They say you have five minutes. I asked them what would happen if we were too far away to make it back that fast and they said we could text back if we were unable to get back in five minutes so we could have a little more time. We've used the text twice - once they said the wait was 1 hour and 40 minutes. We arrived back at 1 hour and 20 minutes and they texted us 10 minutes later. The next time, they said the wait was 30 minutes, so we didn't go back into the park to ride like the other time. We came back at 20 minutes and they texted us right away. So - both times, the actual wait was about 10 minutes less than expected.