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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

47min

Sun, Oct 11

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–75 min

Low 9:01am · high 12:21pm

Typical Sunday

29 min

18 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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Sunday, Oct 11 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

47 min

Lowest

5 min 9:01am

Highest

75 min 12:21pm

Best times to go

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

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon 25 · 30 35 34 39 33 37 37 29 20 30 · ·
Tue 15 25 30 39 39 27 39 34 24 27 11 20 · ·
Wed 15 19 30 35 27 31 26 27 18 19 18 25 · ·
Thu 10 17 37 37 32 24 26 26 15 · 23 25 · ·
Fri · 22 26 36 29 28 30 25 23 32 33 30 · ·
Sat 12 27 34 37 40 39 34 36 37 28 28 28 28 40
Sun 15 28 41 40 37 37 37 36 33 30 25 18 · 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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

9:01am Running Down 5:00pm

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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