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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

27min

Sun, Nov 9

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

5–50 min

Low 11:43pm · high 12:16pm

Typical Sunday

27 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 9 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

27 min

Lowest

5 min 11:43pm

Highest

50 min 12:16pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 11pm, and Thu runs about 11 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 11pm
Mon · 10 13 24 37 30 31 29 36 32 30 25 15 · ·
Tue · 9 10 24 32 26 25 22 29 21 30 26 · · ·
Wed 10 13 15 24 29 25 21 24 30 21 33 · · · ·
Thu 10 10 15 20 29 24 28 19 27 23 19 25 · · ·
Fri · 10 · 18 28 25 25 26 30 24 50 5 · · ·
Sat 10 10 15 23 24 29 33 27 85 64 15 39 40 · ·
Sun 10 32 17 29 23 34 31 31 34 26 23 · 20 15 5

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 once for 26m in total

10:04am Running Down 8:15pm
  • 10:36am – 11:03am 26m

Broke down on 19 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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