Jurassic Park River Adventure Wait Times
Average that day
8min
Thu, May 1
Hours
Opens 9am
Posted hours
Range
5–15 min
Low 9:06am · high 12:46pm
Typical Thursday
25 min
17 min quieter 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, May 1 vs a typical Thursday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Thursdays
Average
8 min
Lowest
5 min 9:06am
Highest
15 min 12:46pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 8am, and Sun runs about 6 min shorter than Wed.
Average standby each hour, day by day
| 12am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | 11pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | · | · | 5 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 20 | · |
| Tue | · | · | 5 | 8 | 20 | 33 | 30 | 45 | 39 | 26 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 5 | · | · | · | · |
| Wed | · | · | 8 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 35 | 25 | 48 | 43 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 28 | 8 | · | · | · |
| Thu | · | · | 5 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 31 | 45 | 29 | 37 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 17 | · | · | · | · |
| Fri | · | 5 | 7 | · | 26 | 22 | 36 | 28 | 38 | 30 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 27 |
| Sat | 13 | · | 5 | 10 | 22 | 18 | 39 | 38 | 33 | 38 | 45 | 34 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | · | · |
| Sun | · | · | 7 | · | 17 | 22 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 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 once for 8m in total
- 9:11am – 9:20am 8m
Broke down on 29 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.