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MEN IN BLACK™ Alien Attack! Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

23min

Fri, Oct 17

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

10–45 min

Low 8:02am · high 2:47pm

Typical Friday

18 min

5 min busier that day

MEN IN BLACK™ Alien Attack! Photo: Universal

New York has been hit by an epidemic of aliens and it's up to you, Agent Trainee, to blast them into oblivion.

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Friday, Oct 17 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

23 min

Lowest

10 min 8:02am

Highest

45 min 2:47pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 8am, and Thu runs about 6 min shorter than Mon.

Average standby each hour, day by day

12am 1am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon 15 · · · · 11 14 28 25 29 26 37 26 15 12 14 25 · · ·
Tue · · · · 9 10 13 29 20 28 23 18 20 17 15 · 20 10 · ·
Wed · · · 10 10 10 15 20 17 16 25 22 19 10 · 18 22 19 22 18
Thu 15 10 15 10 10 · 15 18 24 18 20 · 10 10 10 18 19 23 19 15
Fri 10 13 · · 11 · 16 16 25 28 30 27 17 12 13 13 19 21 22 20
Sat 17 11 · 10 10 10 20 20 29 23 28 32 18 13 10 15 25 24 28 24
Sun 17 15 · · 10 20 19 31 26 26 28 29 28 11 · 13 20 17 19 19

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

22 min

Lowest

5 min Jun 7

Highest

40 min Jan 17

Average

23 min

Lowest

5 min Jun 7

Highest

40 min Oct 11

Average

24 min

Lowest

17 min Sep 2025

Highest

30 min Jul 2026

Average

26 min

Lowest

23 min 2025

Highest

31 min 2022

Ride status

Down twice for 1h 45m in total

8:02am Running Down 6:24pm
  • 10:11am – 10:28am 17m
  • 4:55pm – 6:24pm 1h 28m

Broke down on 18 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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Wait time data is provided by ThemeParks.wiki. Data may not always be 100% accurate.

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