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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

9min

Fri, Sep 5

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

5–15 min

Low 12:10pm · high 9:55am

Typical Friday

28 min

19 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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Friday, Sep 5 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

9 min

Lowest

5 min 12:10pm

Highest

15 min 9:55am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 10pm and 11pm, and Fri runs about 8 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 12 28 49 52 52 45 40 37 31 24 24 27 7 · ·
Tue 11 34 48 55 46 41 36 41 31 24 35 12 12 5 ·
Wed 11 27 39 41 46 40 35 40 24 14 14 6 8 · ·
Thu 21 15 35 41 37 39 42 29 33 18 17 14 · 5 ·
Fri 12 23 33 35 43 39 28 40 30 20 17 13 9 · ·
Sat 16 39 47 58 44 37 47 52 39 29 28 37 9 · 5
Sun 12 27 47 54 51 49 32 24 20 19 27 14 7 · ·

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 twice for 25m in total

9:50am Running Down 8:04pm
  • 9:50am – 9:55am 5m
  • 3:08pm – 3:28pm 20m

Broke down on 16 of the 16 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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