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Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

26min

Sun, Apr 19

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

10–65 min

Low 12:15am · high 10:12am

Typical Sunday

24 min

2 min busier 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
Lightning Lane
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Sunday, Apr 19 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

26 min

Lowest

10 min 12:15am

Highest

65 min 10:12am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 8am, and Sun runs about 8 min shorter than Thu.

Average standby each hour, day by day

12am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · 10 20 32 36 40 42 40 42 40 40 23 14 13 13 13 38 ·
Tue · 10 15 34 42 47 41 42 30 45 30 31 31 17 13 13 15 ·
Wed · 10 13 26 39 47 44 40 31 39 29 23 21 11 12 11 5 ·
Thu · 13 19 29 41 41 49 43 43 45 34 37 33 19 11 12 15 ·
Fri · 10 12 31 39 53 46 37 26 41 38 26 27 22 15 23 29 30
Sat 25 11 13 23 30 34 33 34 35 37 28 33 20 16 26 18 18 20
Sun 12 10 13 25 33 24 30 31 28 29 36 27 29 26 17 15 10 10

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

15 min Nov 2026

Highest

46 min Jan 2025

Average

37 min

Lowest

30 min 2026

Highest

43 min 2022

Ride status

Down once for 28m in total

12:15am Running Down 9:16pm
  • 4:19pm – 4:47pm 28m

Broke down on 9 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

Lightning Lane returns

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

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