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Despicable Me Minion Mayhem™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

33min

Sun, Aug 3

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–55 min

Low 8:19pm · high 9:50am

Typical Sunday

28 min

5 min busier that day

Despicable Me Minion Mayhem™ Photo: Universal

Join Gru, his daughters and the mischievous Minions on an unpredictable ride. In Gru's latest scheme, you'll become an actual Minion. It's heartwarming and humorous family fun for everyone.

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Lightning Lane
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Sunday, Aug 3 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

33 min

Lowest

10 min 8:19pm

Highest

55 min 9:50am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9pm and 10pm, and Tue runs about 6 min shorter than Mon.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon 28 45 55 52 39 34 31 52 27 28 26 20 14 · ·
Tue 17 41 48 53 40 34 28 27 30 33 29 22 13 15 5
Wed 20 37 52 48 41 35 32 29 28 29 25 17 12 · ·
Thu 25 39 51 51 41 33 31 33 30 26 24 15 11 · 5
Fri 17 40 49 47 38 35 33 31 28 26 26 19 14 10 ·
Sat 17 38 50 46 45 37 30 33 34 29 27 21 15 12 ·
Sun 20 38 44 42 35 33 26 31 27 26 27 18 10 · ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

30 min

Lowest

12 min Mar 5

Highest

55 min Dec 29

Average

30 min

Lowest

15 min Dec 7

Highest

50 min Jan 18

Average

32 min

Lowest

24 min Sep 2025

Highest

40 min Jan 2025

Average

37 min

Lowest

30 min 2026

Highest

45 min 2022

Ride status

Ran all day with no breakdowns

8:56am Running Down 9:04pm

Broke down on 8 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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