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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

34min

Sun, Aug 17

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

5–75 min

Low 6:39pm · high 12:06pm

Typical Sunday

27 min

7 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 17 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

34 min

Lowest

5 min 6:39pm

Highest

75 min 12:06pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 10pm and 11pm, and Thu runs about 7 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 28 49 49 51 46 38 34 29 24 21 23 6 · ·
Tue 11 33 46 52 47 41 31 29 23 22 30 11 11 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 28 38 43 43 42 36 36 32 19 15 11 8 · ·
Sat 14 34 44 50 43 37 47 47 36 27 24 30 7 · 5
Sun 10 23 46 46 46 43 32 30 18 17 22 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 54m in total

9:24am Running Down 9:06pm
  • 1:41pm – 1:54pm 12m
  • 5:39pm – 6:18pm 39m
  • 7:54pm – 7:57pm 3m

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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