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Radiator Springs Racers Wait Times

Disneyland Resort · Disney California Adventure Park

Average that day

56min

Sun, May 18

Hours

8am–9pm

Special ticketed event 9pm–2am

Range

30–90 min

Low 8:50am · high 6:34pm

Typical Sunday

68 min

12 min quieter that day

Radiator Springs Racers Photo: Disney

Radiator Springs Racers is a racing attraction located in Cars Land at Disney California Adventure Park, inspired by the Disney and Pixar film *Cars*. Guests ride in customized vehicles through a desert landscape, experiencing small drops and dark, loud elements. The attraction appeals to a broad age range, including kids, tweens, teens, and adults, with a height requirement of 40 inches (102 cm) or taller.

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Sunday, May 18 vs a typical Sunday

Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Sundays

Average

56 min

Lowest

30 min 8:50am

Highest

90 min 6:34pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 1am and 10pm, and Mon runs about 7 min shorter than Thu.

Average standby each hour, day by day

12am 1am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · · 77 69 64 63 65 68 69 72 70 64 66 75 59 60 58 56
Tue 42 19 97 79 77 76 78 74 74 75 77 74 73 71 70 56 · ·
Wed · · 86 70 79 75 77 80 84 74 70 66 65 62 59 51 10 ·
Thu · · 82 73 75 72 73 71 74 78 74 73 77 80 78 56 60 ·
Fri · · 86 71 68 67 65 67 65 69 62 65 68 64 69 59 54 ·
Sat 90 41 73 61 65 69 79 80 84 90 88 89 78 70 73 54 40 ·
Sun · · 80 65 68 71 71 72 79 73 70 63 65 58 54 54 53 ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

79 min

Lowest

39 min Nov 2

Highest

140 min Dec 29

Average

79 min

Lowest

43 min Nov 1

Highest

126 min Dec 28

Average

77 min

Lowest

42 min Nov 2026

Highest

94 min Apr 2026

Average

77 min

Lowest

73 min 2024

Highest

80 min 2022

Ride status

Down 4 times for 37m in total

8:01am Running Down 8:43pm
  • 11:14am – 11:20am 6m
  • 11:50am – 11:55am 5m
  • 5:55pm – 6:01pm 5m
  • 8:22pm – 8:43pm 21m

Broke down on 26 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

Paid returns

Wait time data is provided by ThemeParks.wiki. Data may not always be 100% accurate.

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