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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

36min

Sun, Aug 10

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

10–70 min

Low 9:27am · high 12:48pm

Typical Sunday

25 min

11 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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Sunday, Aug 10 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

36 min

Lowest

10 min 9:27am

Highest

70 min 12:48pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 10pm, and Sun runs about 7 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 · · 11 28 49 46 47 45 37 30 27 25 21 23 6 · ·
Tue · · 11 35 46 49 48 42 28 23 26 22 27 11 10 5 ·
Wed 5 145 10 26 39 42 46 43 38 36 23 15 11 6 7 · ·
Thu · · 17 20 41 45 44 41 33 33 27 21 16 12 6 · ·
Fri · · 11 27 40 42 41 43 37 35 31 20 15 11 8 · ·
Sat · · 14 32 41 49 44 37 43 43 34 21 21 21 7 · 5
Sun · · 10 23 45 41 43 36 32 26 16 18 19 14 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 28m in total

9:27am Running Down 9:03pm
  • 10:03am – 10:24am 21m
  • 1:23pm – 1:29pm 5m
  • 2:25pm – 2:28pm 2m
  • 3:50pm – 3:54pm 3m
  • 4:01pm – 4:28pm 27m
  • 5:03pm – 5:34pm 30m

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

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

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