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Skull Island: Reign of Kong Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

38min

Fri, Aug 7

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–75 min

Low 9:07am · high 11:11am

Typical Friday

23 min

15 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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Friday, Aug 7 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

38 min

Lowest

5 min 9:07am

Highest

75 min 11:11am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9pm, and Sun runs about 5 min shorter than Tue.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon 5 11 22 41 50 53 36 31 25 20 14 10 6 5 ·
Tue 5 7 26 42 41 46 34 32 24 21 13 12 8 · ·
Wed 5 8 24 42 36 40 32 22 22 14 13 10 7 · ·
Thu 7 7 17 34 48 42 40 30 23 15 10 11 11 10 ·
Fri · 9 21 39 42 45 42 33 21 13 13 11 6 5 ·
Sat 5 7 15 27 44 44 37 32 34 26 24 16 8 8 8
Sun 5 7 15 21 31 31 32 34 23 18 8 7 9 · ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

26 min

Lowest

5 min Aug 27

Highest

74 min Dec 28

Average

25 min

Lowest

9 min Apr 12

Highest

74 min Dec 28

Average

30 min

Lowest

22 min May 2026

Highest

38 min Dec 2024

Average

35 min

Lowest

28 min 2026

Highest

43 min 2022

Ride status

Down twice for 4h 3m in total

9:07am Running Down 9:01pm
  • 1:48pm – 1:54pm 5m
  • 3:48pm – 7:46pm 3h 58m

Broke down on 29 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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