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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

39min

Sat, Oct 11

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

10–65 min

Low 8:04am · high 12:13pm

Typical Saturday

33 min

6 min busier that day

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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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Saturday, Oct 11 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

39 min

Lowest

10 min 8:04am

Highest

65 min 12:13pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 9am, and Wed runs about 12 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 19 31 27 30 29 32 33 31 28 15 38 35 ·
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 18 24 24 22 24 27 25 15 30 15 30 35 10
Sat 12 10 15 20 23 36 38 26 86 64 22 34 38 35 23 30
Sun · 37 14 22 26 31 30 30 33 28 30 20 23 33 · ·

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 1h 54m in total

8:04am Running Down 5:05pm
  • 9:57am – 11:32am 1h 34m
  • 3:12pm – 3:32pm 20m

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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