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Ride reliability

Over the last 90 days, Golden Zephyr went down more than any other tracked ride, up about 79% of the operating day.

  • Golden Zephyr 79% up
  • Test Track 90% up
  • Slinky Dog Dash 92% up
  • Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets 92% up
  • Disneyland Monorail 93% up
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train 93% up

Cite Rope Drop News Ride Reliability Tracker (ropedropnews.com/reliability) Download CSV

Best time to ride

At Magic Kingdom, TRON Lightcycle / Run draws the longest waits and is quietest around 10 AM.

  • TRON Lightcycle / Runquietest 10 AM avg 57 min
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Trainquietest 10 PM avg 46 min
  • Peter Pan's Flightquietest 10 PM avg 38 min
  • Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spinquietest 10 PM avg 35 min
  • Tiana's Bayou Adventurequietest 9 AM avg 35 min
  • Jungle Cruisequietest 10 PM avg 32 min

Cite Rope Drop News Best Times to Ride (ropedropnews.com/parks/magic-kingdom/best-times) Download CSV

Crowd patterns

Magic Kingdom is typically quietest on Saturday and busiest on Friday.

  • Sun 19 min
  • Mon 19 min
  • Tue 20 min
  • Wed 20 min
  • Thu 20 min
  • Fri 22 min
  • Sat 18 min

Cite Rope Drop News Crowd Calendar (ropedropnews.com/parks/magic-kingdom/crowd-calendar) Download CSV

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