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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

13min

Thu, Sep 25

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

5–25 min

Low 11:05am · high 3:08pm

Typical Thursday

26 min

13 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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Thursday, Sep 25 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

13 min

Lowest

5 min 11:05am

Highest

25 min 3:08pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9pm and 10pm, and Wed runs about 13 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
Mon 14 32 52 46 53 39 38 48 29 26 32 37 5 ·
Tue 10 28 36 34 31 28 30 33 26 20 20 12 10 ·
Wed 12 22 42 36 34 35 23 40 22 12 10 5 5 5
Thu 29 13 26 32 30 32 37 23 28 14 14 15 · 5
Fri 13 22 26 34 35 31 28 37 27 19 12 11 10 ·
Sat 15 29 37 42 39 29 46 46 36 36 23 37 10 ·
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 7 times for 58m in total

9:23am Running Down 8:02pm
  • 12:01pm – 12:07pm 5m
  • 12:14pm – 12:48pm 33m
  • 1:51pm – 1:54pm 2m
  • 2:27pm – 2:34pm 6m
  • 2:49pm – 2:52pm 3m
  • 6:46pm – 6:49pm 3m
  • 7:56pm – 8:02pm 6m

Broke down on 19 of the 23 days it ran in the last 30 days.

Lightning Lane returns

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Wait time data is provided by ThemeParks.wiki. Data may not always be 100% accurate.

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