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EPCOT Ride Breakdowns: Which Lines Get Longer

Data updated · recomputed weekly

Quick answer. When Remy's Ratatouille Adventure is down, Frozen Ever After runs about 4 minutes longer (+9%) than the same hour on a normal day (112 closures on 87 days). 6 ride pairs at EPCOT met our consistency bar; everything else stays close to normal when a ride breaks down.

Lines that get longer

When Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is down, Test Track waits run +6 min (+9%) vs the same hour on a normal day 42 closures on 38 days · rose in 76% of them · typically 74 min instead of 68
When Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana is down, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind waits run +5 min (+7%) vs the same hour on a normal day 83 closures on 69 days · rose in 67% of them · typically 82 min instead of 77
When Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana is down, Remy's Ratatouille Adventure waits run +5 min (+10%) vs the same hour on a normal day 80 closures on 66 days · rose in 65% of them · typically 54 min instead of 49
When Remy's Ratatouille Adventure is down, Frozen Ever After waits run +4 min (+9%) vs the same hour on a normal day 112 closures on 87 days · rose in 74% of them · typically 54 min instead of 50
When Frozen Ever After is down, Remy's Ratatouille Adventure waits run +4 min (+8%) vs the same hour on a normal day 98 closures on 74 days · rose in 71% of them · typically 51 min instead of 47
When Test Track is down, Frozen Ever After waits run +3 min (+6%) vs the same hour on a normal day 137 closures on 98 days · rose in 71% of them · typically 51 min instead of 48

Most disruptive closures

  • Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana: raises 2 other lines, most of all Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (+5 min).
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: raises 1 other line, most of all Test Track (+6 min).
  • Remy's Ratatouille Adventure: raises 1 other line, most of all Frozen Ever After (+4 min).

How we measure it

  • Closures of 15–240 minutes from the last 180 days (1261 at EPCOT).
  • Storm or park-wide closures are dropped: 2+ other rides closing within 15 minutes, or 5+ already closed (157 removed).
  • Each ride's posted wait during the closure is compared with the same clock hours on the same weekday over the previous 8 weeks, corrected for how busy that ride was on the day.
  • A pair is listed only with 8+ closures on 5+ days, an average rise of 3+ minutes, a rise in 65%+ of closures, and an average at least 3× its standard error.

Updated weekly; figures computed October 12, 2026. Waits are Disney's posted standby times.

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Frequently asked questions

Which EPCOT lines get longer when a ride breaks down?

In our data, the clearest case is Frozen Ever After while Remy's Ratatouille Adventure is down: its posted wait runs about 4 minutes above the same hour on a normal day (112 closures on 87 days). 6 ride pairs at EPCOT met our consistency bar.

How do you rule out storms?

We drop any closure where 2 or more other rides also closed within 15 minutes, or 5 or more were already closed — 157 of 1261 closures here. Those are lightning holds or park-wide events, not one ride breaking.

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