Jurassic Park River Adventure Wait Times
Average that day
8min
Thu, Oct 2
Hours
Opens 9am
Posted hours
Range
5–15 min
Low 9:25am · high 11:47am
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, Oct 2 vs a typical Thursday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Thursdays
Average
8 min
Lowest
5 min 9:25am
Highest
15 min 11:47am
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 8pm, and Wed runs about 3 min shorter than Mon.
Average standby each hour, day by day
| 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 10pm | 11pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 5 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 9 | · | · | · | · |
| Tue | 7 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 28 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 5 | · | · | · |
| Wed | 7 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 15 |
| Thu | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | · | 87 | · |
| Fri | 5 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 9 | · | · |
| Sat | 5 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 33 | 23 | 16 | 21 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 5 | · | · |
| Sun | 5 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 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 30m in total
- 8:54am – 9:25am 30m
Broke down on 17 of the 27 days it ran in the last 30 days.