Jurassic Park River Adventure Wait Times
Average that day
41min
Thu, Apr 17
Hours
Opens 9am
Posted hours
Range
5–75 min
Low 8:51am · high 2:18pm
Typical Thursday
16 min
25 min busier that day
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.
Thursday, Apr 17 vs a typical Thursday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Thursdays
Average
41 min
Lowest
5 min 8:51am
Highest
75 min 2:18pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 8pm, and Fri runs about 19 min shorter than Tue.
Average standby each hour, day by day
| 12am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | · | 5 | · | 13 | 43 | 27 | 33 | 39 | 47 | 29 | 28 | 31 | 13 | 5 | · |
| Tue | · | · | 8 | 28 | 47 | 46 | 55 | 49 | 45 | 46 | 26 | 15 | 5 | · | · |
| Wed | · | 10 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 59 | 31 | 62 | 50 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 28 | 8 | · |
| Thu | · | 5 | 5 | 20 | 36 | 34 | 48 | 38 | 40 | 39 | 25 | 15 | 17 | · | · |
| 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 3 times for 35m in total
- 10:22am – 10:31am 9m
- 11:25am – 11:36am 10m
- 11:56am – 12:13pm 16m
Broke down on 25 of the 29 days it ran in the last 30 days.