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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

77min

Sat, Apr 19

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

20–135 min

Low 8:56am · high 2:20pm

Typical Saturday

61 min

16 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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Saturday, Apr 19 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

77 min

Lowest

20 min 8:56am

Highest

135 min 2:20pm

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 20 33 39 46 · 105 87 96 85 87 62 56 40 ·
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 5 times for 1h 8m in total

8:56am Running Down 9:01pm
  • 1:07pm – 1:22pm 14m
  • 3:51pm – 3:59pm 7m
  • 4:01pm – 4:12pm 10m
  • 6:08pm – 6:26pm 18m
  • 7:56pm – 8:16pm 19m

Broke down on 29 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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