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Disney California Adventure Ride Breakdowns: Which Lines Get Longer

Data updated · recomputed weekly

Quick answer. When Incredicoaster is down, Goofy's Sky School runs about 6 minutes longer (+18%) than the same hour on a normal day (78 closures on 64 days). 15 ride pairs at Disney California Adventure met our consistency bar; everything else stays close to normal when a ride breaks down.

Lines that get longer

When Incredicoaster is down, Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT! waits run +9 min (+15%) vs the same hour on a normal day 78 closures on 59 days · rose in 73% of them · typically 69 min instead of 60
When Soarin' Across America is down, Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! waits run +8 min (+28%) vs the same hour on a normal day 11 closures on 11 days · rose in 73% of them · typically 36 min instead of 28
When Toy Story Midway Mania! is down, Incredicoaster waits run +6 min (+24%) vs the same hour on a normal day 31 closures on 28 days · rose in 71% of them · typically 32 min instead of 26
When Incredicoaster is down, Goofy's Sky School waits run +6 min (+18%) vs the same hour on a normal day 78 closures on 64 days · rose in 82% of them · typically 37 min instead of 31
When Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging is down, Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind waits run +5 min (+49%) vs the same hour on a normal day 9 closures on 9 days · rose in 100% of them · typically 17 min instead of 11
When Incredicoaster is down, Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging waits run +5 min (+23%) vs the same hour on a normal day 74 closures on 58 days · rose in 76% of them · typically 26 min instead of 21
When Incredicoaster is down, Toy Story Midway Mania! waits run +5 min (+11%) vs the same hour on a normal day 69 closures on 55 days · rose in 65% of them · typically 45 min instead of 40
When Incredicoaster is down, Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! waits run +4 min (+14%) vs the same hour on a normal day 84 closures on 68 days · rose in 71% of them · typically 35 min instead of 31
When Toy Story Midway Mania! is down, Goofy's Sky School waits run +4 min (+16%) vs the same hour on a normal day 39 closures on 35 days · rose in 67% of them · typically 30 min instead of 26
When The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure is down, Toy Story Midway Mania! waits run +4 min (+10%) vs the same hour on a normal day 49 closures on 42 days · rose in 65% of them · typically 45 min instead of 41
When Toy Story Midway Mania! is down, Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging waits run +4 min (+22%) vs the same hour on a normal day 40 closures on 37 days · rose in 75% of them · typically 23 min instead of 19
When Incredicoaster is down, Pixar Pal-A-Round – Non-Swinging waits run +4 min (+21%) vs the same hour on a normal day 73 closures on 57 days · rose in 66% of them · typically 23 min instead of 19
When Incredicoaster is down, The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure waits run +4 min (+23%) vs the same hour on a normal day 92 closures on 72 days · rose in 75% of them · typically 19 min instead of 16
When Incredicoaster is down, Silly Symphony Swings waits run +4 min (+36%) vs the same hour on a normal day 18 closures on 15 days · rose in 83% of them · typically 13 min instead of 10
When Toy Story Midway Mania! is down, Pixar Pal-A-Round – Non-Swinging waits run +3 min (+19%) vs the same hour on a normal day 40 closures on 37 days · rose in 68% of them · typically 20 min instead of 17

Most disruptive closures

  • Incredicoaster: raises 8 other lines, most of all Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT! (+9 min).
  • Toy Story Midway Mania!: raises 4 other lines, most of all Incredicoaster (+6 min).
  • Soarin' Across America: raises 1 other line, most of all Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! (+8 min).

How we measure it

  • Closures of 15–240 minutes from the last 180 days (2483 at Disney California Adventure).
  • Storm or park-wide closures are dropped: 2+ other rides closing within 15 minutes, or 5+ already closed (734 removed).
  • Each ride's posted wait during the closure is compared with the same clock hours on the same weekday over the previous 8 weeks, corrected for how busy that ride was on the day.
  • A pair is listed only with 8+ closures on 5+ days, an average rise of 3+ minutes, a rise in 65%+ of closures, and an average at least 3× its standard error.

Updated weekly; figures computed October 12, 2026. Waits are Disney's posted standby times.

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Frequently asked questions

Which Disney California Adventure lines get longer when a ride breaks down?

In our data, the clearest case is Goofy's Sky School while Incredicoaster is down: its posted wait runs about 6 minutes above the same hour on a normal day (78 closures on 64 days). 15 ride pairs at Disney California Adventure met our consistency bar.

How do you rule out storms?

We drop any closure where 2 or more other rides also closed within 15 minutes, or 5 or more were already closed — 734 of 2483 closures here. Those are lightning holds or park-wide events, not one ride breaking.

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