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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

40min

Sun, Dec 28

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

10–80 min

Low 8:04am · high 1:49pm

Typical Sunday

23 min

17 min busier 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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Sunday, Dec 28 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

40 min

Lowest

10 min 8:04am

Highest

80 min 1:49pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 11pm, and Wed runs about 9 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 10pm 11pm
Mon · · 10 21 35 31 35 25 30 31 25 30 29 34 15 · ·
Tue · · 10 21 36 31 29 25 31 23 19 23 32 20 15 · ·
Wed 10 10 10 16 32 24 23 18 29 29 25 17 26 22 18 · ·
Thu 10 · 13 17 27 30 24 25 27 25 23 26 33 25 105 · ·
Fri · 10 14 17 34 29 25 24 31 26 29 24 32 28 23 15 ·
Sat 10 15 18 21 33 26 35 31 37 37 32 34 30 20 18 · ·
Sun 10 10 19 22 30 32 34 32 36 40 23 25 27 19 23 · 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 twice for 38m in total

8:04am Running Down 11:11pm
  • 12:21pm – 12:42pm 20m
  • 5:01pm – 5:19pm 18m

Broke down on 20 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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