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Doctor Doom's Fearfall® Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

25min

Thu, Oct 30

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–45 min

Low 9:42am · high 10:38am

Typical Thursday

19 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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Thursday, Oct 30 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

25 min

Lowest

10 min 9:42am

Highest

45 min 10:38am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 8pm, and Tue runs about 4 min shorter than Mon.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 10pm
Mon 9 20 31 31 29 19 20 24 20 23 20 · · ·
Tue 9 21 31 27 16 16 26 18 21 21 15 8 12 ·
Wed 9 19 28 28 27 24 27 22 21 18 22 16 · ·
Thu 9 16 22 21 25 24 19 21 23 24 24 11 15 15
Fri 9 21 24 26 28 20 18 24 28 26 22 22 · ·
Sat 10 19 13 24 21 16 17 15 25 30 24 24 · ·
Sun 11 19 20 22 19 14 19 21 22 22 23 14 17 ·

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 51m in total

8:51am Running Down 8:02pm
  • 8:51am – 9:42am 51m

Broke down on 8 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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