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Radiator Springs Racers Wait Times

Disneyland Resort · Disney California Adventure Park

Average that day

69min

Thu, Oct 2

Hours

8am–6pm

Special ticketed event 6pm–11pm

Range

5–100 min

Low 8:01am · high 2:26pm

Typical Thursday

71 min

2 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, Oct 2 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

69 min

Lowest

5 min 8:01am

Highest

100 min 2:26pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9pm and 10pm, and Sun runs about 25 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon 94 84 74 81 85 102 107 100 92 101 95 96 90 72 60
Tue 87 85 90 81 88 92 90 80 104 103 93 92 80 58 50
Wed 108 89 84 85 89 85 79 88 95 83 86 90 93 65 ·
Thu 84 67 75 71 73 73 74 69 78 65 66 57 63 57 41
Fri 99 84 76 77 90 71 78 71 75 89 84 101 109 84 ·
Sat 78 60 75 89 105 94 89 114 116 108 83 94 104 75 ·
Sun 76 69 69 67 80 74 68 76 86 72 52 58 57 45 46

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

79 min

Lowest

40 min Sep 11

Highest

140 min Dec 29

Average

79 min

Lowest

43 min Nov 1

Highest

126 min Dec 28

Average

77 min

Lowest

43 min Nov 2026

Highest

94 min Apr 2026

Average

77 min

Lowest

73 min 2024

Highest

80 min 2022

Ride status

Down 6 times for 2h 16m in total

8:01am Running Down 11:02pm
  • 9:10am – 9:17am 6m
  • 11:46am – 12:01pm 15m
  • 2:29pm – 2:31pm 2m
  • 3:22pm – 3:34pm 11m
  • 3:40pm – 3:49pm 9m
  • 3:52pm – 5:25pm 1h 33m

Broke down on 7 of the 8 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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