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Universal Islands Of Adventure ride reliability

60 operating days6 Sept to 4 Nov18 rides tracked

18 tracked rides at Universal Islands Of Adventure ran 84.1% of opening hours across the last 60 operating days, which is patchy. The least reliable is Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges® at 68.5%, down on 60 of 60 days.

Reliability verdict

Patchy

Across the last 60 operating days, 18 tracked rides ran 84.1% of opening hours. The one to plan around is Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges®, at 68.5%.

84.1%uptime

Every Universal Islands Of Adventure ride ranked by uptime

Uptime by ride

18 rides · 60 days · worst first

  1. 1Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges®8d 14h lost · 88 breakdowns · down on 60 of 60 days 68.5%
  2. 2Skull Island: Reign of Kong7d 21h lost · 53 breakdowns · down on 57 of 60 days 71.4%
  3. 3Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station6d 19h lost · 56 breakdowns · down on 59 of 60 days 75%
  4. 4Pteranodon Flyers4d 3h lost · 73 breakdowns · down on 55 of 60 days 84.6%
  5. 5Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls®3d 20h lost · 53 breakdowns · down on 53 of 60 days 85.9%
  6. 6Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure™3d 20h lost · 64 breakdowns · down on 48 of 60 days 85.9%
  7. 7Jurassic World VelociCoaster3d 19h lost · 93 breakdowns · down on 57 of 60 days 86.1%
  8. 8Flight of the Hippogriff™2d 16h lost · 56 breakdowns · down on 42 of 60 days 90.1%
  9. 9Storm Force Accelatron®2d 8h lost · 64 breakdowns · down on 55 of 60 days 91.3%
  10. 10The Incredible Hulk Coaster®1d 18h lost · 33 breakdowns · down on 36 of 60 days 93.5%
  11. 11The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride!™1d 18h lost · 50 breakdowns · down on 38 of 60 days 93.6%
  12. 12Doctor Doom's Fearfall®1d 9h lost · 23 breakdowns · down on 26 of 60 days 94.9%
  13. 13One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish™1d 8h lost · 27 breakdowns · down on 35 of 60 days 95%
  14. 14The Cat in The Hat™1d 5h lost · 33 breakdowns · down on 43 of 60 days 95.2%
  15. 15Caro-Seuss-el™1d 2h lost · 16 breakdowns · down on 30 of 60 days 95.9%
  16. 16The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man®23h 6m lost · 33 breakdowns · down on 44 of 60 days 96.3%
  17. 17Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™23h 52m lost · 30 breakdowns · down on 35 of 60 days 96.5%
  18. 18Ollivanders™ Experience in Hogsmeade™11h 56m lost · 51 breakdowns · down on 53 of 60 days 98.1%
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

896 breakdowns · late starts excluded

199am
4210am
5411am
5112pm
901pm
1002pm
843pm
764pm
1275pm
1206pm
1237pm
78pm

Breakdowns cluster at 5pm, with 127 of the 893 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 257 rides simply were not running at opening, which is a late start rather than a fault and is counted separately. The other 3 closures start in the 9pm 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

6 Sept to 4 Nov

6 Sept4 Nov

The worst day in this window was 7 Sept, when 29.9% 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?

Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges® (68.5%), Skull Island: Reign of Kong (71.4%), Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station (75%) 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 84.1% uptime across 18 tracked rides, which is patchy. 6 excellent, 8 good, 3 patchy, 1 poor.

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

Ollivanders™ Experience in Hogsmeade™, at 98.1% uptime over 60 recorded days, losing only 11h 56m in total.

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

5pm is the commonest hour for a closure to start, with 127 of the 893 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.