Jurassic Park River Adventure Wait Times
Average that day
34min
Thu, Dec 25
Hours
Opens 8am
Posted hours
Range
5–60 min
Low 9:15am · high 12:19pm
Typical Thursday
8 min
26 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, Dec 25 vs a typical Thursday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Thursdays
Average
34 min
Lowest
5 min 9:15am
Highest
60 min 12:19pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 7pm, and Sun runs about 5 min shorter than Thu.
Average standby each hour, day by day
| 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | · | 8 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 5 | · | · | · | · | 5 |
| Tue | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | · | · |
| Wed | · | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | · | · |
| Thu | · | 5 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 18 | · | · | 5 | · | · | · |
| Fri | · | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | · | 15 |
| Sat | · | · | 6 | · | 19 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 5 | · |
| Sun | · | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | · | 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 3m in total
- 4:45pm – 4:49pm 3m
Broke down on 23 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.