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Pteranodon Flyers Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

23min

Sun, Sep 14

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–40 min

Low 9:28am · high 12:57pm

Typical Sunday

27 min

4 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, Sep 14 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

23 min

Lowest

5 min 9:28am

Highest

40 min 12:57pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 2am and 11pm, and Wed runs about 41 min shorter than Tue.

Average standby each hour, day by day

2am 4am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · · 6 16 33 31 40 40 34 50 27 49 28 27 19 18 · ·
Tue 5 665 7 17 23 31 31 34 34 34 33 29 22 23 20 20 · ·
Wed · · 9 17 22 25 36 30 27 30 20 22 28 20 27 17 · ·
Thu · · 8 16 24 29 31 41 36 39 26 26 22 30 21 19 · ·
Fri · · 8 12 22 28 31 29 35 35 30 25 31 32 25 18 · ·
Sat · · 6 17 22 32 37 31 37 33 31 37 37 29 22 24 10 5
Sun · · 6 18 32 33 34 37 31 31 29 33 26 26 19 14 · ·

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 twice for 1h 48m in total

9:04am Running Down 8:06pm
  • 9:04am – 9:28am 24m
  • 2:30pm – 3:54pm 1h 24m

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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