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Doctor Doom's Fearfall® Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

10min

Sun, Oct 5

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–20 min

Low 10:24am · high 9:52am

Typical Sunday

18 min

8 min quieter 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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Sunday, Oct 5 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

10 min

Lowest

5 min 10:24am

Highest

20 min 9:52am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9pm, and Sun runs about 5 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 25 27 25 27 17 19 21 21 15 19 17 18 · ·
Tue 10 21 31 21 13 12 23 21 18 16 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 26 26 22 17 15 29 24 27 23 17 16 · ·
Sat 9 20 18 22 18 13 9 12 15 19 16 24 22 · ·
Sun 11 23 19 18 17 17 13 14 13 19 19 14 18 · ·

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 twice for 1h 22m in total

8:51am Running Down 8:07pm
  • 3:34pm – 4:08pm 34m
  • 4:33pm – 5:21pm 48m

Broke down on 13 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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