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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

22min

Thu, Sep 4

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

15–35 min

Low 7:49am · high 1:46pm

Typical Thursday

34 min

12 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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Thursday, Sep 4 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

22 min

Lowest

15 min 7:49am

Highest

35 min 1:46pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 8am, and Wed runs about 9 min shorter than Tue.

Average standby each hour, day by day

7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · 18 33 30 35 47 48 42 55 50 31 38 31 23 · · ·
Tue · 15 30 37 43 53 47 52 53 50 37 36 31 29 40 20 ·
Wed 15 15 23 30 31 41 39 44 39 47 35 34 28 17 9 14 37
Thu 15 15 27 26 35 41 43 47 46 46 33 29 35 23 · · ·
Fri · 15 24 30 35 37 42 51 45 48 35 32 22 20 22 · ·
Sat 15 18 20 29 36 47 52 59 55 52 43 34 32 23 23 · 15
Sun · 16 28 38 33 38 58 48 48 46 34 26 19 18 · · 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

Down 3 times for 1h 35m in total

7:49am Running Down 8:41pm
  • 8:51am – 9:01am 9m
  • 1:31pm – 1:46pm 14m
  • 7:28pm – 8:41pm 1h 12m

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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