Walt Disney World Attractions Closed on Rainy Days
19 rides at Walt Disney World break down significantly more often when it rains: Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail (Animal Kingdom), Tomorrowland Speedway (Magic Kingdom), Maharajah Jungle Trek (Animal Kingdom), Swiss Family Treehouse (Magic Kingdom), Dumbo the Flying Elephant (Magic Kingdom), Star Tours – The Adventures Continue (Hollywood Studios), Avatar Flight of Passage (Animal Kingdom), Jungle Cruise (Magic Kingdom), Walt Disney World Railroad - Fantasyland (Magic Kingdom), Walt Disney World Railroad - Main Street, U.S.A. (Magic Kingdom), Astro Orbiter (Magic Kingdom), The Magic Carpets of Aladdin (Magic Kingdom), Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain (Animal Kingdom), The Barnstormer (Magic Kingdom), Kali River Rapids (Animal Kingdom), Slinky Dog Dash (Hollywood Studios), Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (Magic Kingdom), Tiana's Bayou Adventure (Magic Kingdom), Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (Magic Kingdom).
At Magic Kingdom, breakdowns started 1.6× as often per ride-hour in rain (8.33 vs 5.3 per 100 operating hours); a stop that began in rain lasted a median 35 min. At EPCOT, breakdowns were about as frequent in rain as in dry weather (7.01 vs 6.68 per 100 operating hours); a stop that began in rain lasted a median 28 min. At Hollywood Studios, breakdowns started 1.2× as often per ride-hour in rain (5.35 vs 4.47 per 100 operating hours); a stop that began in rain lasted a median 44 min. At Animal Kingdom, breakdowns started 2.2× as often per ride-hour in rain (7.41 vs 3.35 per 100 operating hours); a stop that began in rain lasted a median 51 min. Of the 38 rides we classify as indoor, 2 showed a rain-linked rise in breakdowns.
Magic Kingdom: rides that close in the rain
These rides stopped much more often during rainy hours. Rate = breakdowns started per 100 hours the ride was operating.
| Ride | Type | In rain | Dry | × | Median stop in rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Barnstormer | — | 16.08 | 7.38 | 2.2× | 36 min |
| Walt Disney World Railroad - Main Street, U.S.A. | — | 15.54 | 5.68 | 2.7× | 58 min |
| Seven Dwarfs Mine Train | Outdoor | 15.42 | 8.27 | 1.9× | 50 min |
| Tiana's Bayou Adventure | Outdoor | 15.33 | 8.5 | 1.8× | 48 min |
| Walt Disney World Railroad - Fantasyland | — | 14.62 | 5.24 | 2.8× | 59 min |
| Jungle Cruise | Outdoor | 13.64 | 4.47 | 3.0× | 42 min |
| The Magic Carpets of Aladdin | Outdoor | 13.35 | 5.08 | 2.6× | 38 min |
| Big Thunder Mountain Railroad | Outdoor | 13.08 | 8.72 | 1.5× | 58 min |
| Tomorrowland Speedway | Outdoor | 11.96 | 2.56 | 4.7× | 40 min |
| Dumbo the Flying Elephant | Outdoor | 11.02 | 2.81 | 3.9× | 42 min |
| Swiss Family Treehouse | Outdoor | 11.01 | 2.57 | 4.3× | 59 min |
| Astro Orbiter | Outdoor | 10.65 | 3.96 | 2.7× | 54 min |
Kept running in the rain
These rides operated through at least 30 rainy hours with no rise in their breakdown rate:
EPCOT: rides that close in the rain
No ride at EPCOT had a statistically clear rise in breakdowns during rainy hours in this window.
Kept running in the rain
These rides operated through at least 30 rainy hours with no rise in their breakdown rate:
Hollywood Studios: rides that close in the rain
These rides stopped much more often during rainy hours. Rate = breakdowns started per 100 hours the ride was operating.
| Ride | Type | In rain | Dry | × | Median stop in rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slinky Dog Dash | Outdoor | 20.6 | 10.66 | 1.9× | 54 min |
| Star Tours – The Adventures Continue | Indoor | 1.57 | 0.43 | 3.6× | 17 min |
Kept running in the rain
These rides operated through at least 30 rainy hours with no rise in their breakdown rate:
Animal Kingdom: rides that close in the rain
These rides stopped much more often during rainy hours. Rate = breakdowns started per 100 hours the ride was operating.
