How often does The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 83 real breakdown episodes for The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure — about 6.5 per week, spread across 51 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure lasted 34 minutes (average 44 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 775 minutes, on 2026-08-29.

The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure Reliability & Wait Patterns

Disney California Adventure · Based on 15509 wait-time samples

0.56

Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)

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

25m

Typical (p50) wait

45m

Busy (p90) wait

60m

Worst-case (p99)

70m

All-time max

Weekend vs Weekday

26m

Weekday average

24m

Weekend average

0.93×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.

Recorded breakdowns

34m

Typical (median) outage

12h 55m

Longest outage (2026-08-29)

6.5

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-09-01	20m
2026-08-30	3h 20m
2026-08-29	12h 55m
2026-08-29	25m
2026-08-27	31m
2026-08-27	1h 3m
2026-08-25	58m
2026-08-24	1h 8m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 51 different days in this window.

Downtime by hour

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

0
72%

1
99%

2
100%

3
100%

4
100%

5
100%

6
100%

7
100%

8
100%

9
100%

10
100%

11
11%

12
2%

13
3%

14
7%

15
4%

16
2%

17
1%

18
0%

19
2%

20
5%

21
6%

22
7%

23
7%

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	8	23	32	32	35	36	31	31	27	26	21
Tue	–	–	–	5	22	37	39	39	36	36	35	36	30	29	21
Wed	–	–	–	6	22	35	37	32	35	36	36	29	29	28	21
Thu	–	–	–	5	14	25	31	35	33	30	32	27	30	26	19
Fri	–	–	–	5	11	28	29	33	34	30	32	31	33	30	27
Sat	–	–	–	5	10	25	33	37	36	35	37	35	30	28	25
Sun	–	–	–	5	7	19	30	26	32	31	33	31	27	23	17

Weather effect on waits

Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:

27m

Clear

26m

Cloudy

19m

Drizzle

25m

Partly Cloudy

When this ride goes down

These rides spike in wait time when The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure is reported DOWN:

Radiator Springs Racers

+11m (10%)

Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!

+10m (10%)

Soarin' Over California

+10m (13%)

Incredicoaster

+7m (13%)

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure go up the most when these rides are DOWN:

Pixar Pal-A-Round – Non-Swinging

+9m (35%)

Sorcerer's Workshop

+8m (29%)

Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging

+6m (22%)

Toy Story Midway Mania!

+-6m (-22%)

Jumpin' Jellyfish

+-6m (-25%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	5	8	23	32	32	35	36	31	31	27	26	21
Tue	–	–	–	5	22	37	39	39	36	36	35	36	30	29	21
Wed	–	–	–	6	22	35	37	32	35	36	36	29	29	28	21
Thu	–	–	–	5	14	25	31	35	33	30	32	27	30	26	19
Fri	–	–	–	5	11	28	29	33	34	30	32	31	33	30	27
Sat	–	–	–	5	10	25	33	37	36	35	37	35	30	28	25
Sun	–	–	–	5	7	19	30	26	32	31	33	31	27	23	17

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	5	8	23	32	32	35	36	31	31	27	26	21
Tue	–	–	–	5	22	37	39	39	36	36	35	36	30	29	21
Wed	–	–	–	6	22	35	37	32	35	36	36	29	29	28	21
Thu	–	–	–	5	14	25	31	35	33	30	32	27	30	26	19
Fri	–	–	–	5	11	28	29	33	34	30	32	31	33	30	27
Sat	–	–	–	5	10	25	33	37	36	35	37	35	30	28	25
Sun	–	–	–	5	7	19	30	26	32	31	33	31	27	23	17

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	–	5	8	23	32	32	35	36	31	31	27	26	21
Tue	–	–	–	5	22	37	39	39	36	36	35	36	30	29	21
Wed	–	–	–	6	22	35	37	32	35	36	36	29	29	28	21
Thu	–	–	–	5	14	25	31	35	33	30	32	27	30	26	19
Fri	–	–	–	5	11	28	29	33	34	30	32	31	33	30	27
Sat	–	–	–	5	10	25	33	37	36	35	37	35	30	28	25
Sun	–	–	–	5	7	19	30	26	32	31	33	31	27	23	17