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Despicable Me Minion Mayhem™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

33min

Mon, Aug 11

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–65 min

Low 8:50am · high 10:27am

Typical Monday

36 min

3 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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Lightning Lane
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Monday, Aug 11 vs a typical Monday

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

Average

33 min

Lowest

5 min 8:50am

Highest

65 min 10:27am

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 25 44 55 51 39 34 31 51 29 29 24 21 13 · ·
Tue 17 41 49 53 41 36 30 31 31 33 29 22 14 15 5
Wed 21 38 51 52 41 35 30 29 29 29 26 17 11 · ·
Thu 27 38 49 51 41 33 30 34 30 26 24 15 10 · 5
Fri 19 41 49 47 39 34 32 30 30 25 26 19 13 10 ·
Sat 17 40 51 46 45 37 30 33 32 27 26 19 15 14 ·
Sun 21 38 43 42 34 33 26 29 26 25 24 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

8:50am Running Down 9:06pm

Broke down on 5 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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