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Pteranodon Flyers Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

26min

Sun, Aug 17

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–45 min

Low 8:35pm · high 11:11am

Typical Sunday

27 min

1 min quieter 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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Sunday, Aug 17 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

26 min

Lowest

5 min 8:35pm

Highest

45 min 11:11am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 11pm, and Sun runs about 44 min shorter than Tue.

Average standby each hour, day by day

4am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · 8 15 27 36 40 36 37 38 31 38 25 30 21 15 · ·
Tue 665 7 18 26 34 39 37 40 35 33 36 26 22 26 17 · ·
Wed · 9 19 26 30 38 41 32 36 32 26 36 25 27 14 · ·
Thu · 8 16 27 39 38 38 43 45 29 35 30 35 28 18 · ·
Fri · 7 14 25 31 36 33 42 34 47 33 32 31 24 15 · 10
Sat · 7 15 30 34 42 36 36 35 27 36 32 32 24 23 23 20
Sun · 6 19 29 37 33 36 30 34 31 35 23 27 22 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 5 times for 4h 21m in total

9:03am Running Down 9:02pm
  • 1:08pm – 3:19pm 2h 11m
  • 4:02pm – 4:28pm 25m
  • 5:09pm – 5:39pm 29m
  • 7:24pm – 8:33pm 1h 8m
  • 8:41pm – 8:50pm 8m

Broke down on 23 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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