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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

34min

Fri, Sep 12

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

10–55 min

Low 9:24am · high 12:35pm

Typical Friday

28 min

6 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, Sep 12 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

34 min

Lowest

10 min 9:24am

Highest

55 min 12:35pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 10pm and 11pm, and Wed runs about 9 min shorter than Mon.

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon 13 30 49 54 58 45 39 40 32 23 26 31 8 · ·
Tue 12 35 46 53 45 37 36 36 32 22 35 12 13 5 ·
Wed 13 27 39 41 46 41 36 41 27 14 16 6 7 5 ·
Thu 24 16 37 42 39 39 47 31 32 20 16 16 · 5 ·
Fri 12 22 33 37 47 42 32 41 32 22 16 14 9 · ·
Sat 16 37 42 52 41 31 47 45 37 28 26 37 10 · 5
Sun 13 27 39 52 49 47 36 23 20 22 27 17 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 4 times for 42m in total

9:24am Running Down 8:05pm
  • 10:19am – 10:23am 4m
  • 10:54am – 11:12am 18m
  • 3:23pm – 3:32pm 8m
  • 6:11pm – 6:24pm 12m

Broke down on 16 of the 16 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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