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Honu of Honu ika Moana Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Volcano Bay

Average that day

27min

Thu, Jul 9

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

5–45 min

Low 8:01am · high 12:48pm

Typical Thursday

19 min

8 min busier that day

Honu of Honu ika Moana Photo: Universal

Just like the ancient Waturi people who rode the ocean waves on friendly sea turtles, you can take a wild ride. Honu sweeps up two massive walls emblazoned with Waturi turtles in this twisting, turning, multi-person slide.

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Thursday, Jul 9 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

27 min

Lowest

5 min 8:01am

Highest

45 min 12:48pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 6pm, and Tue runs about 10 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon 5 6 · 33 34 20 23 18 33 20 30 15 · · · ·
Tue 5 9 10 13 20 30 30 26 19 11 12 5 · · · ·
Wed 5 8 18 22 27 23 33 10 20 19 8 14 · · · ·
Thu 13 5 17 20 30 35 28 29 28 18 15 6 · 9 30 15
Fri 5 7 5 18 29 38 27 34 27 26 23 · 14 · 10 5
Sat 7 12 10 28 30 45 50 45 35 28 13 5 · · · ·
Sun 5 21 15 23 22 33 35 · 29 20 12 9 · · · ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

21 min

Lowest

5 min Sep 8

Highest

52 min Jul 22

Average

22 min

Lowest

8 min Aug 30

Highest

43 min Sep 6

Average

23 min

Lowest

18 min Oct 2026

Highest

30 min Jul 2026

Average

25 min

Lowest

25 min 2026

Highest

25 min 2026

Ride status

Ran all day with no breakdowns

8:01am Running Down 11:45pm

Broke down on 19 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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

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