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Despicable Me Minion Mayhem™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

32min

Fri, Aug 15

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–60 min

Low 2:16pm · high 11:23am

Typical Friday

30 min

2 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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Friday, Aug 15 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

32 min

Lowest

5 min 2:16pm

Highest

60 min 11:23am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8pm and 10pm, and Thu 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 18 40 48 52 40 35 30 30 30 32 29 20 14 15 5
Wed 21 38 49 51 41 33 29 27 28 29 24 16 11 · ·
Thu 27 38 49 50 40 33 29 31 28 25 22 15 10 · 5
Fri 19 41 49 47 39 35 32 30 29 25 26 18 13 10 ·
Sat 14 39 51 47 45 38 30 34 32 28 27 21 15 14 ·
Sun 20 39 43 42 34 33 27 30 27 26 24 19 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 twice for 16m in total

9:01am Running Down 10:52pm
  • 1:23pm – 1:26pm 3m
  • 5:34pm – 5:47pm 13m

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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