Jessie's Critter Carousel Reliability & Wait Patterns
Disney California Adventure · Based on 15468 wait-time samples
0.52
Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)
Stable — waits stay close to the average throughout the day.
5m
Typical (p50) wait
15m
Busy (p90) wait
20m
Worst-case (p99)
20m
All-time max
Weekend vs Weekday
8m
Weekday average
6m
Weekend average
0.76×
Weekend multiplier
Real breakdown history (last 90 days)
Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Jessie's Critter Carousel flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.
139
Recorded breakdowns
35m
Typical (median) outage
1h 25m
Longest outage (2026-08-06)
10.8
Breakdowns per week
Most recent outages
| Date | Down for |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | 18m |
| 2026-09-09 | 25m |
| 2026-09-09 | 44m |
| 2026-09-09 | 38m |
| 2026-09-08 | 13m |
| 2026-09-08 | 11m |
| 2026-09-08 | 6m |
| 2026-09-06 | 5m |
Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 82 different days in this window.
Downtime by hour
Rate of DOWN/CLOSED status per hour of the day (ET).
0
86%
86%
1
99%
99%
2
100%
100%
3
100%
100%
4
100%
100%
5
100%
100%
6
100%
100%
7
100%
100%
8
100%
100%
9
100%
100%
10
100%
100%
11
5%
5%
12
0%
0%
13
0%
0%
14
0%
0%
15
0%
0%
16
0%
0%
17
2%
2%
18
2%
2%
19
0%
0%
20
2%
2%
21
1%
1%
22
2%
2%
23
23%
23%
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 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Tue | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
| Wed | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Thu | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Fri | – | – | – | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Sat | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Sun | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Weather effect on waits
Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:
8m
Clear
6m
Cloudy
5m
Drizzle
7m
Partly Cloudy
When this ride goes down
These rides spike in wait time when Jessie's Critter Carousel is reported DOWN:
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+12m (12%)
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+7m (21%)
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