How often does The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 38 real breakdown episodes for The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ — about 3.0 per week, spread across 33 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ lasted 20 minutes (average 32 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 226 minutes, on 2026-09-02.

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ Reliability & Wait Patterns

Hollywood Studios · Sunset Boulevard · Based on 25952 wait-time samples

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

0.39

Volatility Index (typical within-day swing)

Moderately volatile — expect meaningful swings through the day.

35m

Typical (p50) wait

65m

Busy (p90) wait

105m

Worst-case (p99)

160m

Highest (last 180 days)

Weekend vs Weekday

37m

Weekday average

39m

Weekend average

1.06×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.

Recorded breakdowns

20m

Typical (median) outage

3h 46m

Longest outage (2026-09-02)

3.0

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-10-14	16m
2026-10-14	1h 16m
2026-10-13	18m
2026-10-11	35m
2026-10-08	44m
2026-10-06	12m
2026-10-02	1h 35m
2026-10-02	41m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 33 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
8%

8
5%

9
3%

10
2%

11
3%

12
1%

13
0%

14
1%

15
1%

16
1%

17
1%

18
1%

19
1%

20
0%

21
0%

22
4%

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	18	29	35	43	40	48	43	39	34	34	34	33	33	36	–
Tue	17	24	36	43	44	36	36	34	35	37	38	41	40	35	–
Wed	16	28	37	41	37	43	40	32	29	31	35	37	31	22	16
Thu	14	25	35	42	37	39	39	42	43	42	38	41	40	38	–
Fri	14	30	41	50	44	40	46	45	41	46	52	54	53	46	–
Sat	18	30	39	47	55	51	45	44	42	38	43	43	39	28	20
Sun	17	26	38	46	44	42	47	43	39	33	39	34	29	25	–

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 · 639 ride-hours · within noise

+0m

Heavy Rain · 73 ride-hours · within noise

-0m

Light Rain · 50 ride-hours · within noise

-1m

Clear · 200 ride-hours · within noise

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	18	29	35	43	40	48	43	39	34	34	34	33	33	36	–
Tue	17	24	36	43	44	36	36	34	35	37	38	41	40	35	–
Wed	16	28	37	41	37	43	40	32	29	31	35	37	31	22	16
Thu	14	25	35	42	37	39	39	42	43	42	38	41	40	38	–
Fri	14	30	41	50	44	40	46	45	41	46	52	54	53	46	–
Sat	18	30	39	47	55	51	45	44	42	38	43	43	39	28	20
Sun	17	26	38	46	44	42	47	43	39	33	39	34	29	25	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	18	29	35	43	40	48	43	39	34	34	34	33	33	36	–
Tue	17	24	36	43	44	36	36	34	35	37	38	41	40	35	–
Wed	16	28	37	41	37	43	40	32	29	31	35	37	31	22	16
Thu	14	25	35	42	37	39	39	42	43	42	38	41	40	38	–
Fri	14	30	41	50	44	40	46	45	41	46	52	54	53	46	–
Sat	18	30	39	47	55	51	45	44	42	38	43	43	39	28	20
Sun	17	26	38	46	44	42	47	43	39	33	39	34	29	25	–

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	18	29	35	43	40	48	43	39	34	34	34	33	33	36	–
Tue	17	24	36	43	44	36	36	34	35	37	38	41	40	35	–
Wed	16	28	37	41	37	43	40	32	29	31	35	37	31	22	16
Thu	14	25	35	42	37	39	39	42	43	42	38	41	40	38	–
Fri	14	30	41	50	44	40	46	45	41	46	52	54	53	46	–
Sat	18	30	39	47	55	51	45	44	42	38	43	43	39	28	20
Sun	17	26	38	46	44	42	47	43	39	33	39	34	29	25	–