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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

37min

Sun, Aug 23

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

20–55 min

Low 6:24pm · high 12:17pm

Typical Sunday

25 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.

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Sunday, Aug 23 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

37 min

Lowest

20 min 6:24pm

Highest

55 min 12:17pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 10am and 11am, and Wed runs about 5 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 12 27 27 29 34 31 36 30 24 27 31 · ·
Tue 15 22 34 25 35 27 33 32 23 23 31 · ·
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 18 30 26 30 28 28 27 27 30 32 40 ·
Sat 11 20 32 39 30 34 37 34 27 33 31 28 40
Sun 10 25 30 30 26 29 33 27 26 27 30 · 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 3 times for 2h 5m in total

11:05am Running Down 9:03pm
  • 11:05am – 11:11am 6m
  • 2:03pm – 3:50pm 1h 47m
  • 4:37pm – 4:50pm 12m

Broke down on 16 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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