How often does Space Mountain break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 101 real breakdown episodes for Space Mountain — about 7.9 per week, spread across 65 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is Space Mountain usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for Space Mountain lasted 41 minutes (average 48 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 256 minutes, on 2026-10-11.

Space Mountain Reliability & Wait Patterns

Disneyland Park · Based on 28435 wait-time samples

Data updated October 12, 2026 · refreshed weekly from the last 180 days

0.28

Volatility Index (typical within-day swing)

Stable — waits stay close to the day's average.

45m

Typical (p50) wait

75m

Busy (p90) wait

100m

Worst-case (p99)

160m

Highest (last 180 days)

Weekend vs Weekday

42m

Weekday average

42m

Weekend average

1.01×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

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

101

Recorded breakdowns

41m

Typical (median) outage

4h 16m

Longest outage (2026-10-11)

7.9

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-10-16	54m
2026-10-16	18m
2026-10-15	1h 50m
2026-10-15	1h 6m
2026-10-15	9m
2026-10-14	1h 25m
2026-10-13	1h 0m
2026-10-12	13m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 65 different days in this window.

Downtime by hour

Share of running time the ride was down for an unplanned breakdown, by hour of the day (park-local time). Scheduled closures and refurbishments are not counted.

0
15%

8
14%

9
10%

10
5%

11
5%

12
8%

13
9%

14
5%

15
5%

16
6%

17
6%

18
7%

19
5%

20
6%

21
6%

22
6%

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	26	32	42	45	46	46	50	46	52	49	50	49	50	45	47
Tue	26	29	40	41	43	41	42	43	47	47	51	54	50	45	50
Wed	20	25	35	37	38	40	40	39	38	44	39	44	43	42	47
Thu	22	26	36	38	40	40	41	47	46	49	51	57	52	47	48
Fri	23	25	36	39	36	40	41	38	41	42	44	45	45	44	48
Sat	23	32	39	43	44	47	43	46	43	44	49	48	54	46	55
Sun	25	28	37	38	39	41	44	40	43	44	49	59	51	36	41

Weather effect on waits

How the wait changed in each kind of weather, compared with this ride at the same hour on the same weekday within three weeks. Only differences marked “clear signal” are larger than day-to-day noise.

-0m

Clear · 747 ride-hours · within noise

+0m

Cloudy · 324 ride-hours · within noise

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for Space Mountain rise when these rides are DOWN, compared with the same hour on a normal day:

Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island

+6m (12%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	26	32	42	45	46	46	50	46	52	49	50	49	50	45	47
Tue	26	29	40	41	43	41	42	43	47	47	51	54	50	45	50
Wed	20	25	35	37	38	40	40	39	38	44	39	44	43	42	47
Thu	22	26	36	38	40	40	41	47	46	49	51	57	52	47	48
Fri	23	25	36	39	36	40	41	38	41	42	44	45	45	44	48
Sat	23	32	39	43	44	47	43	46	43	44	49	48	54	46	55
Sun	25	28	37	38	39	41	44	40	43	44	49	59	51	36	41

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	26	32	42	45	46	46	50	46	52	49	50	49	50	45	47
Tue	26	29	40	41	43	41	42	43	47	47	51	54	50	45	50
Wed	20	25	35	37	38	40	40	39	38	44	39	44	43	42	47
Thu	22	26	36	38	40	40	41	47	46	49	51	57	52	47	48
Fri	23	25	36	39	36	40	41	38	41	42	44	45	45	44	48
Sat	23	32	39	43	44	47	43	46	43	44	49	48	54	46	55
Sun	25	28	37	38	39	41	44	40	43	44	49	59	51	36	41

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	26	32	42	45	46	46	50	46	52	49	50	49	50	45	47
Tue	26	29	40	41	43	41	42	43	47	47	51	54	50	45	50
Wed	20	25	35	37	38	40	40	39	38	44	39	44	43	42	47
Thu	22	26	36	38	40	40	41	47	46	49	51	57	52	47	48
Fri	23	25	36	39	36	40	41	38	41	42	44	45	45	44	48
Sat	23	32	39	43	44	47	43	46	43	44	49	48	54	46	55
Sun	25	28	37	38	39	41	44	40	43	44	49	59	51	36	41