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MEN IN BLACK™ Alien Attack! Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

28min

Thu, Oct 8

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–55 min

Low 12:21am · high 12:12pm

Typical Thursday

16 min

12 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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Thursday, Oct 8 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

28 min

Lowest

10 min 12:21am

Highest

55 min 12:12pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 2am and 8am, and Mon runs about 6 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

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

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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

12:21am Running Down 9:07am

Broke down on 25 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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