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Pteranodon Flyers Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

36min

Sat, Dec 20

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–60 min

Low 9:29pm · high 10:49am

Typical Saturday

36 min

Right on a usual 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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Hours calendar

Saturday, Dec 20 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

36 min

Lowest

5 min 9:29pm

Highest

60 min 10:49am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9am, and Wed runs about 8 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon 13 19 32 40 45 38 42 35 38 31 21 25 · · · ·
Tue 8 17 27 37 42 40 39 40 34 34 13 20 · · · ·
Wed 5 17 26 33 40 37 33 35 34 28 25 9 25 34 37 17
Thu 13 17 38 38 42 43 46 40 37 37 24 22 35 25 · ·
Fri · 17 35 38 41 42 42 41 33 50 33 20 28 15 · 30
Sat 5 19 41 39 42 50 45 48 46 41 45 26 26 17 · ·
Sun 10 25 36 47 38 39 40 29 37 35 33 29 23 65 33 35

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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

9:11am Running Down 10:04pm

Broke down on 15 of the 25 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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