Wildlife Express Train Reliability & Wait Patterns
Animal Kingdom · Africa · Based on 1034 wait-time samples
0.64
Volatility Index (coefficient of variation)
Moderately volatile — expect meaningful hourly swings.
5m
Typical (p50) wait
15m
Busy (p90) wait
30m
Worst-case (p99)
30m
All-time max
Weekend vs Weekday
7m
Weekday average
13m
Weekend average
1.88×
Weekend multiplier
Real breakdown history (last 90 days)
Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Wildlife Express Train flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.
15
Recorded breakdowns
23m
Typical (median) outage
1h 40m
Longest outage (2026-07-13)
1.2
Breakdowns per week
Most recent outages
| Date | Down for |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | 26m |
| 2026-08-10 | 1h 7m |
| 2026-08-09 | 15m |
| 2026-08-05 | 13m |
| 2026-07-26 | 23m |
| 2026-07-20 | 10m |
| 2026-07-13 | 1h 40m |
| 2026-07-13 | 12m |
Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 12 different days in this window.
Downtime by hour
Rate of DOWN/CLOSED status per hour of the day (ET).
0
11%
11%
1
13%
13%
2
14%
14%
3
11%
11%
4
13%
13%
5
13%
13%
6
14%
14%
7
14%
14%
8
13%
13%
9
7%
7%
10
0%
0%
11
0%
0%
12
0%
0%
13
0%
0%
14
0%
0%
15
0%
0%
16
6%
6%
17
13%
13%
18
13%
13%
19
15%
15%
20
15%
15%
21
14%
14%
22
15%
15%
23
14%
14%
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 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tue | – | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Thu | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fri | – | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sat | – | – | 11 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sun | – | – | 10 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Weather effect on waits
Average wait (minutes) in different weather conditions:
9m
Clear
6m
Cloudy
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