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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

32min

Wed, Aug 27

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

15–55 min

Low 9:00am · high 4:18pm

Typical Wednesday

32 min

Right on a usual 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 27 vs a typical Wednesday

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

Average

32 min

Lowest

15 min 9:00am

Highest

55 min 4:18pm

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 33 36 46 46 53 56 52 33 38 31 23 · · ·
Tue 15 28 36 43 49 49 50 55 52 37 38 33 30 40 33 25
Wed 15 22 30 34 41 39 47 46 51 40 33 29 25 9 15 ·
Thu 15 29 29 38 43 45 51 51 49 38 29 35 20 · 5 ·
Fri 15 25 30 35 39 42 48 44 51 39 35 25 20 21 · ·
Sat 18 20 27 34 43 47 56 51 57 48 48 42 27 35 · ·
Sun 16 31 41 33 40 55 48 48 48 40 32 23 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 once for 5m in total

9:00am Running Down 8:04pm
  • 5:48pm – 5:54pm 5m

Broke down on 21 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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