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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

28min

Sat, Sep 27

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

5–60 min

Low 9:27am · high 10:50am

Typical Saturday

33 min

5 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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Saturday, Sep 27 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

28 min

Lowest

5 min 9:27am

Highest

60 min 10:50am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9pm and 10pm, and Wed runs about 15 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 27 45 47 47 40 34 47 26 19 38 60 · ·
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 14 30 36 42 39 29 41 43 35 36 22 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 3 times for 46m in total

9:27am Running Down 8:05pm
  • 11:19am – 11:51am 31m
  • 3:58pm – 4:07pm 9m
  • 5:09pm – 5:15pm 6m

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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