Astro Orbiter Reliability & Wait Patterns
Magic Kingdom · Tomorrowland · Based on 20601 wait-time samples
0.47
Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)
Stable — waits stay close to the average throughout the day.
25m
Typical (p50) wait
40m
Busy (p90) wait
45m
Worst-case (p99)
60m
All-time max
Weekend vs Weekday
24m
Weekday average
20m
Weekend average
0.84×
Weekend multiplier
Real breakdown history (last 90 days)
Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Astro Orbiter flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.
85
Recorded breakdowns
51m
Typical (median) outage
4h 19m
Longest outage (2026-08-26)
6.6
Breakdowns per week
Most recent outages
| Date | Down for |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 52m |
| 2026-08-31 | 35m |
| 2026-08-29 | 1h 19m |
| 2026-08-29 | 28m |
| 2026-08-29 | 46m |
| 2026-08-29 | 13m |
| 2026-08-28 | 1h 37m |
| 2026-08-28 | 5m |
Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 58 different days in this window.
Downtime by hour
Rate of DOWN/CLOSED status per hour of the day (ET).
0
87%
87%
1
99%
99%
2
100%
100%
3
100%
100%
4
100%
100%
5
100%
100%
6
100%
100%
7
85%
85%
8
39%
39%
9
0%
0%
10
0%
0%
11
1%
1%
12
0%
0%
13
0%
0%
14
2%
2%
15
2%
2%
16
2%
2%
17
4%
4%
18
2%
2%
19
0%
0%
20
1%
1%
21
6%
6%
22
13%
13%
23
84%
84%
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 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 11 |
| Tue | 10 | 21 | 29 | 33 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 11 |
| Wed | 13 | 19 | 29 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 16 | 16 |
| Thu | 6 | 22 | 28 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 13 |
| Fri | 8 | 18 | 27 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 20 |
| Sat | 6 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 13 |
| Sun | 5 | 15 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
Weather effect on waits
Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:
21m
Clear
24m
Cloudy
26m
Drizzle
24m
Partly Cloudy
24m
Rain
When this ride goes down
These rides spike in wait time when Astro Orbiter is reported DOWN:
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
+-5m (-26%)
TRON Lightcycle / Run
+-5m (-6%)
What causes this ride to spike
Waits for Astro Orbiter go up the most when these rides are DOWN:
Enchanted Tales with Belle
+6m (26%)
Mad Tea Party
+-5m (-21%)
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
+-6m (-25%)
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