Jurassic Park River Adventure Wait Times
Average that day
8min
Thu, Sep 4
Hours
Opens 9am
Posted hours
Range
5–15 min
Low 10:06am · high 12:10pm
Typical Thursday
17 min
9 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, Sep 4 vs a typical Thursday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Thursdays
Average
8 min
Lowest
5 min 10:06am
Highest
15 min 12:10pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 10pm, and Thu runs about 10 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 5 | 13 | 21 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 5 | · |
| Tue | 8 | 6 | 20 | 30 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | · |
| Wed | 6 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 20 | 27 | 40 | 53 | 40 | 14 | 55 | 14 | 7 | 28 | · |
| Thu | 18 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 5 | · |
| Fri | 6 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 30 | 23 | 28 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 5 | · |
| Sat | 5 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 29 | 41 | 32 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Sun | 6 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 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
Down twice for 5m in total
- 3:33pm – 3:38pm 4m
- 3:55pm – 3:56pm 1m
Broke down on 22 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.