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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

28min

Wed, Sep 17

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

10–45 min

Low 5:35pm · high 1:54pm

Typical Wednesday

28 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, Sep 17 vs a typical Wednesday

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

Average

28 min

Lowest

10 min 5:35pm

Highest

45 min 1:54pm

Best times to go

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

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 36 46 48 36 51 48 29 34 31 22 · · ·
Tue 15 15 28 37 43 52 48 49 49 46 34 26 26 20 23 30 15
Wed 15 15 23 29 31 39 36 39 35 41 25 29 25 20 17 19 31
Thu 15 13 27 23 33 39 40 44 41 39 30 27 35 24 25 28 35
Fri · 13 21 31 34 38 41 49 35 53 34 28 20 15 28 25 35
Sat 15 15 20 27 36 47 52 55 55 44 43 29 31 25 29 37 20
Sun · 16 27 40 36 39 59 50 46 43 30 27 18 25 25 23 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 twice for 1h 17m in total

8:01am Running Down 8:03pm
  • 1:07pm – 1:10pm 3m
  • 6:48pm – 8:03pm 1h 14m

Broke down on 19 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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