How often does Dumbo the Flying Elephant break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 28 real breakdown episodes for Dumbo the Flying Elephant — about 2.2 per week, spread across 20 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is Dumbo the Flying Elephant usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for Dumbo the Flying Elephant lasted 40 minutes (average 72 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 240 minutes, on 2026-07-19.

Dumbo the Flying Elephant Reliability & Wait Patterns

Shanghai Disneyland · Based on 28708 wait-time samples

0.53

Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)

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

30m

Typical (p50) wait

50m

Busy (p90) wait

75m

Worst-case (p99)

90m

All-time max

Weekend vs Weekday

29m

Weekday average

33m

Weekend average

1.12×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

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

Recorded breakdowns

40m

Typical (median) outage

4h 0m

Longest outage (2026-07-19)

2.2

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-09-02	22m
2026-08-20	40m
2026-08-14	20m
2026-08-14	28m
2026-08-05	37m
2026-08-04	22m
2026-08-02	1h 52m
2026-08-01	3h 1m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 20 different days in this window.

Downtime by hour

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

0
7%

1
5%

2
3%

3
1%

4
0%

5
5%

6
27%

7
61%

8
99%

9
99%

10
99%

11
100%

12
100%

13
100%

14
100%

15
100%

16
100%

17
100%

18
100%

19
89%

20
22%

21
4%

22
4%

23
4%

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	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	33	32	33	31	16	7	21	32
Tue	19	19	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	12	6	27	38
Wed	32	32	32	31	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	22	16	22	30
Thu	28	28	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	16	9	25	38
Fri	29	33	32	32	32	32	33	32	31	30	23	12	12	39	51
Sat	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	40	40	38	33	18	9	29	39
Sun	27	26	26	26	27	26	26	25	25	25	27	14	8	30	39

Weather effect on waits

Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:

39m

Clear

30m

Cloudy

24m

Drizzle

31m

Partly Cloudy

16m

Rain

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for Dumbo the Flying Elephant go up the most when these rides are DOWN:

Siren's Revenge

+11m (35%)

Roaring Rapids

+11m (34%)

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

+7m (22%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	33	32	33	31	16	7	21	32
Tue	19	19	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	12	6	27	38
Wed	32	32	32	31	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	22	16	22	30
Thu	28	28	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	16	9	25	38
Fri	29	33	32	32	32	32	33	32	31	30	23	12	12	39	51
Sat	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	40	40	38	33	18	9	29	39
Sun	27	26	26	26	27	26	26	25	25	25	27	14	8	30	39

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	33	32	33	31	16	7	21	32
Tue	19	19	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	12	6	27	38
Wed	32	32	32	31	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	22	16	22	30
Thu	28	28	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	16	9	25	38
Fri	29	33	32	32	32	32	33	32	31	30	23	12	12	39	51
Sat	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	40	40	38	33	18	9	29	39
Sun	27	26	26	26	27	26	26	25	25	25	27	14	8	30	39

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	33	32	33	31	16	7	21	32
Tue	19	19	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	12	6	27	38
Wed	32	32	32	31	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	22	16	22	30
Thu	28	28	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	16	9	25	38
Fri	29	33	32	32	32	32	33	32	31	30	23	12	12	39	51
Sat	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	40	40	38	33	18	9	29	39
Sun	27	26	26	26	27	26	26	25	25	25	27	14	8	30	39