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Radiator Springs Racers Wait Times

Disneyland Resort · Disney California Adventure Park

Average that day

66min

Fri, May 23

Hours

8am–10pm

Posted hours

Range

5–120 min

Low 1:44am · high 8:38pm

Typical Friday

67 min

1 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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Friday, May 23 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

66 min

Lowest

5 min 1:44am

Highest

120 min 8:38pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 1am and 10pm, and Mon runs about 11 min shorter than Sat.

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 54 8 78 68 62 62 63 67 66 72 68 63 65 73 58 57 58 56
Tue 42 19 93 75 72 73 74 71 71 72 75 72 71 69 68 56 55 ·
Wed · · 81 69 74 71 73 75 80 71 68 65 67 66 61 66 52 ·
Thu 75 35 81 71 72 69 70 69 72 76 73 71 74 79 78 62 79 80
Fri 65 24 83 69 70 66 63 64 64 69 62 65 65 66 74 62 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 7 times for 5h 56m in total

12:03am Running Down 10:02pm
  • 8:02am – 8:53am 50m
  • 9:05am – 9:14am 8m
  • 10:32am – 10:38am 5m
  • 2:07pm – 6:26pm 4h 18m
  • 6:47pm – 7:05pm 18m
  • 7:50pm – 7:56pm 5m
  • 8:22pm – 8:35pm 12m

Broke down on 27 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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

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