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Pixar Pal-A-Round – Non-Swinging

De rustige Pixar Pal-A-Round-variant met vaste gondels, 45,7 meter hoog boven Pixar Pier en zonder minimumlengte.

Pixar Pal-A-Round - Non-Swinging gebruikt hetzelfde grote wiel als de swinging-variant, maar de gondel blijft op een vaste positie hangen. Daardoor draait de rit vooral om uitzicht over Disney California Adventure, Paradise Bay en de Pixar Pier-lijn, zonder het glijdende effect van de binnenste gondels.

Normal 16 min
Average 18 min
Highest measurement 60 min Measured at 24-07 16:50
Type Ride
Category Ferris Wheel
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Coaster profile

Classification

Scale low
Opened as Pixar Pal-A-Round 2018-06-23
Original opening as Sun Wheel 2001-02-08
Former names Sun Wheel; Mickey's Fun Wheel
Ride type Eccentric wheel / fixed gondola Ferris wheel
Height 150.0 ft (45.7 m)
Gondolas 24 total; 8 fixed
Riders per gondola 8
Duration about 9 minutes
Minimum height None

Tracks

Height 150.0 ft (45.7 m)
Ride duration 9:00

Trains

Arrangement Acht vaste gondels hangen aan de buitenrand van het 24-gondel Intamin-wiel. Elke gondel kan 8 passagiers meenemen en blijft steady op de velg terwijl het wiel draait.
Trains 8
Cars per train 1
Riders per train 8

Notes

De officiële Disneyland Resort-pagina noemt Pixar Pier, Any Height, 150 ft hoogte, vaste gondels en Disney- en Pixar-personages op de gondels. D23 vermeldt opening als Pixar Pal-A-Round op 23 juni 2018 en 24 Pixar-gondels. Wikipedia vermeldt 24 gondels, waarvan 8 vaste gondels, 8 passagiers per gondel en 9 minuten ritduur. Coasterpedia vermeldt Intamin en Coaster Wheel.

Theming

De vaste gondels gebruiken dezelfde Pixar Pal-A-Round-beeldtaal als de swinging-variant, maar richten de ervaring op uitzicht over Pixar Pier, Paradise Bay en Disney California Adventure.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now 15 min
Normal 16 min
Average 18 min
Highest measurement 60 min Measured at 24-07 16:50
Measurements 7084
Outage measurements 25
Avg. outage duration 15 min
Often busy 18:00 25 min average
Often quiet 08:00 5 min average
Reliability High 7401 measurements, 12 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.

Wait times

7084 measurements

0 min 15 min 30 min 45 min 60 min
Min
5 min
Q1
10 min
Median
15 min
Q3
25 min
Max
60 min

Typical wait time: around 15 min.

It usually falls between 10 min and 25 min.

See more than 25 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 10 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

10 outages

0 min 20 min 40 min 60 min 80 min
Min
5 min
Q1
5 min
Median
6 min
Q3
15 min
Max
63 min

On average, an outage lasts about 6 min.

In three out of four cases, the attraction reopens within 15 min.

If it takes longer, expect extra waiting time.

Outages per day

6 days

0 1 2
Min
1
Q1
1
Median
2
Q3
2
Max
2

On days with outages, we see an average of 2 per day.

That usually falls between 1 and 2.

On quiet days it was 1, on busy days up to 2.

Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Expected Historical
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 10 min 20 min 30 min 08:00 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 20:00 22:00