How often does Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 57 real breakdown episodes for Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin — about 4.4 per week, spread across 46 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin lasted 19 minutes (average 42 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 395 minutes, on 2026-08-09.

Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin Reliability & Wait Patterns

Magic Kingdom · Tomorrowland · Based on 4404 wait-time samples

0.35

Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)

Stable — waits stay close to the average throughout the day.

40m

Typical (p50) wait

60m

Busy (p90) wait

85m

Worst-case (p99)

120m

All-time max

Weekend vs Weekday

42m

Weekday average

39m

Weekend average

0.93×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.

Recorded breakdowns

19m

Typical (median) outage

6h 35m

Longest outage (2026-08-09)

4.4

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-09-02	15m
2026-08-30	30m
2026-08-29	49m
2026-08-26	32m
2026-08-26	55m
2026-08-24	6m
2026-08-22	7m
2026-08-21	6m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 46 different days in this window.

Downtime by hour

Rate of DOWN/CLOSED status per hour of the day (ET).

0
22%

1
10%

2
12%

3
12%

4
11%

5
11%

6
11%

7
9%

8
5%

9
1%

10
0%

11
0%

12
1%

13
0%

14
0%

15
1%

16
0%

17
1%

18
0%

19
2%

20
2%

21
2%

22
1%

23
20%

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	–	–	31	38	40	41	45	42	51	36	32	30	31	10	10
Tue	–	21	37	41	43	40	48	43	43	46	37	41	40	16	25
Wed	33	38	45	49	49	55	48	50	50	50	54	64	53	42	47
Thu	–	37	47	56	49	56	49	46	51	46	47	50	43	30	25
Fri	24	35	40	49	50	47	45	42	55	64	73	38	43	26	30
Sat	18	30	37	41	41	42	42	38	46	41	45	54	61	36	37
Sun	22	32	42	43	46	57	40	36	40	38	51	42	37	25	22

Weather effect on waits

Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:

37m

Clear

43m

Cloudy

44m

Drizzle

44m

Partly Cloudy

41m

Rain

When this ride goes down

These rides spike in wait time when Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin is reported DOWN:

Tiana's Bayou Adventure

+12m (27%)

TRON Lightcycle / Run

+11m (14%)

Enchanted Tales with Belle

+7m (29%)

Pirates of the Caribbean

+-5m (-22%)

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

+-5m (-14%)

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin go up the most when these rides are DOWN:

Tiana's Bayou Adventure

+6m (15%)

Mad Tea Party

+-5m (-12%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	31	38	40	41	45	42	51	36	32	30	31	10	10
Tue	–	21	37	41	43	40	48	43	43	46	37	41	40	16	25
Wed	33	38	45	49	49	55	48	50	50	50	54	64	53	42	47
Thu	–	37	47	56	49	56	49	46	51	46	47	50	43	30	25
Fri	24	35	40	49	50	47	45	42	55	64	73	38	43	26	30
Sat	18	30	37	41	41	42	42	38	46	41	45	54	61	36	37
Sun	22	32	42	43	46	57	40	36	40	38	51	42	37	25	22

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	31	38	40	41	45	42	51	36	32	30	31	10	10
Tue	–	21	37	41	43	40	48	43	43	46	37	41	40	16	25
Wed	33	38	45	49	49	55	48	50	50	50	54	64	53	42	47
Thu	–	37	47	56	49	56	49	46	51	46	47	50	43	30	25
Fri	24	35	40	49	50	47	45	42	55	64	73	38	43	26	30
Sat	18	30	37	41	41	42	42	38	46	41	45	54	61	36	37
Sun	22	32	42	43	46	57	40	36	40	38	51	42	37	25	22

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	–	–	31	38	40	41	45	42	51	36	32	30	31	10	10
Tue	–	21	37	41	43	40	48	43	43	46	37	41	40	16	25
Wed	33	38	45	49	49	55	48	50	50	50	54	64	53	42	47
Thu	–	37	47	56	49	56	49	46	51	46	47	50	43	30	25
Fri	24	35	40	49	50	47	45	42	55	64	73	38	43	26	30
Sat	18	30	37	41	41	42	42	38	46	41	45	54	61	36	37
Sun	22	32	42	43	46	57	40	36	40	38	51	42	37	25	22