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Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

32min

Wed, Jul 22

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

10–60 min

Low 8:05am · high 4:58pm

Typical Wednesday

23 min

9 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
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Wednesday, Jul 22 vs a typical Wednesday

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

Average

32 min

Lowest

10 min 8:05am

Highest

60 min 4:58pm

Best times to go

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

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 25 30 30 27 23 25 28 29 26 24 22 12 10 · ·
Tue 13 14 15 26 45 34 34 29 27 18 35 20 20 13 5 · ·
Wed 10 11 22 23 34 28 35 35 32 29 23 21 20 15 · · ·
Thu 13 13 23 22 28 25 30 24 30 28 18 13 14 9 10 · ·
Fri · 11 18 22 28 20 29 36 29 23 19 24 18 10 · · 25
Sat 10 10 19 28 46 32 27 32 28 32 27 21 17 18 10 15 ·
Sun 10 11 18 28 27 21 20 30 38 26 19 20 20 10 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 33m in total

8:05am Running Down 9:02pm
  • 1:54pm – 2:15pm 20m
  • 3:28pm – 3:42pm 13m

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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