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Radiator Springs Racers Wait Times

Disneyland Resort · Disney California Adventure Park

Average that day

63min

Thu, Jul 3

Hours

8am–10pm

Posted hours

Range

40–95 min

Low 2:03pm · high 8:06am

Typical Thursday

71 min

8 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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Thursday, Jul 3 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

63 min

Lowest

40 min 2:03pm

Highest

95 min 8:06am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 1am and 10pm, and Sun runs about 17 min shorter than Wed.

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 76 18 90 71 64 69 68 68 64 64 69 67 71 81 67 58 56 75
Tue 53 19 93 74 72 79 83 81 78 80 83 78 83 85 74 66 52 94
Wed 63 33 104 90 78 90 88 89 84 83 94 87 85 84 77 77 68 80
Thu 65 29 86 72 69 74 77 72 70 71 75 72 75 72 70 60 66 80
Fri 65 24 85 68 69 64 60 59 61 56 68 68 73 72 81 86 87 99
Sat 81 39 73 65 69 67 67 68 63 74 73 68 61 63 72 60 50 ·
Sun · · 77 58 60 58 67 65 62 67 66 58 62 58 59 65 69 66

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 3 times for 14m in total

8:03am Running Down 10:00pm
  • 11:06am – 11:12am 6m
  • 7:21pm – 7:25pm 4m
  • 9:21pm – 9:25pm 4m

Broke down on 28 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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