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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

46min

Fri, Apr 25

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

15–65 min

Low 8:05am · high 4:55pm

Typical Friday

54 min

8 min quieter 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 25 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

46 min

Lowest

15 min 8:05am

Highest

65 min 4:55pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 8pm, and Wed runs about 18 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm
Mon 15 39 65 40 63 59 148 99 63 45 44 38 28 ·
Tue · 32 54 45 56 83 75 60 66 58 39 30 23 ·
Wed 15 38 38 43 51 53 68 54 65 65 42 25 33 ·
Thu 15 32 43 49 48 52 78 58 62 56 42 31 30 ·
Fri 16 40 37 43 75 64 65 62 65 55 49 51 49 43
Sat 20 33 39 46 · 105 87 96 85 87 62 56 40 ·
Sun 15 45 58 66 45 54 79 65 75 45 57 34 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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

8:05am Running Down 6:08pm

Broke down on 28 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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