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E.T. Adventure Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

40min

Wed, Oct 21

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–60 min

Low 10:54am · high 3:19pm

Typical Wednesday

25 min

15 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 21 vs a typical Wednesday

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

Average

40 min

Lowest

10 min 10:54am

Highest

60 min 3:19pm

Best times to go

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

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm
Mon 25 29 34 36 36 41 35 35 38 31 · ·
Tue 15 18 32 44 44 30 38 39 32 30 12 ·
Wed 15 20 33 36 27 25 30 30 · 15 · ·
Thu 10 19 44 36 33 30 30 28 · · · ·
Fri 15 22 28 37 33 29 32 26 · · · ·
Sat 13 28 37 40 42 41 36 35 30 20 25 35
Sun 14 28 44 41 38 41 38 38 40 25 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 3 times for 1h 40m in total

10:03am Running Down 5:03pm
  • 12:58pm – 1:18pm 20m
  • 1:51pm – 2:54pm 1h 2m
  • 4:45pm – 5:03pm 18m

Broke down on 20 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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