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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

71min

Fri, Apr 18

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

15–125 min

Low 8:49am · high 3:04pm

Typical Friday

39 min

32 min busier that day

Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Photo: Universal

Enter Gringotts™ bank and take a journey deep underground aboard this mind-blowing, multi-dimensional thrill ride. You’ll encounter Harry, Ron, and Hermione as you try to evade the wrath of Voldemort™ and Bellatrix to make it back to Diagon Alley™.

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Friday, Apr 18 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

71 min

Lowest

15 min 8:49am

Highest

125 min 3:04pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 8pm, and Thu runs about 15 min shorter than Mon.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm
Mon · 43 65 40 62 73 148 99 70 54 53 40 30 ·
Tue · 37 65 45 57 83 115 70 92 80 53 35 30 ·
Wed · 30 50 50 60 75 90 70 85 89 58 · 32 ·
Thu 15 36 43 51 50 56 78 70 70 56 47 45 30 ·
Fri 17 40 38 43 75 64 90 76 68 55 52 54 44 45
Sat · 30 33 41 · · 76 118 60 80 68 42 · ·
Sun 15 41 72 80 45 73 96 53 60 40 68 25 · ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

45 min

Lowest

15 min Sep 2

Highest

118 min Dec 30

Average

46 min

Lowest

24 min May 10

Highest

95 min Dec 28

Average

49 min

Lowest

36 min Sep 2026

Highest

62 min Dec 2025

Average

54 min

Lowest

48 min 2026

Highest

68 min 2022

Ride status

Down 3 times for 25m in total

8:49am Running Down 9:02pm
  • 9:19am – 9:22am 2m
  • 11:34am – 11:43am 8m
  • 12:16pm – 12:32pm 15m

Broke down on 29 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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