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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

26min

Sat, Sep 20

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

10–60 min

Low 9:20am · high 6:23pm

Typical Saturday

33 min

7 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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Saturday, Sep 20 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

26 min

Lowest

10 min 9:20am

Highest

60 min 6:23pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 10pm and 11pm, and Wed runs about 12 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 14 32 52 51 60 46 38 48 33 26 32 37 5 · ·
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 15 34 40 45 38 31 46 46 38 37 25 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

9:20am Running Down 8:00pm

Broke down on 14 of the 18 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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