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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

36min

Thu, Nov 27

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

15–55 min

Low 9:58am · high 10:54am

Typical Thursday

33 min

3 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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Thursday, Nov 27 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

36 min

Lowest

15 min 9:58am

Highest

55 min 10:54am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 11pm, and Wed runs about 12 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 42 34 33 29 33 34 32 30 18 38 · ·
Tue · 8 10 25 41 28 31 26 35 20 26 29 38 20 · ·
Wed 10 13 13 20 35 28 24 20 26 27 31 20 28 20 · ·
Thu 10 10 15 21 29 30 26 23 25 22 18 23 40 25 195 ·
Fri · 10 · 16 30 24 25 26 27 23 30 23 25 · · ·
Sat 10 10 15 20 30 29 32 26 32 30 23 35 37 5 · ·
Sun 10 42 18 25 27 36 32 30 34 31 25 25 25 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 13m in total

9:58am Running Down 9:01pm
  • 7:22pm – 7:35pm 13m

Broke down on 23 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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