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

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

9min

Mon, Oct 12

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

5–15 min

Low 10:00am · high 5:09pm

Typical Monday

10 min

1 min quieter that day

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

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Monday, Oct 12 vs a typical Monday

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

Average

9 min

Lowest

5 min 10:00am

Highest

15 min 5:09pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8pm and 10pm, and Tue runs about 6 min shorter than Sun.

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 10pm
Mon 5 5 16 12 15 15 7 · 11 9 8 · ·
Tue 8 8 5 · 14 · 8 8 6 5 · 5 5
Wed 7 6 10 10 15 6 15 5 7 13 5 · ·
Thu 5 6 5 15 15 12 · 8 · 5 8 · ·
Fri 5 6 20 · 5 16 8 14 8 7 8 · ·
Sat 5 6 15 15 14 8 13 14 16 11 · · ·
Sun 7 7 15 15 11 28 12 15 · 11 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

17 min

Lowest

8 min Jan 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

10:00am Running Down 6:03pm

Broke down on 19 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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