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Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging

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

Pixar Pal-A-Round - Swinging lijkt van buiten een klassiek reuzenrad, maar de binnenste gondels bewegen over rails terwijl het wiel draait. Daardoor glijdt de gondel onverwacht naar voren en achteren, met groot uitzicht over Pixar Pier en een verrassend wiegende rit die feller aanvoelt dan de vaste gondels.

Normal 20 min
Average 21 min
Highest measurement 60 min Measured at 27-07 19:27
Type Ride
Category Ferris Wheel
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Coaster profile

Classification

Scale moderate
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 / swinging Ferris wheel
Height 150.0 ft (45.7 m)
Gondolas 24 total; 16 sliding
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 Zestien schuivende gondels rijden op binnenrails in het 24-gondel Intamin-wiel. Elke gondel kan 8 passagiers meenemen en beweegt naar voren en achteren terwijl het wiel draait.
Trains 16
Cars per train 1
Riders per train 8

Notes

De officiële Disneyland Resort-pagina noemt Pixar Pier, Any Height, 150 ft hoogte en gondels die op binnenrails naar voren en achteren schuiven. D23 vermeldt opening als Pixar Pal-A-Round op 23 juni 2018 en 24 Pixar-gondels. Wikipedia vermeldt 24 gondels, waarvan 16 schuivend en 8 vast, 8 passagiers per gondel en 9 minuten ritduur. Coasterpedia vermeldt Intamin en Coaster Wheel.

Theming

De swinging-gondels combineren Pixar-portretten met de klassieke Wonder Wheel-mechaniek: het uitzicht blijft hetzelfde, maar de binnenrails geven de rit zijn onverwachte glij- en schommelmomenten.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now Closed
Normal 20 min
Average 21 min
Highest measurement 60 min Measured at 27-07 19:27
Measurements 5997
Outage measurements 32
Avg. outage duration 19 min
Often busy 15:00 30 min average
Often quiet 08:00 5 min average
Reliability High 6321 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

5997 measurements

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

Typical wait time: around 20 min.

It usually falls between 15 min and 30 min.

See more than 30 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 15 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

10 outages

0 min 25 min 50 min 75 min 100 min
Min
5 min
Q1
5 min
Median
11 min
Q3
20 min
Max
88 min

On average, an outage lasts about 11 min.

In three out of four cases, the attraction reopens within 20 min.

If it takes longer, expect extra waiting time.

Outages per day

5 days

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

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

That usually falls between 2 and 2.

On quiet days it was 2, 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