How often does Aquatopia break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 96 real breakdown episodes for Aquatopia — about 7.5 per week, spread across 52 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is Aquatopia usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for Aquatopia lasted 57 minutes (average 54 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 173 minutes, on 2026-08-21.

Aquatopia Reliability & Wait Patterns

Tokyo DisneySea · Based on 19107 wait-time samples

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

0.36

Volatility Index (typical within-day swing)

Moderately volatile — expect meaningful swings through the day.

40m

Typical (p50) wait

60m

Busy (p90) wait

80m

Worst-case (p99)

140m

Highest (last 180 days)

Weekend vs Weekday

46m

Weekday average

51m

Weekend average

1.11×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

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

Recorded breakdowns

57m

Typical (median) outage

2h 53m

Longest outage (2026-08-21)

7.5

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-09-14	1h 55m
2026-09-14	57m
2026-09-14	1h 34m
2026-09-13	1h 8m
2026-09-13	1h 25m
2026-09-13	1h 0m
2026-09-12	1h 11m
2026-09-12	1h 3m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 52 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.

6
0%

7
0%

8
0%

9
9%

10
8%

11
4%

12
3%

13
4%

14
2%

15
4%

16
5%

17
3%

18
3%

19
4%

20
23%

21
24%

22
12%

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	–	44	53	50	50	57	58	55	66	58	59	47	29	–	–
Tue	–	34	50	46	44	44	46	46	43	44	47	47	28	–	–
Wed	–	29	50	52	55	52	54	59	56	54	55	54	36	–	–
Thu	–	32	52	46	48	46	46	50	46	43	46	47	33	–	–
Fri	–	29	50	42	41	43	48	47	45	38	43	34	19	6	–
Sat	–	50	56	53	51	56	62	58	55	57	55	52	39	–	–
Sun	–	46	55	48	46	46	45	48	50	49	59	52	30	–	–

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.

-0m

Cloudy · 317 ride-hours · within noise

+2m

Clear · 69 ride-hours · within noise

-6m

Heavy Rain · 39 ride-hours · clear signal

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for Aquatopia rise when these rides are DOWN, compared with the same hour on a normal day:

Big City Vehicles

+6m (17%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	44	53	50	50	57	58	55	66	58	59	47	29	–	–
Tue	–	34	50	46	44	44	46	46	43	44	47	47	28	–	–
Wed	–	29	50	52	55	52	54	59	56	54	55	54	36	–	–
Thu	–	32	52	46	48	46	46	50	46	43	46	47	33	–	–
Fri	–	29	50	42	41	43	48	47	45	38	43	34	19	6	–
Sat	–	50	56	53	51	56	62	58	55	57	55	52	39	–	–
Sun	–	46	55	48	46	46	45	48	50	49	59	52	30	–	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	44	53	50	50	57	58	55	66	58	59	47	29	–	–
Tue	–	34	50	46	44	44	46	46	43	44	47	47	28	–	–
Wed	–	29	50	52	55	52	54	59	56	54	55	54	36	–	–
Thu	–	32	52	46	48	46	46	50	46	43	46	47	33	–	–
Fri	–	29	50	42	41	43	48	47	45	38	43	34	19	6	–
Sat	–	50	56	53	51	56	62	58	55	57	55	52	39	–	–
Sun	–	46	55	48	46	46	45	48	50	49	59	52	30	–	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	44	53	50	50	57	58	55	66	58	59	47	29	–	–
Tue	–	34	50	46	44	44	46	46	43	44	47	47	28	–	–
Wed	–	29	50	52	55	52	54	59	56	54	55	54	36	–	–
Thu	–	32	52	46	48	46	46	50	46	43	46	47	33	–	–
Fri	–	29	50	42	41	43	48	47	45	38	43	34	19	6	–
Sat	–	50	56	53	51	56	62	58	55	57	55	52	39	–	–
Sun	–	46	55	48	46	46	45	48	50	49	59	52	30	–	–