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Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

21min

Thu, Jul 16

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

5–50 min

Low 6:40pm · high 11:36am

Typical Thursday

20 min

1 min busier that day

Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™ Photo: Universal

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
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Thursday, Jul 16 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

21 min

Lowest

5 min 6:40pm

Highest

50 min 11:36am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 9pm, and Sun runs about 4 min shorter than Tue.

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 31 25 17 25 19 28 26 25 20 13 10 · ·
Tue 13 14 17 29 45 35 33 27 25 21 31 20 20 14 8 · ·
Wed 10 12 19 21 35 31 38 36 30 24 21 17 20 13 · · ·
Thu 12 13 23 22 28 25 30 23 30 28 20 14 14 9 10 · ·
Fri · 11 18 23 32 20 32 31 26 26 19 24 17 13 · 15 25
Sat · 9 19 27 41 31 26 29 27 28 23 20 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 twice for 34m in total

8:03am Running Down 9:44pm
  • 8:03am – 8:06am 3m
  • 7:48pm – 8:20pm 31m

Broke down on 16 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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