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B-Ticket · minor / walk-onBPopeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges®

Islands of Adventure · Toon Lagoon · B-Ticket · minor / walk-on
Islands of Adventure: Closed · Opens Mon 8:00 AM

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since 8:00 PM today · Islands of Adventure is closed · Opens Mon 8:00 AM

Ride specifications

66.2% Reliability

Operating 66.2% of standard park hours across 19 days (3,770 of 5,697 readings). Early entry and after-hours events are excluded; scheduled refurbishment does not count against it.

Type
River rapids ride
Opened
1999
Ride time
6:00
Height requirement
42" (107 cm)

Specifications from Universal Orlando official site; Wikipedia. Fields we could not source are omitted rather than guessed.

Best time to go typical wait by hour in normal park hours · 3772 readings over 20 days

9amShortest waits · ~6 min
2pmLongest waits · ~11 min
8 minTypical overall

Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges® is a river rapids ride at Islands of Adventure that opened in 1999. It runs 6:00. Riders must be at least 42" (107 cm) tall. Across 3,772 standby readings over 20 days of operation, the typical posted wait is 8 minutes, ranging from about 6 minutes around 9am to 11 minutes at 2pm. It has been operating 66.2% of standard park hours across 19 days of readings.

Recorded & projected wait times

Solid line: the wait that was posted. Dashed line: our single best estimate of what comes next. Projections run seven days ahead.

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Common questions

What is the average wait for Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges®?

The typical posted standby wait is about 8 minutes, measured from 3,772 readings over 20 days of operation.

What is the best time of day to ride Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges®?

9am has the shortest average wait on record, around 6 minutes. The worst hour is 2pm at about 11 minutes.

How tall do you have to be to ride Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges®?

The minimum height is 42" (107 cm).

How long is Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges®?

The ride itself runs about 6:00.

Does Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges® break down often?

It has been open 66.2% of standard park hours across 19 days of readings. That figure counts every closure inside published hours except planned refurbishment.

Where is Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges®?

Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges® is at Islands of Adventure in Toon Lagoon.

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