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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

16min

Wed, May 20

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

10–35 min

Low 11:01am · high 3:09pm

Typical Wednesday

29 min

13 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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Wednesday, May 20 vs a typical Wednesday

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

Average

16 min

Lowest

10 min 11:01am

Highest

35 min 3:09pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9am, and Fri runs about 7 min shorter than Wed.

Average standby each hour, day by day

12am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon · 10 13 14 19 22 26 28 29 33 24 22 25 18 25 38
Tue · · 10 10 27 30 32 28 27 29 29 27 27 28 15 ·
Wed 100 10 10 13 25 22 23 31 29 35 27 17 27 25 · ·
Thu · 10 10 14 33 29 29 33 34 30 27 21 26 25 40 ·
Fri · 9 10 13 18 24 20 22 25 24 24 21 29 30 · ·
Sat · 15 11 15 25 26 31 32 31 37 30 26 23 33 40 ·
Sun · 10 10 17 21 28 23 30 27 29 27 19 21 22 25 ·

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 20m in total

11:01am Running Down 7:05pm
  • 4:59pm – 5:19pm 20m

Broke down on 19 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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