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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

8min

Fri, Apr 17

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

5–20 min

Low 8:29am · high 2:01pm

Typical Friday

21 min

13 min quieter that day

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish™ Photo: Universal

Dr. Seuss' delightful book comes to life. Fly low and high, spinning and swooping. You'll pass an array of fountains that squirt in time to a musical rhyme.

Universal Islands of Adventure
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Friday, Apr 17 vs a typical Friday

Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Fridays

Average

8 min

Lowest

5 min 8:29am

Highest

20 min 2:01pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 10pm, and Sun runs about 6 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 20 29 30 26 23 19 23 18 17 13 16 8 · 5
Tue 5 19 32 33 30 29 24 22 21 19 19 12 11 8 ·
Wed 5 20 26 32 32 22 29 29 21 21 18 14 19 · ·
Thu 6 22 25 36 27 24 24 21 21 19 15 17 9 8 ·
Fri 5 16 25 28 32 24 22 21 21 21 18 13 12 · ·
Sat 5 16 28 28 30 27 23 21 21 19 18 16 10 15 5
Sun 5 9 24 23 26 24 16 20 20 18 11 8 5 · ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

16 min

Lowest

5 min Nov 18

Highest

40 min Jan 17

Average

16 min

Lowest

5 min Nov 1

Highest

33 min Feb 15

Average

18 min

Lowest

5 min Nov 2026

Highest

27 min Dec 2025

Average

21 min

Lowest

19 min 2026

Highest

22 min 2022

Ride status

Down 4 times for 1h 4m in total

7:58am Running Down 1:09pm
  • 7:58am – 8:29am 30m
  • 11:30am – 11:43am 13m
  • 11:46am – 11:54am 7m
  • 12:55pm – 1:09pm 14m

Broke down on 11 of the 28 days it ran in the last 30 days.

Lightning Lane returns

Wait time data is provided by ThemeParks.wiki. Data may not always be 100% accurate.

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