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

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

13min

Tue, Oct 7

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–20 min

Low 9:59am · high 1:05pm

Typical Tuesday

13 min

Right on a usual day

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Tuesday, Oct 7 vs a typical Tuesday

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

Average

13 min

Lowest

10 min 9:59am

Highest

20 min 1:05pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 10am, and Wed runs about 3 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm
Mon 10 11 15 12 16 20 12 13 13 10 10
Tue 10 10 · 17 13 15 10 15 13 10 10
Wed 10 10 10 12 10 18 · 10 10 10 ·
Thu 10 10 · 18 15 13 · 10 10 10 ·
Fri 10 10 10 20 10 10 · 10 10 10 ·
Sat 10 10 10 10 22 10 13 12 21 18 15
Sun 10 10 · 10 11 5 16 23 10 17 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 once for 6m in total

9:59am Running Down 6:03pm
  • 12:46pm – 12:53pm 6m

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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