How often does Seven Dwarfs Mine Train break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 44 real breakdown episodes for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train — about 3.4 per week, spread across 27 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is Seven Dwarfs Mine Train usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train lasted 30 minutes (average 47 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 181 minutes, on 2026-08-01.

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Reliability & Wait Patterns

Shanghai Disneyland · Based on 26679 wait-time samples

Data updated October 12, 2026 · refreshed weekly from the last 180 days

0.27

Volatility Index (typical within-day swing)

Stable — waits stay close to the day's average.

80m

Typical (p50) wait

120m

Busy (p90) wait

165m

Worst-case (p99)

210m

Highest (last 180 days)

Weekend vs Weekday

82m

Weekday average

78m

Weekend average

0.94×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Seven Dwarfs Mine Train flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.

Recorded breakdowns

30m

Typical (median) outage

3h 1m

Longest outage (2026-08-01)

3.4

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-10-17	5m
2026-10-15	8m
2026-10-03	12m
2026-10-02	5m
2026-09-29	6m
2026-09-27	19m
2026-09-27	48m
2026-09-18	7m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 27 different days in this window.

Downtime by hour

Share of running time the ride was down for an unplanned breakdown, by hour of the day (park-local time). Scheduled closures and refurbishments are not counted.

0
0%

1
0%

3
0%

5
0%

7
3%

8
2%

9
1%

10
2%

11
3%

12
5%

13
5%

14
6%

15
5%

16
5%

17
3%

18
3%

19
4%

20
5%

21
3%

22
7%

23
0%

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	53	78	92	95	87	91	88	86	89	84	85	76	71	46	–
Tue	62	90	108	106	97	106	102	99	98	100	92	80	63	46	–
Wed	52	81	97	95	88	88	88	87	89	88	81	74	56	38	–
Thu	56	80	94	92	92	89	90	90	91	89	81	74	58	41	–
Fri	59	85	102	96	92	93	95	92	95	97	100	92	67	50	46
Sat	56	79	95	93	86	86	86	82	85	86	84	71	52	38	–
Sun	53	80	98	98	90	90	94	90	92	86	84	71	53	33	–

Weather effect on waits

How the wait changed in each kind of weather, compared with this ride at the same hour on the same weekday within three weeks. Only differences marked “clear signal” are larger than day-to-day noise.

-1m

Clear · 290 ride-hours · within noise

+0m

Cloudy · 667 ride-hours · within noise

-3m

Light Rain · 57 ride-hours · within noise

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train rise when these rides are DOWN, compared with the same hour on a normal day:

Zootopia: Hot Pursuit

+16m (20%)

Pirates of the Caribbean Battle for the Sunken Treasure

+10m (11%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	53	78	92	95	87	91	88	86	89	84	85	76	71	46	–
Tue	62	90	108	106	97	106	102	99	98	100	92	80	63	46	–
Wed	52	81	97	95	88	88	88	87	89	88	81	74	56	38	–
Thu	56	80	94	92	92	89	90	90	91	89	81	74	58	41	–
Fri	59	85	102	96	92	93	95	92	95	97	100	92	67	50	46
Sat	56	79	95	93	86	86	86	82	85	86	84	71	52	38	–
Sun	53	80	98	98	90	90	94	90	92	86	84	71	53	33	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	53	78	92	95	87	91	88	86	89	84	85	76	71	46	–
Tue	62	90	108	106	97	106	102	99	98	100	92	80	63	46	–
Wed	52	81	97	95	88	88	88	87	89	88	81	74	56	38	–
Thu	56	80	94	92	92	89	90	90	91	89	81	74	58	41	–
Fri	59	85	102	96	92	93	95	92	95	97	100	92	67	50	46
Sat	56	79	95	93	86	86	86	82	85	86	84	71	52	38	–
Sun	53	80	98	98	90	90	94	90	92	86	84	71	53	33	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	53	78	92	95	87	91	88	86	89	84	85	76	71	46	–
Tue	62	90	108	106	97	106	102	99	98	100	92	80	63	46	–
Wed	52	81	97	95	88	88	88	87	89	88	81	74	56	38	–
Thu	56	80	94	92	92	89	90	90	91	89	81	74	58	41	–
Fri	59	85	102	96	92	93	95	92	95	97	100	92	67	50	46
Sat	56	79	95	93	86	86	86	82	85	86	84	71	52	38	–
Sun	53	80	98	98	90	90	94	90	92	86	84	71	53	33	–