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A PACKED DAY

If you'd been here on Columbus Day,
you'd have queued for everything, sweated through most of it.

Oct 12, 2026 ran at a 10/10. Full-park conditions, lines stacked everywhere. Crowds bounced between a 4 and a 10, settling around a 10 for most of the day.

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10
/10
Packed
AVG WAIT42m
PEAK165m
RIDES OPEN15/22
WEATHER84° Clear
Universal Studios Florida crowd report infographic for Oct 12, 2026
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The day, hour by hour.

10 AM to 5 PM · crowd level 1–10
4
10 AM
7
11 AM
5
12 PM
8
1 PM
7
2 PM
8
3 PM
10
4 PM
7
5 PM
10 AM to 10 AM
Rope-drop hard or rethink the morning

If you walk in after 9 AM, plan to save Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts for the last hour instead.

11 AM to 1 PM
Sit-down lunch, no exceptions

Quick-service waits balloon on days like this. A reservation buys you AC and time.

2 PM to 6 PM
Take a break, come back at 7

Crowds don't thin. Leave the park, swim, return for the last 90 minutes.

8 PM to 5 PM
One more ride, then leave

Even at close, waits hold long. Pick one ride and get out before the parking lot does its worst.

Every ride, by average wait.

22 rides · avg wait shown
Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts
82m avg
peak 130m · 98% uptime
Revenge of the Mummy
69m avg
peak 90m · 85% uptime
Despicable Me Minion Mayhem
54m avg
peak 75m · 97% uptime
Hogwarts Express - King's Cross Station
52m avg
peak 120m · 96% uptime
E.T. Adventure
45m avg
peak 55m · 74% uptime
Transformers: The Ride-3D
41m avg
peak 75m · 77% uptime
Jack & Oddfellow: Chaos & Control
36m avg
peak 45m · 39% uptime
Stranger Things 5
33m avg
peak 70m · 40% uptime
Trolls Trollercoaster
32m avg
peak 75m · 88% uptime
MEN IN BLACK Alien Attack
29m avg
peak 65m · 80% uptime
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
29m avg
peak 60m · 98% uptime
The Simpsons Ride
29m avg
peak 45m · 98% uptime
Kang & Kodos' Twirl 'n' Hurl
23m avg
peak 40m · 86% uptime
Hellraiser
21m avg
peak 40m · 40% uptime
Illumination's Villain-Con Minion Blast
15m avg
peak 30m · 75% uptime
Cybergoria
Closed all day
Evil Dead Burn
Closed all day
H.R. Bloodengutz Presents: A Halloween Fright-Tacular!
Closed all day
INVASION: Alien Abduction
Closed all day
MADLANDS: Caged Cannibals
Closed all day
Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness
Closed all day
Sinners
Closed all day
7 rides were closed all day
Cybergoria Evil Dead Burn H.R. Bloodengutz Presents: A Halloween Fright-Tacular! INVASION: Alien Abduction MADLANDS: Caged Cannibals Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness Sinners

Weather that day: ☀️ Clear, high 84°F, low 70°F, no rain.

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WHAT YOU'D HAVE GOTTEN ON THIS DAY
8:32a The call: rope-drop Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts right now
11:20a The call: a lunch reservation saves real time
3:14p Drop alert: Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts 130m to 78m (rare)
8:45p The call: closing-rush window, one more
8 drop alerts · 6 picks · 5 skip suggestions