How often does Matterhorn Bobsleds break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 123 real breakdown episodes for Matterhorn Bobsleds — about 9.6 per week, spread across 69 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is Matterhorn Bobsleds usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for Matterhorn Bobsleds lasted 47 minutes (average 52 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 242 minutes, on 2026-08-13.

Matterhorn Bobsleds Reliability & Wait Patterns

Disneyland Park · Based on 17264 wait-time samples

0.40

Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)

Stable — waits stay close to the average throughout the day.

40m

Typical (p50) wait

55m

Busy (p90) wait

85m

Worst-case (p99)

135m

All-time max

Weekend vs Weekday

41m

Weekday average

38m

Weekend average

0.94×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Matterhorn Bobsleds flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.

123

Recorded breakdowns

47m

Typical (median) outage

4h 2m

Longest outage (2026-08-13)

9.6

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-09-01	23m
2026-08-28	1h 18m
2026-08-28	1h 24m
2026-08-28	8m
2026-08-28	8m
2026-08-27	12m
2026-08-27	1h 24m
2026-08-26	13m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 69 different days in this window.

Downtime by hour

Rate of DOWN/CLOSED status per hour of the day (ET).

0
11%

1
4%

2
73%

3
98%

4
100%

5
100%

6
100%

7
100%

8
100%

9
100%

10
100%

11
10%

12
9%

13
8%

14
3%

15
0%

16
6%

17
7%

18
7%

19
4%

20
8%

21
8%

22
9%

23
22%

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	–	–	–	17	29	45	48	49	54	52	49	47	44	46	39
Tue	–	–	–	14	30	43	48	51	53	55	58	57	56	51	45
Wed	–	–	–	16	29	36	45	53	51	52	48	51	50	49	42
Thu	–	–	–	24	35	45	49	48	46	43	43	47	44	43	39
Fri	–	–	–	18	29	41	42	43	44	43	45	43	43	45	44
Sat	–	–	–	21	30	44	43	47	50	62	50	51	45	45	46
Sun	–	–	–	14	27	35	42	35	36	41	41	39	36	36	32

Weather effect on waits

Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:

40m

Clear

41m

Cloudy

35m

Drizzle

38m

Partly Cloudy

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for Matterhorn Bobsleds go up the most when these rides are DOWN:

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Sailing Ship Columbia

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+-5m (-12%)

Opera House - Walt Disney - A Magical Life

+-5m (-12%)

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

+-6m (-13%)

Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island

+-6m (-14%)

Dumbo the Flying Elephant

+-6m (-15%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	17	29	45	48	49	54	52	49	47	44	46	39
Tue	–	–	–	14	30	43	48	51	53	55	58	57	56	51	45
Wed	–	–	–	16	29	36	45	53	51	52	48	51	50	49	42
Thu	–	–	–	24	35	45	49	48	46	43	43	47	44	43	39
Fri	–	–	–	18	29	41	42	43	44	43	45	43	43	45	44
Sat	–	–	–	21	30	44	43	47	50	62	50	51	45	45	46
Sun	–	–	–	14	27	35	42	35	36	41	41	39	36	36	32

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	17	29	45	48	49	54	52	49	47	44	46	39
Tue	–	–	–	14	30	43	48	51	53	55	58	57	56	51	45
Wed	–	–	–	16	29	36	45	53	51	52	48	51	50	49	42
Thu	–	–	–	24	35	45	49	48	46	43	43	47	44	43	39
Fri	–	–	–	18	29	41	42	43	44	43	45	43	43	45	44
Sat	–	–	–	21	30	44	43	47	50	62	50	51	45	45	46
Sun	–	–	–	14	27	35	42	35	36	41	41	39	36	36	32

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	17	29	45	48	49	54	52	49	47	44	46	39
Tue	–	–	–	14	30	43	48	51	53	55	58	57	56	51	45
Wed	–	–	–	16	29	36	45	53	51	52	48	51	50	49	42
Thu	–	–	–	24	35	45	49	48	46	43	43	47	44	43	39
Fri	–	–	–	18	29	41	42	43	44	43	45	43	43	45	44
Sat	–	–	–	21	30	44	43	47	50	62	50	51	45	45	46
Sun	–	–	–	14	27	35	42	35	36	41	41	39	36	36	32