"it's a small world" Reliability & Wait Patterns
Magic Kingdom · Fantasyland · Based on 20343 wait-time samples
0.64
Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)
Moderately volatile — expect meaningful hourly swings.
15m
Typical (p50) wait
35m
Busy (p90) wait
45m
Worst-case (p99)
60m
All-time max
Weekend vs Weekday
18m
Weekday average
14m
Weekend average
0.78×
Weekend multiplier
Real breakdown history (last 90 days)
Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time "it's a small world" flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.
52
Recorded breakdowns
20m
Typical (median) outage
9h 46m
Longest outage (2026-06-06)
4.0
Breakdowns per week
Most recent outages
| Date | Down for |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 25m |
| 2026-08-27 | 7m |
| 2026-08-26 | 2h 2m |
| 2026-08-24 | 20m |
| 2026-08-24 | 36m |
| 2026-08-18 | 50m |
| 2026-08-15 | 3h 16m |
| 2026-08-10 | 8m |
Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 37 different days in this window.
Downtime by hour
Rate of DOWN/CLOSED status per hour of the day (ET).
0
89%
89%
1
99%
99%
2
100%
100%
3
100%
100%
4
100%
100%
5
100%
100%
6
100%
100%
7
86%
86%
8
46%
46%
9
7%
7%
10
0%
0%
11
1%
1%
12
1%
1%
13
1%
1%
14
0%
0%
15
1%
1%
16
1%
1%
17
0%
0%
18
2%
2%
19
0%
0%
20
1%
1%
21
8%
8%
22
12%
12%
23
85%
85%
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 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Tue | 6 | 14 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Wed | 5 | 12 | 23 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| Thu | 5 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| Fri | 5 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
| Sat | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Sun | 7 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Weather effect on waits
Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:
15m
Clear
17m
Cloudy
20m
Drizzle
18m
Partly Cloudy
20m
Rain
When this ride goes down
These rides spike in wait time when "it's a small world" is reported DOWN:
Enchanted Tales with Belle
+9m (39%)
The Barnstormer
+-5m (-25%)
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
+-6m (-27%)
Pirates of the Caribbean
+-6m (-24%)
What causes this ride to spike
Waits for "it's a small world" go up the most when these rides are DOWN:
Swiss Family Treehouse
+6m (32%)
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