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

Over the last 90 days we recorded 33 real breakdown episodes for The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ — about 2.6 per week, spread across 27 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 21 minutes (average 27 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 84 minutes, on 2026-07-02.

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

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

21m

Typical (median) outage

1h 24m

Longest outage (2026-07-02)

2.6

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-08-28	14m
2026-08-26	28m
2026-08-26	8m
2026-08-26	7m
2026-08-23	12m
2026-08-21	43m
2026-08-16	15m
2026-08-14	15m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 27 different days in this window.

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.

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
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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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
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

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
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

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
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