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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

30min

Thu, Oct 9

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–55 min

Low 5:01pm · high 11:56am

Typical Thursday

23 min

7 min busier 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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Thursday, Oct 9 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

30 min

Lowest

5 min 5:01pm

Highest

55 min 11:56am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 9am, and Fri runs about 14 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon · 10 12 20 31 27 30 28 30 33 30 26 20 42 30 ·
Tue · 10 12 18 28 27 27 27 28 26 29 26 20 22 · ·
Wed 10 13 13 19 25 29 23 24 31 19 10 · 20 38 5 ·
Thu 10 10 15 18 30 19 34 19 28 25 20 25 35 34 · ·
Fri 10 10 10 19 20 23 20 21 26 21 15 30 15 30 35 10
Sat 12 10 · 20 21 33 36 26 93 67 22 34 38 35 23 30
Sun · 33 14 21 26 33 30 29 31 29 30 23 30 32 · ·

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

8:07am Running Down 5:03pm

Broke down on 22 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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