Jurassic Park River Adventure Wait Times
Average that day
17min
Thu, Oct 16
Hours
Opens 9am
Posted hours
Range
5–35 min
Low 10:19am · high 11:55am
Typical Thursday
18 min
1 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 16 vs a typical Thursday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Thursdays
Average
17 min
Lowest
5 min 10:19am
Highest
35 min 11:55am
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 8pm, and Wed runs about 5 min shorter than Sat.
Average standby each hour, day by day
| 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 10pm | 11pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 5 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 31 | 19 | 19 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 8 | · | · | · | · |
| Tue | 5 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 5 | · | 5 | · |
| Wed | 7 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 15 |
| Thu | 7 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | · | 87 | · |
| Fri | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 5 | · | · |
| Sat | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 20 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 5 | · | · |
| Sun | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 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
Broke down on 15 of the 27 days it ran in the last 30 days.