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The Cat in The Hat™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

5min

Thu, Oct 1

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–5 min

Low 8:59am · high 8:59am

Typical Thursday

9 min

4 min quieter that day

The Cat in The Hat™ Photo: Universal

Ride your couch through the pages of Dr. Seuss's best-loved children's book. This delightful ride re-creates the story scene for scene.

Universal Islands of Adventure
Standby
Lightning Lane
Hours calendar

Thursday, Oct 1 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

5 min

Lowest

5 min 8:59am

Highest

5 min 8:59am

Best times to go

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

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm
Mon 5 5 10 14 13 7 · 8 20 10 8 6 · ·
Tue 5 5 14 11 10 13 9 11 17 8 6 5 7 ·
Wed 5 5 10 10 19 8 8 10 12 14 5 6 · ·
Thu 5 5 8 11 15 · 8 18 8 13 7 5 · 5
Fri 5 5 16 15 5 7 20 6 12 11 7 6 · ·
Sat 5 5 9 11 11 11 15 13 24 27 23 18 9 ·
Sun 5 6 10 12 12 14 20 13 17 20 16 9 8 ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

12 min

Lowest

5 min Nov 4

Highest

33 min Dec 29

Average

13 min

Lowest

5 min Sep 13

Highest

30 min Sep 6

Average

14 min

Lowest

6 min Nov 2026

Highest

22 min Dec 2024

Average

16 min

Lowest

14 min 2025

Highest

17 min 2022

Ride status

Ran all day with no breakdowns

8:59am Running Down 8:05pm

Broke down on 22 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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

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