How often does Dumbo The Flying Elephant break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 15 real breakdown episodes for Dumbo The Flying Elephant — about 1.2 per week, spread across 13 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 21 minutes (average 21 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 37 minutes, on 2026-10-31.

Dumbo The Flying Elephant Reliability & Wait Patterns

Tokyo Disneyland · Based on 2329 wait-time samples

Data updated November 9, 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.

30m

Typical (p50) wait

50m

Busy (p90) wait

60m

Worst-case (p99)

80m

Highest (last 180 days)

Weekend vs Weekday

30m

Weekday average

34m

Weekend average

1.13×

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

21m

Typical (median) outage

37m

Longest outage (2026-10-31)

1.2

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-11-08	10m
2026-11-07	26m
2026-11-06	37m
2026-11-03	16m
2026-11-02	10m
2026-11-01	24m
2026-10-31	21m
2026-10-31	37m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 13 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.

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24%

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	–	20	28	28	31	23	20	24	25	16	22	26	23	–	–
Tue	–	16	33	34	37	34	40	39	40	41	36	32	–	–	–
Wed	–	25	34	36	38	38	36	35	27	25	25	20	–	–	–
Thu	–	10	20	24	26	29	32	33	30	32	30	27	–	–	–
Fri	–	–	33	33	32	32	35	39	38	41	40	34	–	–	–
Sat	–	31	32	33	34	24	32	35	38	34	35	30	28	–	–
Sun	–	33	38	34	33	37	35	37	42	38	37	33	32	–	–

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.

Cloudy · 24 ride-hours · within noise

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	20	28	28	31	23	20	24	25	16	22	26	23	–	–
Tue	–	16	33	34	37	34	40	39	40	41	36	32	–	–	–
Wed	–	25	34	36	38	38	36	35	27	25	25	20	–	–	–
Thu	–	10	20	24	26	29	32	33	30	32	30	27	–	–	–
Fri	–	–	33	33	32	32	35	39	38	41	40	34	–	–	–
Sat	–	31	32	33	34	24	32	35	38	34	35	30	28	–	–
Sun	–	33	38	34	33	37	35	37	42	38	37	33	32	–	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	20	28	28	31	23	20	24	25	16	22	26	23	–	–
Tue	–	16	33	34	37	34	40	39	40	41	36	32	–	–	–
Wed	–	25	34	36	38	38	36	35	27	25	25	20	–	–	–
Thu	–	10	20	24	26	29	32	33	30	32	30	27	–	–	–
Fri	–	–	33	33	32	32	35	39	38	41	40	34	–	–	–
Sat	–	31	32	33	34	24	32	35	38	34	35	30	28	–	–
Sun	–	33	38	34	33	37	35	37	42	38	37	33	32	–	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	20	28	28	31	23	20	24	25	16	22	26	23	–	–
Tue	–	16	33	34	37	34	40	39	40	41	36	32	–	–	–
Wed	–	25	34	36	38	38	36	35	27	25	25	20	–	–	–
Thu	–	10	20	24	26	29	32	33	30	32	30	27	–	–	–
Fri	–	–	33	33	32	32	35	39	38	41	40	34	–	–	–
Sat	–	31	32	33	34	24	32	35	38	34	35	30	28	–	–
Sun	–	33	38	34	33	37	35	37	42	38	37	33	32	–	–