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E.T. Adventure

Universal Studios Florida · Hollywood

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15 min

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That's roughly 1.1 Butterbeers, sipped properly, or 2.1 Hogwarts Express trips.

The facts

Type
Suspended dark ride[1]
Manufacturer
Sally Corporation, Birket Engineering, Mannetron[1]
Designer
Universal Creative[1]
Opened
June 7, 1990[1]
Ride time
4 min 30 s[1]
Height requirement
34 in[1]
Theme
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial[1]

In that time, you could instead

  • Watch The Blues Brothers Show15 min · source
  • Complete Viking Training Camp15 min · source
  • Do the whole Hogwarts Express, queue to exit15 min · source

What it's usually like

Typically ~30 min. Quietest around 9 AM (~15 min), busiest around 12 PM (~35 min).

9 AM10 PM

Reliability: 64 unplanned closures on record over 92 days — usually back within ~20 min.

Typical standby from 7513 of our own readings over 92 days — it only gets sharper as the archive grows.

The last 24 hours

peak 35 min · average 24 min · 143 readings

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Average posted wait per hour, last 24 hours · park time · flat gray bars are hours the ride sat closed.

Sources

  1. [1] Wikipedia

Collected by Belts and Bars from Queue-Times.com. We keep every reading, so this history only gets longer.