How often does Soarin' Around the World break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 16 real breakdown episodes for Soarin' Around the World — about 1.2 per week, spread across 13 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is Soarin' Around the World usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for Soarin' Around the World lasted 24 minutes (average 30 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 132 minutes, on 2026-07-27.

Soarin' Around the World Reliability & Wait Patterns

Disney California Adventure · Based on 15709 wait-time samples

0.35

Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)

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

70m

Typical (p50) wait

100m

Busy (p90) wait

120m

Worst-case (p99)

180m

All-time max

Weekend vs Weekday

73m

Weekday average

64m

Weekend average

0.88×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Soarin' Around the World flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.

Recorded breakdowns

24m

Typical (median) outage

2h 12m

Longest outage (2026-07-27)

1.2

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-08-28	26m
2026-08-24	1h 1m
2026-08-09	29m
2026-07-28	30m
2026-07-27	2h 12m
2026-07-24	38m
2026-07-24	26m
2026-07-22	28m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 13 different days in this window.

Downtime by hour

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

0
70%

1
99%

2
100%

3
100%

4
100%

5
100%

6
100%

7
100%

8
100%

9
100%

10
100%

11
11%

12
5%

13
3%

14
2%

15
0%

16
0%

17
1%

18
3%

19
4%

20
7%

21
1%

22
4%

23
2%

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	–	–	–	31	53	63	64	73	78	81	76	78	76	81	76
Tue	–	–	–	41	59	79	77	86	88	93	91	92	88	87	80
Wed	–	–	–	49	66	78	74	82	80	74	87	99	88	89	85
Thu	–	–	–	39	54	70	77	75	73	73	78	83	77	82	84
Fri	–	–	–	37	57	66	64	64	71	67	70	66	75	71	72
Sat	–	–	–	33	47	62	69	74	76	81	72	77	68	75	74
Sun	–	–	–	34	48	58	63	62	64	64	72	72	66	65	64

Weather effect on waits

Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:

72m

Clear

69m

Cloudy

60m

Drizzle

64m

Partly Cloudy

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for Soarin' Around the World go up the most when these rides are DOWN:

The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure

+10m (13%)

Pixar Pal-A-Round – Non-Swinging

+8m (12%)

Sorcerer's Workshop

+7m (10%)

Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging

+6m (9%)

Mickey's PhilharMagic

+6m (8%)

Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind

+6m (8%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	31	53	63	64	73	78	81	76	78	76	81	76
Tue	–	–	–	41	59	79	77	86	88	93	91	92	88	87	80
Wed	–	–	–	49	66	78	74	82	80	74	87	99	88	89	85
Thu	–	–	–	39	54	70	77	75	73	73	78	83	77	82	84
Fri	–	–	–	37	57	66	64	64	71	67	70	66	75	71	72
Sat	–	–	–	33	47	62	69	74	76	81	72	77	68	75	74
Sun	–	–	–	34	48	58	63	62	64	64	72	72	66	65	64

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	31	53	63	64	73	78	81	76	78	76	81	76
Tue	–	–	–	41	59	79	77	86	88	93	91	92	88	87	80
Wed	–	–	–	49	66	78	74	82	80	74	87	99	88	89	85
Thu	–	–	–	39	54	70	77	75	73	73	78	83	77	82	84
Fri	–	–	–	37	57	66	64	64	71	67	70	66	75	71	72
Sat	–	–	–	33	47	62	69	74	76	81	72	77	68	75	74
Sun	–	–	–	34	48	58	63	62	64	64	72	72	66	65	64

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	31	53	63	64	73	78	81	76	78	76	81	76
Tue	–	–	–	41	59	79	77	86	88	93	91	92	88	87	80
Wed	–	–	–	49	66	78	74	82	80	74	87	99	88	89	85
Thu	–	–	–	39	54	70	77	75	73	73	78	83	77	82	84
Fri	–	–	–	37	57	66	64	64	71	67	70	66	75	71	72
Sat	–	–	–	33	47	62	69	74	76	81	72	77	68	75	74
Sun	–	–	–	34	48	58	63	62	64	64	72	72	66	65	64