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Universal Islands Of Adventure ride reliability

60 operating days27 Jul to 24 Sept18 rides tracked

18 tracked rides at Universal Islands Of Adventure ran 80.9% of opening hours across the last 60 operating days, which is patchy. The least reliable is Skull Island: Reign of Kong at 57.1%, down on 59 of 60 days.

Reliability verdict

Patchy

Across the last 60 operating days, 18 tracked rides ran 80.9% of opening hours. The one to plan around is Skull Island: Reign of Kong, at 57.1%.

80.9%uptime
Least reliableSkull Island: Reign of Kong 57.1%Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges® 68.8%Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls® 76.1%

Every Universal Islands Of Adventure ride ranked by uptime

Uptime by ride

18 rides · 60 days · worst first

  1. 1Skull Island: Reign of Kong12d 7h lost · 49 breakdowns · down on 59 of 60 days 57.1%
  2. 2Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges®9d 1h lost · 109 breakdowns · down on 60 of 60 days 68.8%
  3. 3Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls®6d 21h lost · 78 breakdowns · down on 58 of 60 days 76.1%
  4. 4Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station5d 22h lost · 38 breakdowns · down on 60 of 60 days 79.5%
  5. 5Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure™5d 11h lost · 93 breakdowns · down on 56 of 60 days 81.2%
  6. 6Pteranodon Flyers5d 5h lost · 81 breakdowns · down on 58 of 60 days 82.2%
  7. 7Jurassic World VelociCoaster5d 0h lost · 108 breakdowns · down on 58 of 60 days 82.8%
  8. 8Flight of the Hippogriff™4d 12h lost · 87 breakdowns · down on 57 of 60 days 84.5%
  9. 9The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride!™4d 9h lost · 100 breakdowns · down on 56 of 60 days 85%
  10. 10One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish™3d 18h lost · 63 breakdowns · down on 48 of 60 days 87.1%
  11. 11The Incredible Hulk Coaster®3d 15h lost · 66 breakdowns · down on 50 of 60 days 87.4%
  12. 12Doctor Doom's Fearfall®3d 14h lost · 55 breakdowns · down on 46 of 60 days 87.7%
  13. 13Storm Force Accelatron®2d 11h lost · 69 breakdowns · down on 56 of 60 days 91.4%
  14. 14Caro-Seuss-el™1d 0h lost · 20 breakdowns · down on 38 of 60 days 96.4%
  15. 15The Cat in The Hat™1d 1h lost · 34 breakdowns · down on 46 of 60 days 96.5%
  16. 16Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™22h 16m lost · 29 breakdowns · down on 29 of 60 days 96.9%
  17. 17The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man®18h 31m lost · 25 breakdowns · down on 36 of 60 days 97.1%
  18. 18Ollivanders™ Experience in Hogsmeade™9h 8m lost · 37 breakdowns · down on 46 of 60 days 98.6%
Excellent 95% and upGood 85-94%Patchy 70-84%Poor under 70%

When Universal Islands Of Adventure rides break down

Closures by the hour they start

1,141 breakdowns · late starts excluded

239am
4510am
6911am
6312pm
901pm
1412pm
1273pm
1264pm
1375pm
846pm
1057pm

Breakdowns cluster at 2pm, with 141 of the 1,010 closures that started before the park's final hour beginning then - so the ride you most want is safest earlier in the day, not saved for last. A further 260 rides simply were not running at opening, which is a late start rather than a fault and is counted separately. The other 131 closures start in the 8pm hour, when the park is shutting - those are rides finishing their day, not failing, so they are left out here.

Universal Islands Of Adventure downtime day by day

Share of ride hours lost

27 Jul to 24 Sept

27 Jul24 Sept

The worst day in this window was 6 Aug, when 41.8% of the park's ride hours were lost and 17 of 19 rides went down at some point.

Uptime is the share of the park's own operating minutes a ride was running, recorded every few minutes and averaged over 60 days. A closure counts as one breakdown when it lasts ten minutes or more; shorter stops still count towards time lost, because a two-minute reset is not a fault. Touching closure windows are merged into one closure - a ride shut all day arrives from the feed as that day sliced into the sampling interval, and counting each slice would report one bad day as a hundred breakdowns.

Frequently asked

Which rides break down most at Universal Islands Of Adventure?

Skull Island: Reign of Kong (57.1%), Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges® (68.8%), Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls® (76.1%) have the lowest uptime at Universal Islands Of Adventure across the last 60 recorded operating days. The full ranking of all 18 tracked rides is above.

How reliable is Universal Islands Of Adventure overall?

Universal Islands Of Adventure averages 80.9% uptime across 18 tracked rides, which is patchy. 5 excellent, 5 good, 6 patchy, 2 poor.

Which ride at Universal Islands Of Adventure is the most reliable?

Ollivanders™ Experience in Hogsmeade™, at 98.6% uptime over 60 recorded days, losing only 9h 8m in total.

What time of day do rides break down at Universal Islands Of Adventure?

2pm is the commonest hour for a closure to start, with 141 of the 1,010 closures that started before the park's final hour beginning then. Rides that are not running at opening are counted separately as late starts, not as faults.

Which rides are closed at Universal Islands Of Adventure today?

This page is the longer-term pattern rather than the live picture. For what is shut right now, open the Universal Islands Of Adventure live page - every ride shows whether it is open or closed, with the reason where the park provides one.

How is uptime measured?

Each ride's open or closed status is recorded every few minutes through the park's own operating hours. Uptime is the share of those minutes the ride was running. A closure counts as one breakdown when it lasts ten minutes or more; shorter stops still count towards time lost, because a two-minute reset is not a fault.

Does weather affect Universal Islands Of Adventure reliability?

Yes. Water rides close in heavy rain, and exposed coasters close in lightning, high winds or very cold temperatures. These figures reflect actual operations including weather closures, which is why uptime varies through the year.