“Once Upon a Time” Adventure Reliability & Wait Patterns
Shanghai Disneyland · Based on 28718 wait-time samples
0.78
Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)
Moderately volatile — expect meaningful hourly swings.
5m
Typical (p50) wait
20m
Busy (p90) wait
40m
Worst-case (p99)
60m
All-time max
Weekend vs Weekday
11m
Weekday average
9m
Weekend average
0.83×
Weekend multiplier
Downtime by hour
Rate of DOWN/CLOSED status per hour of the day (ET).
0
5%
5%
1
3%
3%
2
4%
4%
3
3%
3%
4
0%
0%
5
0%
0%
6
0%
0%
7
6%
6%
8
22%
22%
9
50%
50%
10
85%
85%
11
88%
88%
12
89%
89%
13
89%
89%
14
89%
89%
15
89%
89%
16
89%
89%
17
90%
90%
18
93%
93%
19
91%
91%
20
37%
37%
21
16%
16%
22
3%
3%
23
3%
3%
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 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Tue | 13 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Wed | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Thu | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Fri | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Sat | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Sun | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Weather effect on waits
Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:
10m
Clear
10m
Cloudy
12m
Drizzle
8m
Partly Cloudy
17m
Rain
What causes this ride to spike
Waits for “Once Upon a Time” Adventure go up the most when these rides are DOWN:
Siren's Revenge
+7m (60%)
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
+7m (57%)
Rex’s Racer
+6m (47%)
Woody’s Roundup
+-6m (-46%)
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