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MEN IN BLACK™ Alien Attack! Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

25min

Fri, Jan 23

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–40 min

Low 9:23am · high 6:29pm

Typical Friday

20 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, Jan 23 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

25 min

Lowest

10 min 9:23am

Highest

40 min 6:29pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9am, and Thu runs about 6 min shorter than Sun.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon 10 10 12 18 28 31 32 36 34 24 23 22 15 17 10 ·
Tue 15 10 12 21 38 31 27 22 30 15 23 23 25 13 15 ·
Wed 10 12 11 21 18 35 32 16 23 17 20 27 23 12 15 ·
Thu 10 13 12 21 22 24 21 24 26 22 10 15 25 12 25 ·
Fri 9 10 14 19 25 30 29 27 33 24 28 20 19 16 15 15
Sat 10 15 15 19 35 25 37 38 44 26 24 21 21 13 13 ·
Sun 10 10 20 31 28 35 26 38 32 20 24 40 13 20 · ·

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 3 times for 24m in total

9:23am Running Down 7:22pm
  • 10:44am – 11:01am 17m
  • 6:57pm – 7:03pm 5m
  • 7:19pm – 7:22pm 2m

Broke down on 22 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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Paid returns

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

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