Best Time to Ride Despicable Me Minion Mayhem
See when Despicable Me Minion Mayhem has the shortest and longest waits at Universal Studios, hour by hour, from real wait-time data.
Average wait by hour
Hour-by-hour average posted wait while the ride is operating. This is the same live history ParkCharter schedules your day around.
When to ride Despicable Me Minion Mayhem
Despicable Me Minion Mayhem averages its shortest waits around 4 PM (about 18 minutes) and its longest around 11 AM (about 40 minutes).
Based on 702 wait-time readings from the last 14 days (2026-08-29 to 2026-09-11, America/New_York). Refreshed daily. How we measure
What 90 days of history shows
The hourly chart above covers the last two weeks, which is the right window for what today looks like. These three take the long view, where a weekday pattern needs a full season before it means anything.
What the end of the day is worth
Despicable Me Minion Mayhem peaks around 11 AM at a median of 50 minutes. By 8 PM that median is 15 minutes, so riding late rather than at the peak has been worth about 35 minutes in line. Your own day can differ, and this is what the history showed.
How often it goes down
Despicable Me Minion Mayhem was reported temporarily down in about 2% of the checks taken while it was scheduled to be running, across the last 90 days. Build a little slack into the day around it.
Measured against the checks taken while the ride was scheduled to be running, not against every check. More than half of all readings on any ride are taken overnight while the park is closed.
Based on 5,669 readings taken while Despicable Me Minion Mayhem was operating, 2026-06-13 to 2026-09-11, America/New_York. How we measure
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