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Despicable Me Minion Mayhem™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

29min

Thu, Aug 7

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–50 min

Low 2:08pm · high 11:53am

Typical Thursday

30 min

1 min quieter 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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Thursday, Aug 7 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

29 min

Lowest

5 min 2:08pm

Highest

50 min 11:53am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8pm and 10pm, and Sun 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 56 51 39 34 33 51 28 29 26 21 13 · ·
Tue 17 41 49 52 40 35 29 29 31 33 29 21 13 15 5
Wed 21 38 51 51 42 35 30 28 28 28 25 16 11 · ·
Thu 27 38 49 51 41 33 30 34 30 26 24 15 10 · 5
Fri 17 41 48 47 39 35 33 31 29 25 27 19 14 10 ·
Sat 17 40 51 47 45 38 30 34 33 28 27 20 15 14 ·
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

Down once for 7m in total

9:02am Running Down 9:01pm
  • 8:54pm – 9:01pm 7m

Broke down on 7 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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