How often does Slinky Dog Dash break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 161 real breakdown episodes for Slinky Dog Dash — about 12.5 per week, spread across 80 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is Slinky Dog Dash usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for Slinky Dog Dash lasted 48 minutes (average 68 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 781 minutes, on 2026-09-01.

Slinky Dog Dash Reliability & Wait Patterns

Hollywood Studios · Toy Story Land · Based on 22392 wait-time samples

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

0.21

Volatility Index (typical within-day swing)

Stable — waits stay close to the day's average.

60m

Typical (p50) wait

85m

Busy (p90) wait

120m

Worst-case (p99)

180m

Highest (last 180 days)

Weekend vs Weekday

63m

Weekday average

66m

Weekend average

1.06×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Slinky Dog Dash flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.

161

Recorded breakdowns

48m

Typical (median) outage

13h 1m

Longest outage (2026-09-01)

12.5

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-10-17	6m
2026-10-15	1h 9m
2026-10-14	1h 2m
2026-10-14	2h 0m
2026-10-12	12m
2026-10-11	25m
2026-10-11	39m
2026-10-10	36m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 80 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
11%

8
24%

9
16%

10
12%

11
13%

12
11%

13
14%

14
15%

15
18%

16
20%

17
17%

18
16%

19
15%

20
16%

21
10%

22
13%

23
8%

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	63	65	66	72	70	69	63	68	68	65	66	59	53	48	–
Tue	56	63	67	75	76	73	68	70	59	68	64	61	56	51	–
Wed	53	59	59	61	67	59	58	60	55	54	55	52	44	30	26
Thu	62	59	61	65	65	62	67	70	66	58	69	59	49	48	–
Fri	49	60	59	65	75	69	70	73	73	73	81	82	68	61	–
Sat	58	58	61	69	73	66	67	67	68	68	65	70	57	50	38
Sun	61	63	69	76	84	69	74	73	72	66	66	63	53	49	–

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 · 550 ride-hours · within noise

-4m

Heavy Rain · 47 ride-hours · clear signal

-1m

Light Rain · 36 ride-hours · within noise

+1m

Clear · 163 ride-hours · within noise

When this ride goes down

These rides get busier when Slinky Dog Dash is reported DOWN, compared with the same hour on a normal day:

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	63	65	66	72	70	69	63	68	68	65	66	59	53	48	–
Tue	56	63	67	75	76	73	68	70	59	68	64	61	56	51	–
Wed	53	59	59	61	67	59	58	60	55	54	55	52	44	30	26
Thu	62	59	61	65	65	62	67	70	66	58	69	59	49	48	–
Fri	49	60	59	65	75	69	70	73	73	73	81	82	68	61	–
Sat	58	58	61	69	73	66	67	67	68	68	65	70	57	50	38
Sun	61	63	69	76	84	69	74	73	72	66	66	63	53	49	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	63	65	66	72	70	69	63	68	68	65	66	59	53	48	–
Tue	56	63	67	75	76	73	68	70	59	68	64	61	56	51	–
Wed	53	59	59	61	67	59	58	60	55	54	55	52	44	30	26
Thu	62	59	61	65	65	62	67	70	66	58	69	59	49	48	–
Fri	49	60	59	65	75	69	70	73	73	73	81	82	68	61	–
Sat	58	58	61	69	73	66	67	67	68	68	65	70	57	50	38
Sun	61	63	69	76	84	69	74	73	72	66	66	63	53	49	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	63	65	66	72	70	69	63	68	68	65	66	59	53	48	–
Tue	56	63	67	75	76	73	68	70	59	68	64	61	56	51	–
Wed	53	59	59	61	67	59	58	60	55	54	55	52	44	30	26
Thu	62	59	61	65	65	62	67	70	66	58	69	59	49	48	–
Fri	49	60	59	65	75	69	70	73	73	73	81	82	68	61	–
Sat	58	58	61	69	73	66	67	67	68	68	65	70	57	50	38
Sun	61	63	69	76	84	69	74	73	72	66	66	63	53	49	–