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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

32min

Fri, Aug 22

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

15–55 min

Low 9:16am · high 2:15pm

Typical Friday

35 min

3 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, Aug 22 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

32 min

Lowest

15 min 9:16am

Highest

55 min 2:15pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 10pm, and Wed runs about 7 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 15 27 28 39 43 44 51 53 50 41 33 34 20 · 5 ·
Fri 15 26 30 35 39 42 50 45 53 39 40 28 23 21 · ·
Sat 18 21 27 36 42 48 59 51 60 50 48 42 29 35 · ·
Sun 17 31 41 34 40 55 50 48 51 41 33 25 20 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 25m in total

8:56am Running Down 9:13pm
  • 8:56am – 9:16am 20m
  • 9:25am – 9:30am 5m

Broke down on 23 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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