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

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

10min

Fri, Sep 12

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–10 min

Low 10:17am · high 10:17am

Typical Friday

24 min

14 min quieter that day

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

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Universal Islands of Adventure
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Friday, Sep 12 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

10 min

Lowest

10 min 10:17am

Highest

10 min 10:17am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 8pm, and Thu runs about 10 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 96 23 16 29 18 18 25 10 13 · ·
Tue 10 10 19 26 25 17 10 12 14 10 10 10 ·
Wed 10 10 18 20 20 30 48 13 10 10 13 · ·
Thu 10 10 · 18 14 15 15 13 13 17 15 · ·
Fri 10 10 15 29 34 16 35 23 20 17 15 10 80
Sat 10 10 18 27 25 18 23 22 29 15 13 5 ·
Sun 10 10 25 24 17 20 23 22 8 18 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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

10:17am Running Down 7:07pm

Broke down on 23 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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