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Jurassic Park River Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

28min

Mon, Apr 21

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–55 min

Low 9:22am · high 11:54am

Typical Monday

26 min

2 min busier 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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Monday, Apr 21 vs a typical Monday

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

Average

28 min

Lowest

5 min 9:22am

Highest

55 min 11:54am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 8pm, and Sun runs about 13 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 5 14 43 34 39 39 47 20 21 23 10 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 · 23 20 35 27 40 34 26 21 22 22 5 15
Sat 20 5 15 33 18 40 37 10 35 51 33 45 14 9 5
Sun · 8 · 17 28 34 33 34 20 19 18 17 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 5 times for 1h 13m in total

9:02am Running Down 9:06pm
  • 9:02am – 9:22am 20m
  • 10:19am – 10:29am 9m
  • 11:06am – 11:15am 8m
  • 6:05pm – 6:19pm 14m
  • 6:31pm – 6:54pm 22m

Broke down on 25 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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