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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

43min

Fri, Jul 25

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

5–90 min

Low 9:10pm · high 2:46pm

Typical Friday

23 min

20 min busier 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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Friday, Jul 25 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

43 min

Lowest

5 min 9:10pm

Highest

90 min 2:46pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 10pm, and Sun runs about 12 min shorter than Wed.

Average standby each hour, day by day

12am 2am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · · 9 24 35 38 32 36 27 16 18 12 11 10 6 · 60
Tue · · 11 32 44 48 44 40 23 22 16 18 24 9 10 5 ·
Wed 5 145 9 25 39 38 39 38 35 27 22 15 11 6 8 · ·
Thu · · 7 25 40 42 44 40 32 32 24 17 12 11 6 · ·
Fri · · 10 24 41 43 38 44 33 31 25 18 17 11 8 5 ·
Sat · · 11 22 32 39 38 32 41 37 29 21 18 13 6 · ·
Sun · · 8 17 40 30 33 29 25 23 12 9 9 5 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 6 times for 1h 3m in total

9:26am Running Down 10:01pm
  • 9:37am – 9:47am 9m
  • 10:42am – 10:50am 8m
  • 12:22pm – 12:51pm 28m
  • 5:18pm – 5:24pm 5m
  • 6:20pm – 6:24pm 4m
  • 7:05pm – 7:14pm 9m

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

Lightning Lane returns

Paid returns

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

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