How often does Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 18 real breakdown episodes for Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging — about 1.4 per week, spread across 14 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging lasted 24 minutes (average 48 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 199 minutes, on 2026-08-09.

Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging Reliability & Wait Patterns

Disney California Adventure · Based on 13443 wait-time samples

0.42

Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)

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

35m

Typical (p50) wait

45m

Busy (p90) wait

60m

Worst-case (p99)

75m

All-time max

Weekend vs Weekday

34m

Weekday average

32m

Weekend average

0.96×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.

Recorded breakdowns

24m

Typical (median) outage

3h 19m

Longest outage (2026-08-09)

1.4

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-09-08	24m
2026-09-08	11m
2026-09-06	14m
2026-08-23	7m
2026-08-20	14m
2026-08-17	6m
2026-08-17	1h 35m
2026-08-17	33m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 14 different days in this window.

Downtime by hour

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

0
100%

1
100%

2
100%

3
100%

4
100%

5
100%

6
100%

7
100%

8
100%

9
100%

10
100%

11
8%

12
2%

13
4%

14
6%

15
2%

16
2%

17
2%

18
4%

19
4%

20
6%

21
3%

22
48%

23
100%

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	18	25	31	38	39	37	43	35	36	37	37
Tue	–	–	–	6	20	33	41	39	41	39	38	40	43	38	36
Wed	–	–	–	7	23	35	43	38	45	39	40	38	42	44	43
Thu	–	–	–	6	24	34	37	35	37	36	35	34	39	44	43
Fri	–	–	–	6	18	32	33	36	34	32	34	35	41	42	44
Sat	–	–	–	5	20	32	34	39	38	41	41	37	44	45	45
Sun	–	–	–	6	15	24	29	30	34	35	38	34	33	33	32

Weather effect on waits

Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:

34m

Clear

33m

Cloudy

29m

Drizzle

31m

Partly Cloudy

When this ride goes down

These rides spike in wait time when Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging is reported DOWN:

Grizzly River Run

+19m (43%)

Soarin' Over California

+6m (9%)

The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure

+6m (22%)

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging go up the most when these rides are DOWN:

Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters

+-5m (-15%)

Jumpin' Jellyfish

+-6m (-18%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	5	18	25	31	38	39	37	43	35	36	37	37
Tue	–	–	–	6	20	33	41	39	41	39	38	40	43	38	36
Wed	–	–	–	7	23	35	43	38	45	39	40	38	42	44	43
Thu	–	–	–	6	24	34	37	35	37	36	35	34	39	44	43
Fri	–	–	–	6	18	32	33	36	34	32	34	35	41	42	44
Sat	–	–	–	5	20	32	34	39	38	41	41	37	44	45	45
Sun	–	–	–	6	15	24	29	30	34	35	38	34	33	33	32

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	5	18	25	31	38	39	37	43	35	36	37	37
Tue	–	–	–	6	20	33	41	39	41	39	38	40	43	38	36
Wed	–	–	–	7	23	35	43	38	45	39	40	38	42	44	43
Thu	–	–	–	6	24	34	37	35	37	36	35	34	39	44	43
Fri	–	–	–	6	18	32	33	36	34	32	34	35	41	42	44
Sat	–	–	–	5	20	32	34	39	38	41	41	37	44	45	45
Sun	–	–	–	6	15	24	29	30	34	35	38	34	33	33	32

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	5	18	25	31	38	39	37	43	35	36	37	37
Tue	–	–	–	6	20	33	41	39	41	39	38	40	43	38	36
Wed	–	–	–	7	23	35	43	38	45	39	40	38	42	44	43
Thu	–	–	–	6	24	34	37	35	37	36	35	34	39	44	43
Fri	–	–	–	6	18	32	33	36	34	32	34	35	41	42	44
Sat	–	–	–	5	20	32	34	39	38	41	41	37	44	45	45
Sun	–	–	–	6	15	24	29	30	34	35	38	34	33	33	32