Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid Reliability & Wait Patterns
Magic Kingdom · Fantasyland · Based on 19904 wait-time samples
0.66
Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)
Moderately volatile — expect meaningful hourly swings.
20m
Typical (p50) wait
35m
Busy (p90) wait
50m
Worst-case (p99)
65m
All-time max
Weekend vs Weekday
20m
Weekday average
18m
Weekend average
0.90×
Weekend multiplier
Real breakdown history (last 90 days)
Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.
55
Recorded breakdowns
18m
Typical (median) outage
2h 45m
Longest outage (2026-06-08)
4.3
Breakdowns per week
Most recent outages
| Date | Down for |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 8m |
| 2026-09-01 | 6m |
| 2026-08-28 | 18m |
| 2026-08-27 | 14m |
| 2026-08-27 | 6m |
| 2026-08-23 | 20m |
| 2026-08-17 | 1h 37m |
| 2026-08-17 | 1h 53m |
Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 38 different days in this window.
Downtime by hour
Rate of DOWN/CLOSED status per hour of the day (ET).
0
86%
86%
1
98%
98%
2
99%
99%
3
99%
99%
4
99%
99%
5
99%
99%
6
99%
99%
7
86%
86%
8
43%
43%
9
3%
3%
10
3%
3%
11
3%
3%
12
2%
2%
13
5%
5%
14
4%
4%
15
6%
6%
16
3%
3%
17
1%
1%
18
1%
1%
19
6%
6%
20
1%
1%
21
7%
7%
22
14%
14%
23
83%
83%
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 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 33 | 28 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Tue | 5 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 26 | 33 | 34 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Wed | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 31 | 27 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
| Thu | 5 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 28 | 35 | 28 | 28 | 36 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
| Fri | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 25 | 31 | 29 | 24 | 33 | 31 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
| Sat | 6 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 26 | 30 | 32 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| Sun | 6 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
Weather effect on waits
Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:
17m
Clear
18m
Cloudy
24m
Drizzle
20m
Partly Cloudy
22m
Rain
What causes this ride to spike
Waits for Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid go up the most when these rides are DOWN:
Swiss Family Treehouse
+7m (36%)
Enchanted Tales with Belle
+5m (26%)
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