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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

15min

Wed, Oct 1

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

5–25 min

Low 9:27am · high 4:40pm

Typical Wednesday

21 min

6 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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Wednesday, Oct 1 vs a typical Wednesday

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

Average

15 min

Lowest

5 min 9:27am

Highest

25 min 4:40pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9pm and 10pm, and Wed runs about 16 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 13 24 41 42 47 40 34 47 26 19 38 60 · ·
Tue 10 28 38 33 26 25 27 27 25 17 21 10 · ·
Wed 11 22 35 34 25 29 20 37 23 12 10 5 5 5
Thu 34 13 23 23 25 31 37 23 29 13 16 17 · 5
Fri 12 19 22 32 35 28 24 30 28 18 13 8 10 ·
Sat 14 30 36 42 39 29 41 43 35 36 22 37 10 ·
Sun 12 25 30 37 39 37 23 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 1h 36m in total

9:27am Running Down 7:57pm
  • 11:30am – 11:36am 5m
  • 12:50pm – 2:14pm 1h 23m
  • 4:45pm – 4:53pm 8m

Broke down on 24 of the 28 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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