Rope-Drop Downtime Figures Name Figment, Slinky Dog, PeopleMover
Published August 29, 2026 · Updated September 30, 2026
Correction (August 29, 2026): An earlier version of this story described these as attractions closed at rope drop on a specific day across three parks. The figures are weekly downtime rates for August 18–24, 2026, and no park-wide closures were reported. The story below has been rewritten.
Journey Into Imagination With Figment, Slinky Dog Dash and the PeopleMover posted the highest rope-drop downtime rates at Walt Disney World for the week of August 18–24, 2026, according to published downtime tracking reported Friday, August 28. Figment was unavailable 27 percent of the time in the park-opening window, Slinky Dog Dash 23 percent and the PeopleMover 19 percent, while Animal Kingdom logged no early-morning downtime on any attraction for the full week.
As of Saturday, August 29, 2026, the numbers are a third party’s weekly tracking rather than a Disney statement. They measure how often a ride was down when the parks opened over seven days — not a closure on any single morning.
What we know
- PeopleMover (Tomorrowland, Magic Kingdom) — 19% rope-drop downtime, August 18–24
- Big Thunder Mountain (Frontierland, Magic Kingdom) — 16%
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom) — 15%
- “it’s a small world” (Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom) — 14%
- Pirates of the Caribbean (Adventureland, Magic Kingdom) — 13%
- Tiana’s Bayou Adventure (Frontierland, Magic Kingdom) — 11%
- Journey Into Imagination With Figment (World Celebration, EPCOT) — 27%, the highest of any attraction
- Spaceship Earth (EPCOT) — 18%
- Frozen Ever After (Norway pavilion, World Showcase, EPCOT) — 14%
- Test Track (World Discovery, EPCOT) — 12%
- Slinky Dog Dash (Toy Story Land, Hollywood Studios) — 23%
- Rise of the Resistance (Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Hollywood Studios) — 15%
- Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway (Hollywood Studios) — 12%
- Animal Kingdom — no rope-drop downtime reported on any attraction for the full week
What’s not confirmed
Disney has not commented on the figures. They come from one third party’s tracking covering a single week, and the coverage available did not say how downtime was measured or how long each outage lasted. No cause was given for any attraction, and nothing in the figures points to a refurbishment or an extended closure.
What it means for your trip
- If your first ride of the day is Figment, Slinky Dog Dash or the PeopleMover, walk in with a named backup. Those three were the ones most likely to be down at open in this stretch, and the list shows older dark rides and newer E-tickets both get early-morning snags.
- Check live ride status on your phone before you commit your walk. At rope drop, the cost of a closed headliner isn’t the ride — it’s the 15 minutes you spend crossing the park to find out.
- If a Lightning Lane Single Pass ride is down when you arrive, don’t panic-buy. A ride that opens late often runs a lighter standby wait for its first hour.
- Lightning Lane Multi Pass return windows are usually honored flexibly when an attraction goes down during your window — ask a Cast Member at the entrance rather than assuming the selection is lost.
- Animal Kingdom’s clean week is the exception, not something to count on. SupaPark’s live status alerts flag the moment a ride goes down or comes back, so you can reroute instead of finding out at the queue entrance.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are these rides closed?
No. The figures are the share of the rope-drop window each ride was unavailable over one week; every ride on the list operated during August 18–24.
Did Animal Kingdom really have zero downtime?
The tracking reported none on any Animal Kingdom attraction for the week. That is one good week, not a guarantee.
Will next week look the same?
Not necessarily. No causes were given, and a ride with a rough week can run clean the next — check live status the morning you visit.
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