Jurassic Park River Adventure Wait Times
Average that day
25min
Thu, Sep 11
Hours
Opens 9am
Posted hours
Range
5–180 min
Low 9:17am · high 10:52pm
Typical Thursday
16 min
9 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, Sep 11 vs a typical Thursday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Thursdays
Average
25 min
Lowest
5 min 9:17am
Highest
180 min 10:52pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 9pm, and Tue runs about 7 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 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 35 | 33 | 27 | 29 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 25 | 11 | 5 | · |
| Tue | 8 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 5 | · |
| Wed | 6 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 25 | 37 | 49 | 36 | 14 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 28 | · |
| Thu | 23 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 87 |
| Fri | 6 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 5 | · |
| Sat | 5 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 25 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Sun | 6 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 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 once for 4m in total
- 11:18am – 11:23am 4m
Broke down on 21 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.