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Emperor — wait times

Emperor at Seaworld San Diego. Closed right now.

Busiest around 4pm (about 10 min) and quietest around 10am (about 1 min).

Of the days recorded so far, Sunday averages the longest queue, at about 9 minutes.

Closed during 7% of the readings taken while the park was fully open. The feed does not say why, so that covers refurbishment and weather as well as breakdowns.

The longest queue we have recorded is 75 minutes on 2026-09-05, the shortest 0 minutes on 2026-08-10.

Typical wait through the day

10am1 min18 readings
11am3 min35 readings
12pm4 min43 readings
1pm5 min48 readings
2pm6 min40 readings
3pm7 min45 readings
4pm10 min36 readings
5pm7 min30 readings
6pm7 min26 readings
7pm5 min28 readings
8pm5 min24 readings

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