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Jurassic Park River Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

11min

Sun, Aug 24

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–20 min

Low 8:56am · high 12:42pm

Typical Sunday

19 min

8 min quieter 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.

Universal Islands of Adventure
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Lightning Lane
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Sunday, Aug 24 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

11 min

Lowest

5 min 8:56am

Highest

20 min 12:42pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9pm, and Fri runs about 11 min shorter than Wed.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon 5 13 20 39 38 39 30 25 18 23 18 24 13 5 · ·
Tue 8 8 20 28 36 33 28 23 27 14 15 8 10 5 75 57
Wed 5 10 24 34 36 35 47 54 43 15 47 16 10 18 · ·
Thu 18 7 17 29 34 32 24 24 15 10 8 13 15 7 · ·
Fri 7 10 19 29 33 26 27 20 19 15 14 14 8 5 · ·
Sat 5 10 19 40 31 42 33 28 21 23 19 14 11 5 5 ·
Sun 6 9 24 29 28 25 27 24 23 17 20 11 8 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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

8:56am Running Down 10:17pm

Broke down on 26 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

Lightning Lane returns

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

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