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Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

17min

Sun, Jul 12

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

5–35 min

Low 7:46am · high 2:29pm

Typical Sunday

20 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
Lightning Lane
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Sunday, Jul 12 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

17 min

Lowest

5 min 7:46am

Highest

35 min 2:29pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 9pm, and Mon runs about 5 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon 10 15 23 27 25 25 17 21 15 17 23 20 19 13 10 · ·
Tue 13 15 17 31 46 36 35 28 25 20 31 17 18 14 8 · ·
Wed 10 12 21 20 36 30 37 36 31 24 23 17 20 12 · · ·
Thu 12 12 23 21 27 27 30 20 30 25 21 14 14 10 8 · ·
Fri 10 11 18 23 28 20 29 28 26 25 19 23 18 13 · 17 25
Sat · 9 19 27 42 36 26 29 29 28 30 22 16 21 10 15 ·
Sun 10 11 18 28 25 21 17 28 38 26 19 18 20 11 5 · ·

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 40m in total

7:46am Running Down 9:15pm
  • 8:19pm – 8:59pm 40m

Broke down on 18 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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