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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

22min

Wed, Aug 20

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–45 min

Low 9:54pm · high 9:50am

Typical Wednesday

35 min

13 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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Wednesday, Aug 20 vs a typical Wednesday

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

Average

22 min

Lowest

5 min 9:54pm

Highest

45 min 9:50am

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 33 37 38 46 49 62 60 51 35 39 32 21 · · ·
Tue 16 28 37 46 48 52 51 53 51 38 36 31 30 40 33 25
Wed 15 25 30 34 40 42 48 48 51 45 37 33 27 14 15 ·
Thu 16 27 31 39 43 47 51 53 51 43 33 34 20 · 5 ·
Fri 15 28 31 35 39 42 50 46 53 41 40 30 23 21 · ·
Sat 18 22 29 39 44 48 59 54 60 55 50 44 30 35 · ·
Sun 17 31 44 35 41 52 52 48 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 18m in total

9:09am Running Down 10:00pm
  • 12:11pm – 12:17pm 5m
  • 3:02pm – 3:16pm 13m

Broke down on 24 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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