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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

18min

Sun, Sep 21

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

5–35 min

Low 9:31am · high 2:31pm

Typical Sunday

29 min

11 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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Sunday, Sep 21 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

18 min

Lowest

5 min 9:31am

Highest

35 min 2:31pm

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 10 28 39 38 35 32 34 40 32 25 20 12 10 · ·
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 12 25 40 45 47 41 33 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

Down once for 8m in total

9:31am Running Down 8:02pm
  • 10:21am – 10:30am 8m

Broke down on 15 of the 19 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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