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

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

26min

Thu, May 29

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

15–45 min

Low 12:27pm · high 2:35pm

Typical Thursday

29 min

3 min quieter that day

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

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Thursday, May 29 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

26 min

Lowest

15 min 12:27pm

Highest

45 min 2:35pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 10am, and Mon runs about 172 min shorter than Wed.

Average standby each hour, day by day

1am 2am 6am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · · · 10 12 17 24 23 20 30 30 17 11 5 · · · ·
Tue · · · 10 13 25 28 27 34 30 31 17 8 · · · · ·
Wed 438 995 995 10 11 18 24 26 23 38 30 17 23 8 · · · ·
Thu · · · · 13 20 27 36 39 45 36 20 23 · 10 · · ·
Fri · · · 10 12 18 27 24 36 · 28 25 25 24 18 23 33 20
Sat · · · 10 11 40 31 34 41 39 30 34 21 18 10 20 10 ·
Sun · · · 10 12 33 22 27 25 25 25 13 15 · 10 · · ·

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

Down twice for 1h 34m in total

10:06am Running Down 8:04pm
  • 10:06am – 10:21am 15m
  • 6:44pm – 8:04pm 1h 19m

Broke down on 16 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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