Disneyland Resort Attractions Closed on Rainy Days
5 rides at Disneyland Resort break down significantly more often when it rains: Mad Tea Party (Disneyland), Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters (California Adventure), Storybook Land Canal Boats (Disneyland), Goofy's Sky School (California Adventure), Alice in Wonderland (Disneyland).
At Disneyland, breakdowns started 1.2× as often per ride-hour in rain (9.97 vs 8.34 per 100 operating hours); a stop that began in rain lasted a median 38 min. At California Adventure, breakdowns started 1.3× as often per ride-hour in rain (13.25 vs 10.04 per 100 operating hours); a stop that began in rain lasted a median 32 min. Of the 10 rides we classify as indoor, none showed a rain-linked rise in breakdowns.
Rain is infrequent at Disneyland Resort, so this is a small sample: 101 rainy park-hours in the window. Treat the list as indicative.
Disneyland: rides that close in the rain
These rides stopped much more often during rainy hours. Rate = breakdowns started per 100 hours the ride was operating.
| Ride | Type | In rain | Dry | × | Median stop in rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice in Wonderland | — | 33.33 | 14.35 | 2.3× | 41 min |
| Mad Tea Party | Outdoor | 23.33 | 2.23 | 10.5× | 269 min |
| Storybook Land Canal Boats | Outdoor | 19.15 | 6.36 | 3.0× | 59 min |
Kept running in the rain
These rides operated through at least 30 rainy hours with no rise in their breakdown rate:
- "it's a small world"
- Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters
- Disneyland Monorail
- Indiana Jones™ Adventure
- King Arthur Carrousel
- Mark Twain Riverboat
- Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- Peter Pan's Flight
- Space Mountain
- Star Tours - The Adventures Continue
- Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Tiana's Bayou Adventure
California Adventure: rides that close in the rain
These rides stopped much more often during rainy hours. Rate = breakdowns started per 100 hours the ride was operating.
| Ride | Type | In rain | Dry | × | Median stop in rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters | — | 100.0 | 31.48 | 3.2× | 29 min |
| Goofy's Sky School | — | 40.74 | 15.15 | 2.7× | 62 min |
Kept running in the rain
These rides operated through at least 30 rainy hours with no rise in their breakdown rate:
Indoor rides at Disneyland Resort for a rainy day
Rainy-day questions
Which Disneyland Resort attractions close when it rains?
In our data (Feb 27, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026), 5 rides broke down significantly more often during rainy hours than dry hours: Mad Tea Party, Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters, Storybook Land Canal Boats, Goofy's Sky School, Alice in Wonderland. Rides are counted when their breakdown rate per operating hour in rain is at least 1.5 times their dry-weather rate and the difference is statistically significant (p < 0.01).
How long do rain closures last at Disneyland Resort?
A ride stop that began during a rainy hour lasted a median of about 35 minutes at Disneyland Resort (Disneyland 38 min in rain vs 19 min in dry weather; California Adventure 32 min in rain vs 17 min in dry weather). Stops longer than 12 hours (overnight closures, refurbishments) are excluded.
Does Disneyland Resort close when it rains?
Rain pauses individual rides rather than the whole park in our data: we recorded rides running with posted waits during 101 rainy park-hours between Feb 27, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026. Of the 10 rides we classify as indoor, none showed a rain-linked rise in breakdowns. Severe-weather warnings (typhoons, lightning) are separate — check the park's official app on the day.
What are the best rides at Disneyland Resort on a rainy day?
Indoor attractions keep you dry. Indoor rides at Disneyland Resort include "it's a small world", Haunted Mansion, Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, Mickey's PhilharMagic, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, Peter Pan's Flight, Pirates of the Caribbean, Soarin' Across America. Rides whose breakdown rate did not rise in rain are listed on this page per park.
How we measured this
- Window: Feb 27, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026. Ride status comes from our own collector, which records every attraction's status and posted wait about every 5 minutes.
- Breakdowns: each time a ride went from operating to down (short flickers under 5 minutes are ignored). Overnight closures and refurbishments are not breakdowns.
- Rain: an hour counts as rainy when at least 0.5 mm of rain fell at the park gate that hour, from the Open-Meteo historical weather archive. Reanalysis rainfall is an estimate for the area, so a short local shower can be missed.
- Rate: breakdowns started per 100 hours the ride was operating, in rainy vs dry hours. A ride is listed when it had at least 3 breakdowns in rain, its rainy-hour rate is at least 1.5× its dry rate, and a binomial test puts the difference at p < 0.01.
- What this doesn't say: we can't see the reason Disney gives for a stop, only when it starts and ends. Correlation with rain is strong for outdoor rides, but a stop during rain isn't always caused by rain.