The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ Reliability & Wait Patterns

Hollywood Studios · Sunset Boulevard · Based on 18149 wait-time samples

0.51
Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)
Stable — waits stay close to the average throughout the day.
45m
Typical (p50) wait
80m
Busy (p90) wait
135m
Worst-case (p99)
180m
All-time max

Weekend vs Weekday

52m
Weekday average
46m
Weekend average
0.87×
Weekend multiplier

Downtime by hour

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

0
97%
1
100%
2
100%
3
100%
4
100%
5
100%
6
100%
7
100%
8
49%
9
1%
10
1%
11
0%
12
1%
13
0%
14
2%
15
0%
16
0%
17
0%
18
1%
19
2%
20
0%
21
57%
22
95%
23
95%

Best & worst hours by day of week

Average standby wait (minutes). Green = lowest of day, red = highest.

DOW8910111213141516171819202122
Mon 14 40 67 62 69 52 50 46 53 78 68 46 40 30
Tue 15 40 53 56 56 61 54 55 63 54 59 54 42 41
Wed 20 37 53 53 64 58 55 52 54 51 54 48 37 41 13
Thu 15 44 65 61 58 63 53 55 54 54 55 46 34 37
Fri 16 39 55 65 65 60 60 56 58 65 64 63 44 38
Sat 18 40 61 66 56 53 52 55 53 59 57 51 35 35
Sun 15 27 54 44 48 46 43 43 39 46 48 34 30 20 72

Weather effect on waits

Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:

46m
Clear
53m
Cloudy
53m
Drizzle
52m
Partly Cloudy
62m
Rain

When this ride goes down

These rides spike in wait time when The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ is reported DOWN:

Slinky Dog Dash
+5m (6%)
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
+-5m (-8%)
Alien Swirling Saucers
+-6m (-19%)

What causes this ride to spike

Waits for The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ go up the most when these rides are DOWN:

Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
+7m (13%)
Toy Story Mania!
+6m (11%)
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
+6m (11%)

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