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Emperor — wait times

Emperor at Seaworld San Diego. Closed right now.

Busiest around 4pm (about 9 min) and quietest around 10am (about 1 min).

Of the days recorded so far, Sunday averages the longest queue, at about 8 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 min22 readings
11am3 min44 readings
12pm4 min60 readings
1pm5 min66 readings
2pm6 min55 readings
3pm7 min61 readings
4pm9 min53 readings
5pm6 min42 readings
6pm6 min36 readings
7pm4 min40 readings
8pm4 min33 readings

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