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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

29min

Sun, Nov 2

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

10–60 min

Low 7:55am · high 3:20pm

Typical Sunday

29 min

Right on a usual 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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Sunday, Nov 2 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

29 min

Lowest

10 min 7:55am

Highest

60 min 3:20pm

Best times to go

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

Average standby each hour, day by day

7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm
Mon · 10 13 22 36 30 35 31 38 36 32 29 15
Tue · 9 11 23 30 28 27 27 30 26 32 27 ·
Wed 10 13 15 25 28 25 21 24 30 23 · · ·
Thu 10 10 15 20 28 23 30 20 26 23 18 35 ·
Fri · 10 · 18 27 25 24 26 28 26 · · ·
Sat 10 10 15 22 24 31 34 28 86 64 15 · ·
Sun 10 29 17 31 25 33 31 33 34 28 · · ·

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 3 times for 1h 23m in total

7:55am Running Down 5:03pm
  • 10:53am – 11:13am 20m
  • 11:17am – 11:37am 19m
  • 11:41am – 12:26pm 44m

Broke down on 18 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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