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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 5 min
Average 16 min
Highest measurement 60 min Measured at 23-09 19:13
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 5 min
Normal 5 min
Average 16 min
Highest measurement 60 min Measured at 23-09 19:13
Measurements 12899
Outage measurements 188
Avg. outage duration 32 min
Often busy 19:00 28 min average
Often quiet 08:00 5 min average
Reliability High 13199 measurements, 14 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

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

Wait times

12899 measurements

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

Typical wait time: around 15 min.

It usually falls between 10 min and 20 min.

See more than 20 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

31 outages

0 min 30 min 60 min 90 min 120 min
Min
3 min
Q1
5 min
Median
6 min
Q3
21 min
Max
108 min

Outages usually last about 6 min.

Some are over quickly (sometimes within 5 min), others take longer (up to 21 min). That varies per outage.

Already longer than 21 min? The attraction may stay closed a while longer.

Outages per day

16 days

0 1 2 3 4
Min
1
Q1
2
Median
2
Q3
2
Max
4

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

That usually falls between 2 and 2.

On quiet days it was 1, on busy days up to 4.

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