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Pteranodon Flyers Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

40min

Sat, Aug 9

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–60 min

Low 11:11am · high 12:14pm

Typical Saturday

28 min

12 min busier that day

Pteranodon Flyers Photo: Universal

Little adventurers can take flight beneath the wings of a Pteranodon, gently soaring through the air in a comfy seat suspended from a track above.

Universal Islands of Adventure
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Saturday, Aug 9 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

40 min

Lowest

10 min 11:11am

Highest

60 min 12:14pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 8am, and Fri runs about 44 min shorter than Tue.

Average standby each hour, day by day

12am 2am 4am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · · · 8 14 26 37 37 40 35 38 32 35 27 31 19 15 · ·
Tue · · 665 7 17 27 33 41 38 38 34 35 36 26 23 27 17 · ·
Wed 5 150 · 9 17 25 32 37 41 32 36 30 27 36 25 27 14 · ·
Thu · · · 8 17 27 40 38 39 43 46 30 35 31 35 28 15 · ·
Fri · · · 7 13 25 30 33 33 42 32 47 33 30 29 21 15 · 10
Sat · · · 8 15 32 33 43 37 37 34 27 36 33 32 22 22 23 20
Sun · · · 7 18 27 36 31 32 32 37 31 36 26 26 26 13 · ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

32 min

Lowest

5 min May 13

Highest

61 min Dec 29

Average

33 min

Lowest

16 min Sep 13

Highest

60 min Feb 22

Average

31 min

Lowest

5 min May 2026

Highest

60 min Apr 2026

Average

36 min

Lowest

31 min 2026

Highest

40 min 2024

Ride status

Down 3 times for 3h 2m in total

8:49am Running Down 9:02pm
  • 8:49am – 11:11am 2h 21m
  • 3:50pm – 4:29pm 39m
  • 6:11pm – 6:14pm 2m

Broke down on 24 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

Wait time data is provided by ThemeParks.wiki. Data may not always be 100% accurate.

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