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Universal Islands Of Adventure ride reliability

60 operating days11 Aug to 9 Oct18 rides tracked

18 tracked rides at Universal Islands Of Adventure ran 81.4% of opening hours across the last 60 operating days, which is patchy. The least reliable is Skull Island: Reign of Kong at 57.5%, down on 59 of 60 days.

Reliability verdict

Patchy

Across the last 60 operating days, 18 tracked rides ran 81.4% of opening hours. The one to plan around is Skull Island: Reign of Kong, at 57.5%.

81.4%uptime
Least reliableSkull Island: Reign of Kong 57.5%Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges® 68.4%Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station 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 2h lost · 37 breakdowns · down on 59 of 60 days 57.5%
  2. 2Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges®8d 23h lost · 105 breakdowns · down on 60 of 60 days 68.4%
  3. 3Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station6d 18h lost · 53 breakdowns · down on 60 of 60 days 76.1%
  4. 4Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls®5d 16h lost · 65 breakdowns · down on 55 of 60 days 80.1%
  5. 5Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure™5d 8h lost · 83 breakdowns · down on 57 of 60 days 81.3%
  6. 6Pteranodon Flyers4d 23h lost · 78 breakdowns · down on 57 of 60 days 82.5%
  7. 7Jurassic World VelociCoaster4d 8h lost · 101 breakdowns · down on 58 of 60 days 84.9%
  8. 8Flight of the Hippogriff™4d 4h lost · 82 breakdowns · down on 53 of 60 days 85.2%
  9. 9The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride!™3d 13h lost · 85 breakdowns · down on 49 of 60 days 87.6%
  10. 10The Incredible Hulk Coaster®3d 4h lost · 56 breakdowns · down on 46 of 60 days 88.9%
  11. 11Doctor Doom's Fearfall®3d 0h lost · 48 breakdowns · down on 42 of 60 days 89.5%
  12. 12One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish™2d 21h lost · 53 breakdowns · down on 46 of 60 days 90%
  13. 13Storm Force Accelatron®2d 13h lost · 69 breakdowns · down on 57 of 60 days 90.9%
  14. 14Caro-Seuss-el™1d 5h lost · 17 breakdowns · down on 36 of 60 days 95.5%
  15. 15Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™1d 2h lost · 31 breakdowns · down on 33 of 60 days 96.1%
  16. 16The Cat in The Hat™20h 12m lost · 30 breakdowns · down on 44 of 60 days 97%
  17. 17The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man®19h 24m lost · 29 breakdowns · down on 40 of 60 days 97%
  18. 18Ollivanders™ Experience in Hogsmeade™10h 9m lost · 39 breakdowns · down on 47 of 60 days 98.4%
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

1,061 breakdowns · late starts excluded

199am
4110am
5511am
4612pm
771pm
1332pm
1323pm
1114pm
1515pm
946pm
1157pm

Breakdowns cluster at 5pm, with 151 of the 974 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 87 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

11 Aug to 9 Oct

11 Aug9 Oct

The worst day in this window was 2 Sept, when 30.3% 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 (57.5%), Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges® (68.4%), Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station (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 81.4% uptime across 18 tracked rides, which is patchy. 5 excellent, 6 good, 5 patchy, 2 poor.

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

Ollivanders™ Experience in Hogsmeade™, at 98.4% uptime over 60 recorded days, losing only 10h 9m 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 151 of the 974 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.