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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

25min

Wed, Oct 8

Hours

Opens 9:30am

Posted hours

Range

5–50 min

Low 9:21am · high 10:53am

Typical Wednesday

16 min

9 min busier 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 8 vs a typical Wednesday

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

Average

25 min

Lowest

5 min 9:21am

Highest

50 min 10:53am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9pm and 10pm, and Wed runs about 12 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon 10 22 34 37 41 31 31 34 22 13 5 · · ·
Tue 10 20 31 33 27 22 22 25 17 7 12 10 15 8
Wed 8 18 24 29 22 24 17 21 17 14 10 · 5 5
Thu 12 10 15 25 21 20 33 22 27 9 8 · · 5
Fri 11 12 19 30 28 19 17 22 21 18 16 8 10 ·
Sat 13 28 32 34 27 28 36 35 29 33 22 30 · ·
Sun 9 21 29 33 32 30 23 22 17 14 12 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 twice for 20m in total

9:21am Running Down 8:00pm
  • 11:44am – 11:49am 5m
  • 5:05pm – 5:20pm 15m

Broke down on 26 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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Paid returns

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

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