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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

16min

Tue, Sep 16

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

5–35 min

Low 3:42pm · high 1:30pm

Typical Tuesday

32 min

16 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?

Universal Islands of Adventure
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Tuesday, Sep 16 vs a typical Tuesday

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

Average

16 min

Lowest

5 min 3:42pm

Highest

35 min 1:30pm

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 31 50 51 57 47 38 44 33 24 26 31 8 · ·
Tue 12 32 45 43 41 37 34 40 32 26 29 14 13 · ·
Wed 13 27 42 41 47 42 36 40 29 15 13 5 7 5 ·
Thu 28 15 38 42 36 40 55 32 34 20 16 20 · 5 ·
Fri 12 22 33 37 47 42 32 41 32 22 16 14 9 · ·
Sat 15 37 42 52 41 33 48 46 38 32 27 37 10 · 5
Sun 13 24 38 48 46 42 36 22 20 21 24 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 once for 35m in total

9:24am Running Down 10:44pm
  • 7:22pm – 7:57pm 35m

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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