Pirates of the Caribbean Reliability & Wait Patterns
Magic Kingdom · Adventureland · Based on 18787 wait-time samples
0.57
Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)
Stable — waits stay close to the average throughout the day.
25m
Typical (p50) wait
40m
Busy (p90) wait
50m
Worst-case (p99)
60m
All-time max
Weekend vs Weekday
24m
Weekday average
19m
Weekend average
0.80×
Weekend multiplier
Real breakdown history (last 90 days)
Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Pirates of the Caribbean flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.
85
Recorded breakdowns
28m
Typical (median) outage
5h 54m
Longest outage (2026-06-27)
6.6
Breakdowns per week
Most recent outages
| Date | Down for |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | 30m |
| 2026-09-04 | 7m |
| 2026-09-03 | 20m |
| 2026-09-01 | 13m |
| 2026-09-01 | 10m |
| 2026-08-28 | 14m |
| 2026-08-28 | 8m |
| 2026-08-27 | 44m |
Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 56 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
100%
100%
8
75%
75%
9
15%
15%
10
8%
8%
11
8%
8%
12
7%
7%
13
3%
3%
14
2%
2%
15
3%
3%
16
5%
5%
17
2%
2%
18
5%
5%
19
6%
6%
20
7%
7%
21
16%
16%
22
17%
17%
23
86%
86%
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 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 37 | 32 | 35 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| Tue | 7 | 12 | 29 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 32 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 5 |
| Wed | 5 | 14 | 27 | 35 | 32 | 36 | 33 | 28 | 34 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 7 |
| Thu | 6 | 8 | 24 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 5 |
| Fri | 5 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 33 | 39 | 34 | 29 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 8 |
| Sat | 5 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 6 |
| Sun | – | 6 | 17 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Weather effect on waits
Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:
21m
Clear
21m
Cloudy
25m
Drizzle
24m
Partly Cloudy
25m
Rain
What causes this ride to spike
Waits for Pirates of the Caribbean go up the most when these rides are DOWN:
Enchanted Tales with Belle
+6m (24%)
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
+-5m (-22%)
Mad Tea Party
+-6m (-24%)
"it's a small world"
+-6m (-24%)
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