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

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

17min

Sat, Aug 16

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–25 min

Low 10:47am · high 1:15pm

Typical Saturday

20 min

3 min quieter that day

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Universal Islands of Adventure
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Saturday, Aug 16 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

17 min

Lowest

10 min 10:47am

Highest

25 min 1:15pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 8pm, and Thu runs about 9 min shorter than Mon.

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm
Mon 10 10 112 22 16 25 17 20 19 10 13 5 ·
Tue 10 11 16 27 25 15 25 16 18 13 10 10 ·
Wed 10 10 23 24 31 32 39 23 12 10 13 10 ·
Thu 10 11 15 22 24 19 15 16 12 13 10 5 ·
Fri · 10 15 25 28 16 24 19 22 17 13 9 80
Sat 10 9 24 32 27 28 26 22 24 16 8 5 ·
Sun 10 13 23 30 19 23 23 14 9 15 8 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 5 times for 2h 16m in total

10:05am Running Down 8:02pm
  • 10:05am – 10:47am 42m
  • 3:16pm – 3:37pm 20m
  • 5:25pm – 5:38pm 12m
  • 6:05pm – 6:46pm 40m
  • 7:40pm – 8:02pm 22m

Broke down on 26 of the 30 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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