| Ride | Type | In rain | Dry | × | Median stop in rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kali River Rapids | Outdoor | 19.82 | 9.37 | 2.1× | 70 min |
| Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain | — | 18.65 | 8.24 | 2.3× | 52 min |
| Maharajah Jungle Trek | Outdoor | 12.42 | 2.7 | 4.6× | 57 min |
| Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail | Outdoor | 11.89 | 2.38 | 5.0× | 60 min |
| Avatar Flight of Passage | Indoor | 3.17 | 0.98 | 3.2× | 19 min |
Kept running in the rain
These rides operated through at least 30 rainy hours with no rise in their breakdown rate:
Indoor rides at Walt Disney World for a rainy day
- "it's a small world"
- A Pirate's Adventure ~ Treasures of the Seven Seas
- Advanced Training Lab
- Affection Section
- Animal Care at Conservation Station
- Avatar Flight of Passage
- Awesome Planet
- Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along
- Bruce's Shark World
- Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
- Canada Far and Wide in Circle-Vision 360
- Cinderella Castle
- Country Bear Musical Jamboree
- DINOSAUR
- Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival
- Enchanted Tales with Belle
- Frozen Ever After
- Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
- Haunted Mansion
- House of the Whispering Willows
- ImageWorks - The "What If" Labs
- Impressions de France
- Journey Into Imagination With Figment
- Living with the Land
- Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
- Mickey's PhilharMagic
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- Mission: SPACE
- Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor
- Na'vi River Journey
- Peter Pan's Flight
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Project Tomorrow: Inventing the Wonders of the Future
- Reflections of China
- Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
- Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets
- SeaBase Aquarium
- Soarin' Across America
- Space Mountain
- Spaceship Earth
- Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
- Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
- Test Track
- The American Adventure
- The Hall of Presidents
- The Seas with Nemo & Friends
- Toy Story Mania!
- Turtle Talk With Crush
- Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid
- Walt Disney Presents
- Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
- Zootopia: Better Zoogether!
Rainy-day questions
Which Walt Disney World attractions close when it rains?
In our data (Feb 27, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026), 19 rides broke down significantly more often during rainy hours than dry hours: Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail, Tomorrowland Speedway, Maharajah Jungle Trek, Swiss Family Treehouse, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Star Tours – The Adventures Continue, Avatar Flight of Passage, Jungle Cruise, Walt Disney World Railroad - Fantasyland, Walt Disney World Railroad - Main Street, U.S.A., Astro Orbiter, The Magic Carpets of Aladdin, Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, The Barnstormer, Kali River Rapids, Slinky Dog Dash, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Tiana's Bayou Adventure, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Rides are counted when their breakdown rate per operating hour in rain is at least 1.5 times their dry-weather rate and the difference is statistically significant (p < 0.01).
How long do rain closures last at Walt Disney World?
A ride stop that began during a rainy hour lasted a median of about 40 minutes at Walt Disney World (Magic Kingdom 35 min in rain vs 26 min in dry weather; EPCOT 28 min in rain vs 17 min in dry weather; Hollywood Studios 44 min in rain vs 40 min in dry weather; Animal Kingdom 51 min in rain vs 31 min in dry weather). Stops longer than 12 hours (overnight closures, refurbishments) are excluded.
Does Walt Disney World close when it rains?
Rain pauses individual rides rather than the whole park in our data: we recorded rides running with posted waits during 1933 rainy park-hours between Feb 27, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026. Of the 38 rides we classify as indoor, 2 showed a rain-linked rise in breakdowns. Severe-weather warnings (typhoons, lightning) are separate — check the park's official app on the day.
What are the best rides at Walt Disney World on a rainy day?
Indoor attractions keep you dry. Indoor rides at Walt Disney World include "it's a small world", A Pirate's Adventure ~ Treasures of the Seven Seas, Advanced Training Lab, Affection Section, Animal Care at Conservation Station, Avatar Flight of Passage, Awesome Planet, Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along. Rides whose breakdown rate did not rise in rain are listed on this page per park.
How we measured this
- Window: Feb 27, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026. Ride status comes from our own collector, which records every attraction's status and posted wait about every 5 minutes.
- Breakdowns: each time a ride went from operating to down (short flickers under 5 minutes are ignored). Overnight closures and refurbishments are not breakdowns.
- Rain: an hour counts as rainy when at least 0.5 mm of rain fell at the park gate that hour, from the Open-Meteo historical weather archive. Reanalysis rainfall is an estimate for the area, so a short local shower can be missed.
- Rate: breakdowns started per 100 hours the ride was operating, in rainy vs dry hours. A ride is listed when it had at least 3 breakdowns in rain, its rainy-hour rate is at least 1.5× its dry rate, and a binomial test puts the difference at p < 0.01.
- What this doesn't say: we can't see the reason Disney gives for a stop, only when it starts and ends. Correlation with rain is strong for outdoor rides, but a stop during rain isn't always caused by rain.