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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

28min

Thu, Nov 20

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

15–45 min

Low 9:13am · high 12:57pm

Typical Thursday

35 min

7 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, Nov 20 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

28 min

Lowest

15 min 9:13am

Highest

45 min 12:57pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 6am and 7am, and Wed runs about 19 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · · 15 44 56 52 64 64 61 67 52 41 31 · · · · ·
Tue · · 15 43 39 52 51 60 52 54 48 32 25 · 10 35 · ·
Wed · 20 21 28 40 41 47 43 45 44 28 18 15 28 38 39 37 31
Thu 25 15 24 36 35 44 48 49 47 47 33 22 20 28 39 42 36 31
Fri 15 15 27 39 57 61 65 53 70 62 48 26 21 21 35 37 46 35
Sat · 13 29 44 43 73 77 74 81 70 74 34 39 29 51 57 56 44
Sun · 5 27 45 59 55 63 63 63 61 61 22 23 32 34 39 34 33

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 3m in total

9:13am Running Down 7:09pm
  • 10:02am – 10:05am 3m

Broke down on 20 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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