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

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

5min

Thu, Jan 15

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–5 min

Low 10:11am · high 10:11am

Typical Thursday

11 min

6 min quieter that day

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

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Universal Islands of Adventure
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Thursday, Jan 15 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

5 min

Lowest

5 min 10:11am

Highest

5 min 10:11am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 6pm and 7pm, and Fri runs about 3 min shorter than Mon.

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm
Mon 10 10 10 20 10 18 9 13 · 10 · ·
Tue 10 9 15 15 10 · · 10 · 10 · ·
Wed 10 9 10 5 13 25 10 · · · 5 ·
Thu 8 9 15 10 · 10 17 18 10 5 · ·
Fri 8 9 5 10 · 10 · 10 10 · 10 ·
Sat 9 8 20 20 18 10 5 · 10 10 · 10
Sun 8 10 · 13 15 13 13 13 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

10:11am Running Down 7:04pm

Broke down on 15 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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