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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

38min

Thu, Aug 14

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

15–65 min

Low 9:05am · high 1:30pm

Typical Thursday

37 min

1 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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Thursday, Aug 14 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

38 min

Lowest

15 min 9:05am

Highest

65 min 1:30pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 10pm, and Wed runs about 8 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 10pm 11pm
Mon 18 35 37 40 48 51 59 62 52 36 39 30 21 · · ·
Tue 16 28 37 46 52 47 54 53 56 39 40 31 33 40 33 25
Wed 15 24 28 41 43 45 47 54 53 45 38 32 28 19 15 ·
Thu 16 27 32 39 44 50 52 58 53 43 34 35 20 · 5 ·
Fri 13 28 31 38 40 45 57 55 57 44 44 32 23 18 · ·
Sat 18 23 29 39 44 46 61 54 61 57 52 48 29 45 · ·
Sun 15 32 43 34 42 48 51 47 51 42 34 25 19 20 · ·

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 twice for 24m in total

9:05am Running Down 9:02pm
  • 9:57am – 10:15am 18m
  • 12:41pm – 12:48pm 6m

Broke down on 22 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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