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C-Ticket · standard attractionCPirates of the Caribbean

Magic Kingdom · Adventureland · C-Ticket · standard attraction
Magic Kingdom: Closed · Opens Thu 8:30 AM · Early Entry

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Park closed
since 10:00 PM today · Magic Kingdom is closed · Opens Thu 8:30 AM · Early Entry

Ride specifications

95.0% Reliability

Operating 95.0% of standard park hours across 64 days (20,220 of 21,292 readings). Early entry and after-hours events are excluded; scheduled refurbishment does not count against it.

Type
Dark ride (boat)
Manufacturer
Walt Disney Imagineering
Opened
1973
Ride time
8:30
Music
Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)

Specifications from Wikipedia. Fields we could not source are omitted rather than guessed.

Best time to go typical wait by hour in normal park hours · 15378 readings over 64 days

8amShortest waits · ~5 min
12pmLongest waits · ~26 min
17 minTypical overall

Pirates of the Caribbean is a dark ride (boat) at Magic Kingdom that opened in 1973, built by Walt Disney Imagineering. It runs 8:30. Across 15,378 standby readings over 64 days of operation, the typical posted wait is 17 minutes, ranging from about 5 minutes around 8am to 26 minutes at 12pm. It has been operating 95.0% of standard park hours across 64 days of readings.

Recorded & projected wait times

Solid line: the wait that was posted. Dashed line: our single best estimate of what comes next. Projections run seven days ahead.

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Common questions

What is the average wait for Pirates of the Caribbean?

The typical posted standby wait is about 17 minutes, measured from 15,378 readings over 64 days of operation.

What is the best time of day to ride Pirates of the Caribbean?

8am has the shortest average wait on record, around 5 minutes. The worst hour is 12pm at about 26 minutes.

How long is Pirates of the Caribbean?

The ride itself runs about 8:30.

Does Pirates of the Caribbean break down often?

It has been open 95.0% of standard park hours across 64 days of readings. That figure counts every closure inside published hours except planned refurbishment.

Where is Pirates of the Caribbean?

Pirates of the Caribbean is at Magic Kingdom in Adventureland.

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