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

Over the last 90 days we recorded 62 real breakdown episodes for Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin — about 4.8 per week, spread across 45 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 16 minutes (average 36 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 28427 wait-time samples

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

0.38

Volatility Index (typical within-day swing)

Moderately volatile — expect meaningful swings through the day.

35m

Typical (p50) wait

50m

Busy (p90) wait

70m

Worst-case (p99)

95m

Highest (last 180 days)

Weekend vs Weekday

30m

Weekday average

32m

Weekend average

1.08×

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

16m

Typical (median) outage

6h 35m

Longest outage (2026-08-09)

4.8

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-10-10	17m
2026-10-10	13m
2026-10-09	6m
2026-10-09	34m
2026-10-09	11m
2026-10-07	58m
2026-10-06	12m
2026-10-04	6m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 45 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
1%

7
9%

8
5%

9
4%

10
3%

11
2%

12
2%

13
2%

14
1%

15
3%

16
4%

17
2%

18
4%

19
4%

20
3%

21
3%

22
2%

23
2%

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	8	16	29	34	38	41	36	41	39	39	41	38	36	22	20
Tue	8	16	27	31	31	31	30	30	35	34	39	30	21	20	14
Wed	9	20	28	36	39	38	35	38	35	43	44	45	40	31	30
Thu	7	15	26	35	37	36	34	38	41	37	39	34	34	22	17
Fri	8	23	28	33	34	35	34	34	38	36	36	25	21	21	14
Sat	8	17	30	35	39	39	38	43	44	45	46	46	42	29	27
Sun	10	22	32	36	39	36	35	35	38	38	36	29	21	20	14

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 · 691 ride-hours · within noise

+1m

Light Rain · 62 ride-hours · within noise

-1m

Heavy Rain · 101 ride-hours · within noise

Clear · 219 ride-hours · within noise

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin rise when these rides are DOWN, compared with the same hour on a normal day:

Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress

+5m (14%)

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	8	16	29	34	38	41	36	41	39	39	41	38	36	22	20
Tue	8	16	27	31	31	31	30	30	35	34	39	30	21	20	14
Wed	9	20	28	36	39	38	35	38	35	43	44	45	40	31	30
Thu	7	15	26	35	37	36	34	38	41	37	39	34	34	22	17
Fri	8	23	28	33	34	35	34	34	38	36	36	25	21	21	14
Sat	8	17	30	35	39	39	38	43	44	45	46	46	42	29	27
Sun	10	22	32	36	39	36	35	35	38	38	36	29	21	20	14

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	8	16	29	34	38	41	36	41	39	39	41	38	36	22	20
Tue	8	16	27	31	31	31	30	30	35	34	39	30	21	20	14
Wed	9	20	28	36	39	38	35	38	35	43	44	45	40	31	30
Thu	7	15	26	35	37	36	34	38	41	37	39	34	34	22	17
Fri	8	23	28	33	34	35	34	34	38	36	36	25	21	21	14
Sat	8	17	30	35	39	39	38	43	44	45	46	46	42	29	27
Sun	10	22	32	36	39	36	35	35	38	38	36	29	21	20	14

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	8	16	29	34	38	41	36	41	39	39	41	38	36	22	20
Tue	8	16	27	31	31	31	30	30	35	34	39	30	21	20	14
Wed	9	20	28	36	39	38	35	38	35	43	44	45	40	31	30
Thu	7	15	26	35	37	36	34	38	41	37	39	34	34	22	17
Fri	8	23	28	33	34	35	34	34	38	36	36	25	21	21	14
Sat	8	17	30	35	39	39	38	43	44	45	46	46	42	29	27
Sun	10	22	32	36	39	36	35	35	38	38	36	29	21	20	14