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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

33min

Wed, Oct 7

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–45 min

Low 10:28am · high 12:03pm

Typical Wednesday

24 min

9 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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Wednesday, Oct 7 vs a typical Wednesday

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

Average

33 min

Lowest

10 min 10:28am

Highest

45 min 12:03pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 10am, and Thu runs about 9 min shorter than Mon.

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon 25 · 29 36 33 39 32 37 37 28 24 30 · ·
Tue 15 25 29 38 38 27 39 34 24 27 11 28 · ·
Wed 15 19 30 35 27 31 26 27 18 19 18 25 · ·
Thu 10 18 34 35 29 18 24 25 15 · 23 25 · ·
Fri · 20 24 36 28 26 29 24 23 32 33 30 · ·
Sat 10 23 32 36 39 36 31 34 37 28 28 28 28 40
Sun 12 26 37 36 36 35 35 35 30 28 24 27 · 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 25m in total

10:00am Running Down 5:00pm
  • 1:20pm – 1:46pm 25m

Broke down on 13 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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