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Taniwha Tubes™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Volcano Bay

Average that day

6min

Fri, Jul 17

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–10 min

Low 8:55am · high 10:12am

Typical Friday

9 min

3 min quieter that day

Taniwha Tubes™ Photo: Universal

There’s a place in Universal Volcano Bay where the puka trees grow abnormally tall. Inspired by their twisting roots, the Waturi built four twisting water slides called the Taniwha Tubes. Riders can try all four twisting tracks, but beware – mischievous Tiki statues spray jets of water when you least expect it. 42” – 48” must be accompanied by a supervising companion.

Universal Volcano Bay
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Friday, Jul 17 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

6 min

Lowest

5 min 8:55am

Highest

10 min 10:12am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 5pm and 10pm, and Wed runs about 4 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon 5 6 · 10 · · 10 5 · · 5 · · · ·
Tue 5 7 14 5 15 · 5 24 5 5 5 · · · ·
Wed 5 5 · · · · 10 6 10 5 5 · · · ·
Thu 5 5 · · · 15 · · 7 5 5 · 5 · ·
Fri 5 · 10 7 · · · 8 5 · 5 6 25 15 5
Sat 5 5 · 10 12 13 25 13 15 5 7 · · · ·
Sun 8 5 8 · 15 18 5 9 5 5 5 · · · ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

7 min

Lowest

5 min May 27

Highest

18 min Jul 7

Average

7 min

Lowest

5 min May 31

Highest

13 min Jun 28

Average

8 min

Lowest

6 min May 2026

Highest

11 min Jul 2026

Average

8 min

Lowest

8 min 2026

Highest

8 min 2026

Ride status

Down once for 1h 31m in total

8:55am Running Down 7:18pm
  • 2:17pm – 3:48pm 1h 31m

Broke down on 21 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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