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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

17min

Fri, Oct 3

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–35 min

Low 10:02am · high 12:10pm

Typical Friday

21 min

4 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, Oct 3 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

17 min

Lowest

5 min 10:02am

Highest

35 min 12:10pm

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 11 21 25 25 28 33 23 26 12 16 17 · 5
Fri 12 17 21 31 31 24 22 27 26 18 13 8 10 ·
Sat 13 26 31 34 29 26 39 38 31 36 22 30 · ·
Sun 10 19 30 32 32 30 23 21 21 14 14 13 · ·

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 9m in total

9:38am Running Down 8:05pm
  • 9:38am – 10:02am 23m
  • 5:23pm – 5:30pm 7m
  • 5:51pm – 6:02pm 11m
  • 7:36pm – 8:05pm 28m

Broke down on 26 of the 30 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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