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Doctor Doom's Fearfall® Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

24min

Thu, Oct 2

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–40 min

Low 8:51am · high 11:41am

Typical Thursday

18 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!

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Thursday, Oct 2 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

24 min

Lowest

10 min 8:51am

Highest

40 min 11:41am

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 26 25 27 17 18 20 18 15 19 17 18 · ·
Tue 10 22 32 23 14 15 20 20 18 15 18 30 14 · ·
Wed 10 26 32 28 20 20 20 17 19 17 17 16 11 · ·
Thu 10 20 25 26 25 24 17 18 18 23 16 13 13 10 13
Fri 10 24 27 27 20 17 14 28 23 27 21 17 16 · ·
Sat 9 21 19 22 18 13 9 12 15 19 16 25 22 · ·
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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

8:51am Running Down 8:04pm

Broke down on 10 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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