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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

21min

Fri, Jun 6

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–40 min

Low 9:34am · high 6:03pm

Typical Friday

23 min

2 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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Lightning Lane
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Friday, Jun 6 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

21 min

Lowest

10 min 9:34am

Highest

40 min 6:03pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9am, and Thu runs about 7 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm
Mon 15 10 19 29 33 30 23 24 26 30 20 20 19 ·
Tue 10 10 16 29 26 25 25 31 26 32 26 26 35 ·
Wed 10 10 15 25 28 30 22 23 30 18 19 31 33 ·
Thu 10 9 17 27 23 24 26 24 28 22 27 31 22 20
Fri 9 11 21 29 24 29 21 30 24 29 29 22 18 ·
Sat 10 13 23 36 39 29 30 37 38 30 35 32 22 ·
Sun 10 13 21 38 33 28 23 30 28 23 23 31 18 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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

9:32am Running Down 9:32am

Broke down on 16 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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