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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

28min

Thu, Apr 24

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–50 min

Low 9:01am · high 4:40pm

Typical Thursday

32 min

4 min quieter that day

E.T. Adventure Photo: Universal

E.T.'s home planet is dying and he needs your help to save it. Board your flying bike with E.T. and take off on a thrilling (but gentle) ride through the sky.

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Thursday, Apr 24 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

28 min

Lowest

10 min 9:01am

Highest

50 min 4:40pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9am, and Sun runs about 4 min shorter than Wed.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm
Mon 15 · 21 33 43 40 28 35 43 33 28 29 21
Tue 10 · 17 36 33 39 27 38 44 34 33 26 35
Wed 10 · 26 30 45 41 23 34 40 29 30 43 33
Thu 10 10 20 27 35 29 35 39 36 36 32 39 26
Fri 8 14 20 30 35 36 26 37 28 35 38 35 ·
Sat · 10 26 37 41 28 36 40 43 33 36 31 19
Sun 10 · 24 45 28 30 25 30 30 28 30 39 20

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

29 min

Lowest

13 min Nov 19

Highest

51 min Nov 5

Average

31 min

Lowest

19 min May 10

Highest

47 min Oct 11

Average

30 min

Lowest

23 min May 2026

Highest

39 min Oct 2026

Average

31 min

Lowest

29 min 2025

Highest

32 min 2024

Ride status

Down twice for 22m in total

9:01am Running Down 9:01pm
  • 5:05pm – 5:15pm 10m
  • 8:09pm – 8:22pm 12m

Broke down on 17 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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