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Jurassic Park River Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

24min

Sun, Apr 13

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–45 min

Low 8:49am · high 12:34pm

Average

24 min

That day

Jurassic Park River Adventure Photo: Universal

One minute, you’re gliding along in your raft. The next, you’re face to face with the giant T. rex. Your only escape is to take the pitch-black 85-foot plunge before you.

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Sunday, Apr 13 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

24 min

Lowest

5 min 8:49am

Highest

45 min 12:34pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9am.

Average standby each hour, day by day

12am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm
Mon · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Tue · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Wed · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Thu · · 5 23 30 20 · 8 · 23 10 5 · · ·
Fri · 5 · 20 13 18 17 18 15 13 10 · · · 15
Sat 20 5 · · 18 37 22 10 24 26 20 · 10 5 ·
Sun · 5 · 15 20 40 33 40 20 30 18 · 15 5 ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

11 min

Lowest

5 min Nov 10

Highest

34 min Dec 25

Average

10 min

Lowest

5 min Dec 14

Highest

24 min Dec 28

Average

17 min

Lowest

5 min Mar 2026

Highest

31 min Jul 2025

Average

25 min

Lowest

13 min 2026

Highest

34 min 2022

Ride status

Down 6 times for 1h 54m in total

8:48am Running Down 9:01pm
  • 8:48am – 8:49am 1m
  • 11:14am – 11:24am 9m
  • 12:18pm – 12:34pm 15m
  • 4:32pm – 4:44pm 12m
  • 5:02pm – 5:14pm 12m
  • 6:19pm – 7:24pm 1h 5m

Broke down on 23 of the 29 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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

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