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Despicable Me Minion Mayhem™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

27min

Sun, Apr 12

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

5–50 min

Low 9:56am · high 12:32pm

Typical Sunday

30 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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Sunday, Apr 12 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

27 min

Lowest

5 min 9:56am

Highest

50 min 12:32pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 11pm, and Thu runs about 5 min shorter than Mon.

Average standby each hour, day by day

12am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · 5 32 46 46 33 39 41 39 45 37 31 25 18 20 48 ·
Tue 5 5 22 45 56 43 33 39 45 38 41 33 26 20 20 · ·
Wed · · 28 39 53 38 38 37 35 39 32 28 21 22 14 5 5
Thu · 20 25 45 46 35 34 30 29 44 32 25 23 19 14 5 ·
Fri · · 21 41 45 35 33 32 37 40 32 24 20 19 14 18 ·
Sat · 5 31 42 49 45 34 37 37 37 38 29 24 22 13 · ·
Sun · 15 30 48 44 35 32 33 30 34 33 25 23 13 11 · ·

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 19m in total

9:56am Running Down 9:06pm
  • 1:31pm – 1:50pm 19m

Broke down on 4 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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