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Doctor Doom's Fearfall® Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

23min

Sun, Sep 28

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–45 min

Low 3:13pm · high 11:21am

Typical Sunday

17 min

6 min busier that day

Doctor Doom's Fearfall® Photo: Universal

Doctor Doom has strapped you in. Now he's going to rocket you skyward 185 feet into the air, then hurl you back down faster than the force of gravity itself!

Universal Islands of Adventure
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Sunday, Sep 28 vs a typical Sunday

Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Sundays

Average

23 min

Lowest

10 min 3:13pm

Highest

45 min 11:21am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9pm, and Sat runs about 4 min shorter than Fri.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon 9 26 27 25 28 18 18 22 19 15 19 17 18 · ·
Tue 10 23 33 22 15 16 20 22 17 13 19 30 14 · ·
Wed 10 28 31 28 20 21 19 16 19 16 18 15 11 13 20
Thu 10 21 25 24 24 25 17 16 18 21 14 11 13 10 13
Fri 10 23 26 24 20 16 15 25 23 27 21 17 16 · ·
Sat 9 21 20 23 17 11 9 12 14 18 16 23 21 10 ·
Sun 10 24 21 22 19 17 13 14 16 22 21 13 15 15 ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

19 min

Lowest

5 min Sep 4

Highest

49 min Mar 17

Average

18 min

Lowest

8 min Aug 30

Highest

32 min Feb 15

Average

20 min

Lowest

8 min Nov 2026

Highest

25 min Jan 2026

Average

20 min

Lowest

18 min 2023

Highest

21 min 2025

Ride status

Down once for 1h in total

8:54am Running Down 8:02pm
  • 2:13pm – 3:13pm 1h

Broke down on 12 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

Lightning Lane returns

Paid returns

Wait time data is provided by ThemeParks.wiki. Data may not always be 100% accurate.

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