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Despicable Me Minion Mayhem™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

29min

Tue, Aug 19

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–50 min

Low 8:55am · high 9:49am

Typical Tuesday

29 min

Right on a usual 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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Tuesday, Aug 19 vs a typical Tuesday

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

Average

29 min

Lowest

5 min 8:55am

Highest

50 min 9:49am

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 23 43 53 50 39 33 30 52 29 27 24 20 14 · ·
Tue 15 39 46 50 39 34 29 28 29 33 31 21 17 15 5
Wed 20 39 48 51 41 33 29 27 27 30 22 15 10 · ·
Thu 25 38 48 50 40 31 29 30 27 25 21 13 11 · 5
Fri 19 41 49 47 39 35 32 30 29 25 26 18 13 10 ·
Sat 16 39 50 46 44 38 30 32 32 28 27 21 13 14 ·
Sun 21 39 43 42 35 32 28 30 28 25 22 17 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 3 times for 1h 12m in total

8:55am Running Down 9:05pm
  • 1:03pm – 1:12pm 8m
  • 2:48pm – 3:15pm 27m
  • 3:24pm – 4:02pm 37m

Broke down on 9 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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Paid returns

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

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