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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

27min

Sun, Jan 11

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–45 min

Low 9:59am · high 3:56pm

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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Lightning Lane
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Sunday, Jan 11 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

27 min

Lowest

10 min 9:59am

Highest

45 min 3:56pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9am, and Fri runs about 5 min shorter than Thu.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon 10 12 21 29 39 36 29 36 35 30 30 28 35 20 · ·
Tue 20 17 19 31 33 30 33 33 31 20 26 30 30 18 · ·
Wed 10 10 18 30 24 29 26 30 36 25 18 29 39 33 · 35
Thu 10 13 17 27 31 26 30 29 29 25 24 30 25 105 · ·
Fri 9 13 17 32 32 27 30 35 30 28 28 32 29 23 15 ·
Sat 13 15 21 32 29 36 33 40 38 36 31 30 19 18 · ·
Sun 10 17 23 31 31 33 34 35 39 24 23 25 20 23 · ·

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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

9:59am Running Down 9:15pm

Broke down on 22 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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