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Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges® Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

14min

Tue, May 20

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

5–25 min

Low 6:56pm · high 1:31pm

Typical Tuesday

19 min

5 min quieter that day

Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges® Photo: Universal

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Tuesday, May 20 vs a typical Tuesday

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

Average

14 min

Lowest

5 min 6:56pm

Highest

25 min 1:31pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 10am, and Sun runs about 154 min shorter than Wed.

Average standby each hour, day by day

2am 6am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · · · 10 10 23 20 21 28 28 15 11 5 · · · ·
Tue · · 10 10 15 27 22 27 25 28 15 8 · · · · ·
Wed 995 995 10 11 10 25 20 19 48 30 17 35 5 · · · ·
Thu · · · 11 20 33 46 33 60 38 25 23 · 10 · · ·
Fri · · 10 13 20 27 22 43 · 25 28 25 24 18 23 33 20
Sat · · 10 11 · 30 34 40 39 31 32 20 20 10 20 10 ·
Sun · · 10 10 25 15 21 21 25 15 13 15 · · · · ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

12 min

Lowest

5 min Jan 2

Highest

503 min Nov 4

Average

9 min

Lowest

5 min Jan 4

Highest

31 min Jun 28

Average

16 min

Lowest

7 min Nov 2026

Highest

42 min May 2025

Average

22 min

Lowest

15 min 2026

Highest

24 min 2024

Ride status

Ran all day with no breakdowns

10:03am Running Down 7:06pm

Broke down on 14 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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

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