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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

34min

Fri, Sep 12

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

10–55 min

Low 8:18am · high 2:19pm

Typical Friday

32 min

2 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™.

Universal Studios Florida
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Friday, Sep 12 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

34 min

Lowest

10 min 8:18am

Highest

55 min 2:19pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 8am, and Wed runs about 10 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 35 30 35 48 48 39 55 50 31 38 31 23 · · ·
Tue · 15 29 37 41 52 50 52 52 49 34 28 28 21 · · ·
Wed 15 15 23 29 31 42 38 41 35 42 29 32 25 17 14 14 31
Thu 15 13 27 26 32 39 42 43 44 42 32 31 35 24 25 28 35
Fri · 14 23 30 34 37 42 49 37 53 34 31 21 15 28 25 35
Sat 15 16 20 26 35 49 51 57 56 46 43 33 32 23 23 35 20
Sun · 17 27 40 37 39 60 50 49 44 33 27 18 20 25 10 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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

8:18am Running Down 8:18am

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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