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

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

28min

Wed, Jul 16

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–110 min

Low 9:58am · high 3:11pm

Typical Wednesday

69 min

41 min quieter that day

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Wednesday, Jul 16 vs a typical Wednesday

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

Average

28 min

Lowest

10 min 9:58am

Highest

110 min 3:11pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 8pm, and Mon runs about 54 min shorter than Wed.

Average standby each hour, day by day

12am 1am 2am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon · · · 10 13 16 22 21 17 21 18 18 15 10 8 · ·
Tue · · · 10 13 22 24 23 26 28 21 22 12 10 · · ·
Wed 5 264 563 10 10 18 20 28 28 27 24 13 10 10 10 · ·
Thu · · · 10 13 15 23 31 31 18 24 16 10 5 5 · ·
Fri · · · · 11 13 25 24 24 28 22 16 10 10 9 · ·
Sat · · · 10 9 29 27 32 32 30 24 26 19 10 · 20 10
Sun · · · 11 15 26 34 26 24 20 17 10 15 10 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 2h 17m in total

9:58am Running Down 9:00pm
  • 4:07pm – 5:32pm 1h 24m
  • 6:50pm – 7:44pm 53m

Broke down on 26 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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