How often does Radiator Springs Racers break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 181 real breakdown episodes for Radiator Springs Racers — about 14.1 per week, spread across 81 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is Radiator Springs Racers usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for Radiator Springs Racers lasted 12 minutes (average 19 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 224 minutes, on 2026-07-26.

Radiator Springs Racers Reliability & Wait Patterns

Disney California Adventure · Based on 15437 wait-time samples

0.26

Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)

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

100m

Typical (p50) wait

130m

Busy (p90) wait

150m

Worst-case (p99)

180m

All-time max

Weekend vs Weekday

101m

Weekday average

93m

Weekend average

0.92×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

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

181

Recorded breakdowns

12m

Typical (median) outage

3h 44m

Longest outage (2026-07-26)

14.1

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-09-01	17m
2026-08-31	14m
2026-08-30	14m
2026-08-30	19m
2026-08-30	1h 24m
2026-08-30	13m
2026-08-29	18m
2026-08-28	6m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 81 different days in this window.

Downtime by hour

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

0
69%

1
97%

2
100%

3
100%

4
100%

5
100%

6
100%

7
100%

8
100%

9
100%

10
100%

11
10%

12
6%

13
6%

14
5%

15
5%

16
5%

17
5%

18
6%

19
5%

20
4%

21
2%

22
5%

23
5%

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	–	–	–	92	75	101	107	96	96	99	101	103	89	85	97
Tue	–	–	–	102	94	109	110	112	110	110	101	120	116	105	98
Wed	–	–	–	102	110	119	120	106	105	116	118	122	114	110	110
Thu	–	–	–	101	88	110	111	104	100	93	84	103	116	118	103
Fri	–	–	–	94	87	95	99	98	96	92	96	97	97	99	101
Sat	–	–	–	104	81	103	104	99	100	103	107	105	110	109	96
Sun	–	–	–	88	79	92	91	88	97	95	88	88	86	89	75

Weather effect on waits

Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:

97m

Clear

101m

Cloudy

94m

Drizzle

98m

Partly Cloudy

When this ride goes down

These rides spike in wait time when Radiator Springs Racers is reported DOWN:

Grizzly River Run

+-6m (-13%)

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for Radiator Springs Racers go up the most when these rides are DOWN:

Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind

+11m (11%)

The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure

+11m (10%)

Grizzly River Run

+10m (9%)

Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!

+6m (6%)

Sorcerer's Workshop

+6m (6%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	92	75	101	107	96	96	99	101	103	89	85	97
Tue	–	–	–	102	94	109	110	112	110	110	101	120	116	105	98
Wed	–	–	–	102	110	119	120	106	105	116	118	122	114	110	110
Thu	–	–	–	101	88	110	111	104	100	93	84	103	116	118	103
Fri	–	–	–	94	87	95	99	98	96	92	96	97	97	99	101
Sat	–	–	–	104	81	103	104	99	100	103	107	105	110	109	96
Sun	–	–	–	88	79	92	91	88	97	95	88	88	86	89	75

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	92	75	101	107	96	96	99	101	103	89	85	97
Tue	–	–	–	102	94	109	110	112	110	110	101	120	116	105	98
Wed	–	–	–	102	110	119	120	106	105	116	118	122	114	110	110
Thu	–	–	–	101	88	110	111	104	100	93	84	103	116	118	103
Fri	–	–	–	94	87	95	99	98	96	92	96	97	97	99	101
Sat	–	–	–	104	81	103	104	99	100	103	107	105	110	109	96
Sun	–	–	–	88	79	92	91	88	97	95	88	88	86	89	75

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	92	75	101	107	96	96	99	101	103	89	85	97
Tue	–	–	–	102	94	109	110	112	110	110	101	120	116	105	98
Wed	–	–	–	102	110	119	120	106	105	116	118	122	114	110	110
Thu	–	–	–	101	88	110	111	104	100	93	84	103	116	118	103
Fri	–	–	–	94	87	95	99	98	96	92	96	97	97	99	101
Sat	–	–	–	104	81	103	104	99	100	103	107	105	110	109	96
Sun	–	–	–	88	79	92	91	88	97	95	88	88	86	89	75