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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

41min

Sat, Jan 17

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–65 min

Low 10:03am · high 7:14pm

Typical Saturday

29 min

12 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.

Universal Studios Florida
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Lightning Lane
Paid return
Hours calendar

Saturday, Jan 17 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

41 min

Lowest

10 min 10:03am

Highest

65 min 7:14pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9am, and Thu runs about 6 min shorter than Sat.

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 13 21 27 35 37 29 37 36 28 28 32 34 20 · ·
Tue 20 17 18 31 33 30 33 31 31 20 26 30 30 18 · ·
Wed 10 · 18 29 22 30 23 26 34 21 18 29 39 33 · 35
Thu 10 13 17 27 30 25 30 30 31 25 22 30 25 15 · ·
Fri 9 13 16 30 31 25 31 33 29 28 23 30 29 23 15 ·
Sat 13 15 20 31 28 39 35 43 41 39 31 32 22 18 · ·
Sun 10 17 24 30 30 33 38 37 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

10:03am Running Down 9:03pm

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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