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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

13min

Fri, Sep 19

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

10–20 min

Low 1:30pm · high 11:22am

Typical Friday

27 min

14 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 19 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

13 min

Lowest

10 min 1:30pm

Highest

20 min 11:22am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 10pm and 11pm, and Wed runs about 11 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 38 41 38 31 40 24 15 13 5 7 5 ·
Thu 28 14 33 42 36 40 46 32 34 20 16 20 · 5 ·
Fri 13 22 31 35 41 41 32 41 31 22 15 11 9 · ·
Sat 16 37 42 50 39 31 50 46 39 36 27 37 10 · 5
Sun 14 26 40 48 47 42 40 25 20 24 27 17 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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

11:22am Running Down 9:11pm

Broke down on 14 of the 17 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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