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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

16min

Thu, Aug 14

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

5–45 min

Low 4:51pm · high 1:13pm

Typical Thursday

28 min

12 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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Thursday, Aug 14 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

16 min

Lowest

5 min 4:51pm

Highest

45 min 1:13pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 10pm and 11pm, and Thu runs about 6 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon 11 26 47 47 47 44 36 31 26 24 19 23 6 · ·
Tue 11 33 45 49 46 41 28 26 23 22 27 11 10 5 ·
Wed 10 26 40 43 45 43 37 35 25 16 12 6 7 · ·
Thu 17 20 41 48 42 40 31 30 25 20 15 12 5 5 ·
Fri 11 29 40 43 43 44 38 38 34 20 15 11 8 · ·
Sat 14 34 44 50 47 40 45 45 35 23 21 25 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 3 times for 30m in total

9:25am Running Down 11:23pm
  • 6:01pm – 6:20pm 18m
  • 6:43pm – 6:46pm 3m
  • 10:49pm – 10:58pm 9m

Broke down on 29 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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