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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

21min

Thu, Nov 20

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–45 min

Low 10:34am · high 12:03pm

Typical Thursday

33 min

12 min quieter 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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Thursday, Nov 20 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

21 min

Lowest

10 min 10:34am

Highest

45 min 12:03pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 11pm, and Wed runs about 11 min shorter than Thu.

Average standby each hour, day by day

7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 11pm
Mon · 10 11 23 40 33 32 29 33 33 30 29 15 · · ·
Tue · 8 10 25 37 27 25 24 31 20 27 26 · · · ·
Wed 10 13 13 18 28 28 22 19 27 24 34 25 · · · ·
Thu 10 10 15 17 27 26 24 21 22 19 17 20 · · 195 ·
Fri · 10 · 16 29 24 26 26 28 22 38 23 · · · ·
Sat 10 10 15 20 27 30 33 28 89 72 17 39 38 5 · ·
Sun 10 36 18 26 26 36 31 29 33 28 26 · 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 9m in total

10:25am Running Down 7:09pm
  • 10:25am – 10:34am 9m

Broke down on 21 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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