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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

29min

Sat, Oct 18

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

10–60 min

Low 7:57am · high 2:11pm

Typical Saturday

33 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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Saturday, Oct 18 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

29 min

Lowest

10 min 7:57am

Highest

60 min 2:11pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 9pm, and Wed runs about 13 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
Mon · 10 12 23 35 29 34 30 36 35 33 32 15 · ·
Tue · 10 12 23 29 28 29 28 28 28 32 25 20 20 ·
Wed 10 13 13 19 25 31 23 23 31 21 10 · 17 · 5
Thu 10 10 15 18 31 22 33 21 28 23 18 35 · 23 ·
Fri 10 10 10 18 26 26 26 26 27 25 15 · 15 20 ·
Sat 11 10 15 20 23 37 34 28 86 66 15 27 38 35 ·
Sun · 33 14 27 29 34 32 34 34 30 · 10 15 · ·

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 4 times for 1h 53m in total

7:57am Running Down 5:02pm
  • 11:42am – 11:57am 15m
  • 12:51pm – 1:50pm 58m
  • 2:50pm – 3:27pm 37m
  • 4:33pm – 4:36pm 3m

Broke down on 20 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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Paid returns

Wait time data is provided by ThemeParks.wiki. Data may not always be 100% accurate.

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