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Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

26min

Sun, Feb 8

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

10–55 min

Low 7:52am · high 3:14pm

Typical Sunday

29 min

3 min quieter that day

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Make your way through Hogwarts™ castle. Then join Harry Potter™ and his friends on an unforgettably thrilling adventure that uses groundbreaking technology.

Universal Islands of Adventure
Standby
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Sunday, Feb 8 vs a typical Sunday

Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Sundays

Average

26 min

Lowest

10 min 7:52am

Highest

55 min 3:14pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 11pm, and Thu runs about 17 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon 10 13 15 36 42 51 50 44 43 40 38 47 25 22 15 15 15 ·
Tue 15 13 22 35 37 39 31 39 34 42 29 28 16 9 17 10 15 ·
Wed · 11 12 24 34 40 31 27 30 36 25 26 18 17 16 18 · 10
Thu · 11 12 20 26 28 27 28 32 29 26 21 22 15 12 8 10 ·
Fri 10 10 12 28 33 39 40 45 34 31 42 31 28 19 19 18 15 ·
Sat 10 10 17 30 52 59 56 67 69 58 58 46 32 25 19 14 13 ·
Sun · 10 21 35 45 39 43 57 40 40 25 32 20 23 12 10 13 ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

27 min

Lowest

9 min Dec 3

Highest

85 min Apr 30

Average

26 min

Lowest

10 min May 10

Highest

64 min Jan 18

Average

32 min

Lowest

21 min Sep 2025

Highest

46 min Jan 2025

Average

37 min

Lowest

30 min 2026

Highest

43 min 2022

Ride status

Down once for 13m in total

7:52am Running Down 10:28pm
  • 10:15pm – 10:28pm 13m

Broke down on 14 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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Wait time data is provided by ThemeParks.wiki. Data may not always be 100% accurate.

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