Taniwha Tubes™ Wait Times
Average that day
16min
Sat, Jul 18
Hours
Opens 9am
Posted hours
Range
5–40 min
Low 8:54am · high 1:16pm
Typical Saturday
11 min
5 min busier that day
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.
Saturday, Jul 18 vs a typical Saturday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Saturdays
Average
16 min
Lowest
5 min 8:54am
Highest
40 min 1:16pm
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 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 6 | · | · | · | · |
| 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
Ran all day with no breakdowns
Broke down on 20 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.