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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

17min

Mon, Jun 16

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

5–35 min

Low 3:36pm · high 11:23am

Typical Monday

22 min

5 min quieter that day

Skull Island: Reign of Kong Photo: Universal

Brave the dangers of a mysterious island on a treacherous jungle expedition. As prehistoric predators attack from all sides, the most colossal ape ever to walk the Earth—King Kong—battles them off. Is he your hero or the ultimate foe?

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Monday, Jun 16 vs a typical Monday

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

Average

17 min

Lowest

5 min 3:36pm

Highest

35 min 11:23am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9pm, and Sun runs about 5 min shorter than Wed.

Average standby each hour, day by day

12am 2am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · · · 9 21 29 34 33 29 18 15 19 21 11 7 8 10 60
Tue · · · 9 19 35 39 35 33 20 20 15 13 8 5 8 · ·
Wed 5 145 10 10 17 27 24 25 22 15 15 14 7 8 5 · · ·
Thu · · 10 9 24 35 33 48 32 33 24 17 15 14 10 9 · ·
Fri · · 9 9 22 35 36 27 33 26 20 16 14 11 15 10 9 5
Sat 13 · 5 8 22 32 40 40 35 41 33 24 22 21 11 8 · 5
Sun · · 5 9 18 31 27 28 24 21 20 18 13 10 17 8 · ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

26 min

Lowest

5 min Aug 27

Highest

74 min Dec 28

Average

24 min

Lowest

9 min Apr 12

Highest

74 min Dec 28

Average

29 min

Lowest

21 min Nov 2026

Highest

38 min Dec 2024

Average

35 min

Lowest

28 min 2026

Highest

43 min 2022

Ride status

Down 4 times for 1h in total

9:27am Running Down 10:04pm
  • 9:30am – 10:20am 49m
  • 4:49pm – 4:55pm 6m
  • 7:54pm – 7:58pm 3m
  • 9:13pm – 9:16pm 2m

Broke down on 28 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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Paid returns

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

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