%
21
9%
9%
22
10%
10%
23
17%
17%
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 | 13 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 9 |
| Tue | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 34 | 30 | 35 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 10 |
| Wed | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 9 |
| Thu | – | – | – | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 9 |
| Fri | – | – | – | 5 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| Sat | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 9 |
| Sun | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
Weather effect on waits
Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:
15m
Clear
15m
Cloudy
11m
Drizzle
13m
Partly Cloudy
What causes this ride to spike
Waits for "it's a small world" go up the most when these rides are DOWN:
Star Tours - The Adventures Continue
+6m (44%)
Sailing Ship Columbia
+6m (41%)
Mark Twain Riverboat
+6m (38%)
Adventureland Treehouse inspired by Walt Disney’s Swiss Family Robinson
+-6m (-43%)
Opera House - Walt Disney - A Magical Life
+-7m (-45%)
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