Jumpin' Jellyfish Reliability & Wait Patterns
Disney California Adventure · Based on 14116 wait-time samples
0.49
Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)
Stable — waits stay close to the average throughout the day.
20m
Typical (p50) wait
30m
Busy (p90) wait
45m
Worst-case (p99)
50m
All-time max
Weekend vs Weekday
21m
Weekday average
15m
Weekend average
0.73×
Weekend multiplier
Real breakdown history (last 90 days)
Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Jumpin' Jellyfish flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.
30
Recorded breakdowns
20m
Typical (median) outage
3h 19m
Longest outage (2026-08-28)
2.3
Breakdowns per week
Most recent outages
| Date | Down for |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | 3h 19m |
| 2026-08-25 | 7m |
| 2026-08-24 | 37m |
| 2026-08-22 | 25m |
| 2026-08-19 | 13m |
| 2026-08-10 | 14m |
| 2026-08-08 | 2h 14m |
| 2026-08-07 | 21m |
Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 25 different days in this window.
Downtime by hour
Rate of DOWN/CLOSED status per hour of the day (ET).
0
65%
65%
1
89%
89%
2
91%
91%
3
91%
91%
4
92%
92%
5
91%
91%
6
92%
92%
7
91%
91%
8
91%
91%
9
92%
92%
10
91%
91%
11
15%
15%
12
11%
11%
13
8%
8%
14
7%
7%
15
3%
3%
16
1%
1%
17
1%
1%
18
1%
1%
19
3%
3%
20
1%
1%
21
3%
3%
22
2%
2%
23
4%
4%
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 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 20 |
| Tue | – | – | – | 6 | 16 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| Wed | – | – | – | 6 | 17 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 22 |
| Thu | – | – | – | 6 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 |
| Fri | – | – | – | 5 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 16 |
| Sat | – | – | – | 5 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 |
| Sun | – | – | – | 5 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
Weather effect on waits
Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:
19m
Clear
19m
Cloudy
13m
Drizzle
18m
Partly Cloudy
When this ride goes down
These rides spike in wait time when Jumpin' Jellyfish is reported DOWN:
Goofy's Sky School
+-6m (-13%)
Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!
+-6m (-14%)
Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging
+-6m (-18%)
Pixar Pal-A-Round – Non-Swinging
+-6m (-20%)
The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure
+-6m (-25%)
What causes this ride to spike
Waits for Jumpin' Jellyfish go up the most when these rides are DOWN:
Pixar Pal-A-Round – Non-Swinging
+6m (29%)
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