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OSAKA / UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN

Mine Cart Madness™ wait times and best time to ride

Explore hourly waits and recorded quieter windows to plan your USJ visit.

BEFORE YOU RIDE

The essentials at a glance

AreaDonkey Kong Country
Approximate duration2 min
Height requirement107 / 122 cm

Jungle roller coaster. From 107 cm with a supervising companion; 122 cm without one. You may get wet.

Fitting it into your day

Group this visit with your other Super Nintendo World priorities and check area admission.

See all requirements at USJ · Checked: 5 Oct 2026. Height is not the only requirement.

Explore the experience

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PLAN YOUR VISIT

When have waits tended to be lower?

In recent history, the window with the lowest typical wait was 20:00–21:00 · 74 min.

Median based on 15 sufficiently covered days. A historical reference, not a guarantee for your visit.

View period and method

2026-09-06 – 2026-10-03. Median of hourly averages; at least seven days per window and four comparable windows. Dates may differ between hours. No holiday or event adjustments.

Mine Cart Madness™

How the queues changed

Japan time · standby queue · sufficiently covered periods only

Estimated average145 min
Lowest waits that day20:00–21:00
Highest recorded wait230 min

Waits by hour

08:00–09:00Insufficient data
09:00–10:00208 min
10:00–11:00165 min
11:00–12:00Insufficient data
12:00–13:00Insufficient data
13:00–14:00Insufficient data
14:00–15:00Insufficient data
15:00–16:00175 min
16:00–17:00165 min
17:00–18:00163 min
18:00–19:00Insufficient data
19:00–20:00114 min
20:00–21:0070 min
How averages are calculated

Waits are weighted by duration, capped at 15 minutes. Hours need 30 covered minutes; averages need three covered hours; highlighting a window requires four comparable hours. Gaps and closures are not zero. This is not a forecast.

View times and waits
TimeWait / status
08:325 min
08:4740 min
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08:56190 min
09:02210 min
09:05230 min
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09:49190 min
09:55Down
10:11170 min
10:26160 min
11:25170 min
11:46140 min
13:17150 min
14:34160 min
15:02170 min
15:42180 min
16:04170 min
16:26160 min
17:04170 min
17:36160 min
17:55150 min
18:17140 min
19:02130 min
19:27120 min
19:34110 min
19:4990 min
20:0580 min
20:1270 min
20:1860 min
20:36Closed