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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

23min

Thu, Jun 18

Hours

Opens 11am

Posted hours

Range

10–65 min

Low 11:45am · high 2:50pm

Typical Thursday

21 min

2 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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Lightning Lane
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Thursday, Jun 18 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

23 min

Lowest

10 min 11:45am

Highest

65 min 2:50pm

Best times to go

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

Average standby each hour, day by day

12am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm
Mon · · 14 10 18 18 25 28 23 29 24 25 26 14 25
Tue · · 10 10 21 21 31 25 23 28 20 18 19 10 15
Wed · 10 · 10 16 16 21 19 26 23 21 23 21 26 ·
Thu 30 10 10 10 19 20 26 22 28 26 16 18 23 26 40
Fri · 9 · 13 20 25 19 25 23 20 21 20 · 20 20
Sat · · 11 22 20 21 29 34 28 29 30 28 21 33 40
Sun · · 10 15 18 27 25 30 26 24 29 23 24 28 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 17m in total

12:46am Running Down 9:03pm
  • 3:03pm – 3:20pm 17m

Broke down on 12 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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