Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is again drawing attention for the wrong reason at Walt Disney World Resort. A September 30 report says the marquee Star Wars attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios experienced 93 closures over a one-month tracking period, a figure that puts renewed focus on the ride’s reliability and what repeated downtime can mean for guests trying to plan a park day.
The number is striking, but it needs context. Disney has not publicly confirmed the 93-closure tally or identified a single cause behind those reported interruptions. The company’s official attraction page does, however, describe Rise of the Resistance as a “massive attraction with multiple ride systems,” while Disney’s Lightning Lane information warns that attractions can change or close without notice.
Disney World Ride Closures Put Rise of the Resistance Back Under Scrutiny
Rise of the Resistance is not a conventional roller coaster or dark ride. Disney says the attraction uses multiple ride systems to move guests through a large-scale experience involving a Resistance mission, capture aboard a First Order Star Destroyer, and an escape featuring characters including Rey, BB-8, and Kylo Ren.
That complexity has long been part of the attraction’s appeal—and part of the conversation around its downtime. Inside the Magic has previously documented recurring operational problems, including a March 2026 stretch when the attraction failed to open with the rest of Disney’s Hollywood Studios on three consecutive days.
Earlier coverage has also chronicled evacuations and temporary shutdowns dating back years. Those incidents do not establish why any particular September 2026 closure occurred, but they show that reliability concerns surrounding Rise of the Resistance are not new.
What 93 Reported Closures Actually Means for Disney Guests
A closure count is not the same thing as 93 full-day shutdowns. An attraction can stop accepting guests, reopen, and later go unavailable again during the same operating day. Without Disney releasing detailed maintenance logs, the duration and technical cause of each reported September interruption remain unknown.
That distinction matters. The available evidence supports describing Rise of the Resistance as experiencing repeated downtime; it does not support declaring that Walt Disney World’s infrastructure is “collapsing” or that the ride is unsafe.
Still, intermittent downtime can create a real planning problem. Rise of the Resistance remains one of the signature attractions at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney currently lists it among the park’s Lightning Lane Single Pass experiences. Guests who build their schedule around the attraction may have to adjust quickly when its operating status changes.
Rise of the Resistance Is Built Around Unusual Complexity
Disney itself emphasizes the attraction’s scale. Unlike a simpler ride system that moves guests through one continuous mechanism, Rise of the Resistance combines several distinct portions into one experience. That gives the attraction its cinematic scope, but it also means guests are relying on a complicated sequence of systems to remain operational.
Inside the Magic previously identified Rise of the Resistance among Walt Disney World attractions with a reputation for breakdowns, citing the ride’s combination of a walk-through experience, trackless vehicles, simulator elements, and a drop sequence.
The attraction’s history reinforces the point. Rise of the Resistance opened at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in December 2019 and encountered technical difficulties on opening day. More than six years later, the attraction remains a major part of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge—and its interruptions remain unusually visible because so many guests prioritize it.
A Closure Can Reshape an Entire Hollywood Studios Day
The immediate consequence is less dramatic than a “useless” park ticket, but it can still be significant. Disney’s Hollywood Studios currently offers numerous rides and entertainment options beyond Rise of the Resistance, including Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, Slinky Dog Dash, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, and The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.
But losing access to a priority attraction can force guests to reshuffle dining plans, Lightning Lane selections, or the order in which they tour the park. A temporary closure can also redirect demand toward other headliners, although the precise crowd impact of the reported September incidents has not been established.
Disney advises guests to check the My Disney Experience app for current attraction information. Its Lightning Lane guidance also directs visitors to current information while warning that attraction availability is subject to change.
The Bigger Question Is Whether Reliability Improves
The reported 93 closures add another data point to a years-long reliability story surrounding one of Walt Disney World’s most technologically ambitious attractions. They do not, by themselves, prove a resort-wide maintenance crisis, and Disney has not announced a major refurbishment or permanent operational change for Rise of the Resistance tied to this report.
For guests, that makes the next step practical rather than speculative: monitor the attraction’s status on the day of a visit and keep enough flexibility in the itinerary to move another experience forward if Rise temporarily goes down.
The larger question now is whether the frequency of interruptions changes. Unless Disney releases maintenance details, the causes behind individual closures will remain unclear. But if repeated downtime continues, Rise of the Resistance’s reliability—not its ambition—may increasingly shape how guests decide when, and how, to experience one of Disney’s most elaborate rides.
