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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

25min

Thu, Aug 20

Hours

Opens 11am

Posted hours

Range

10–45 min

Low 11:05am · high 12:52pm

Typical Thursday

26 min

1 min quieter 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
Paid return
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Thursday, Aug 20 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

25 min

Lowest

10 min 11:05am

Highest

45 min 12:52pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 10am and 11am, and Sun runs about 6 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon 11 25 27 29 33 31 36 29 24 24 30 · ·
Tue 15 21 33 25 34 28 32 30 23 23 29 · ·
Wed 14 21 29 31 29 32 28 23 21 22 29 · ·
Thu 10 22 28 28 32 30 26 26 25 27 28 · ·
Fri 24 19 29 27 30 27 29 27 26 31 32 40 ·
Sat 11 20 31 37 32 34 39 35 28 34 31 28 40
Sun 10 24 27 29 26 28 32 25 26 27 28 · 13

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 14m in total

11:05am Running Down 9:00pm
  • 2:26pm – 2:40pm 14m

Broke down on 17 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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