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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

16min

Fri, Sep 26

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

5–35 min

Low 9:27am · high 12:53pm

Typical Friday

23 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?

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Friday, Sep 26 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

16 min

Lowest

5 min 9:27am

Highest

35 min 12:53pm

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 12 20 24 33 35 29 26 30 27 17 13 11 10 ·
Sat 15 29 37 42 39 29 46 46 36 36 23 37 10 ·
Sun 13 25 35 43 44 41 28 21 17 23 29 21 10 ·

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 4 times for 1h 57m in total

9:27am Running Down 8:04pm
  • 10:38am – 10:50am 11m
  • 4:14pm – 4:55pm 40m
  • 5:18pm – 6:17pm 59m
  • 7:04pm – 7:12pm 7m

Broke down on 20 of the 24 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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