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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

44min

Fri, Nov 21

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

15–90 min

Low 9:07am · high 2:40pm

Typical Friday

41 min

3 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™.

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Friday, Nov 21 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

44 min

Lowest

15 min 9:07am

Highest

90 min 2:40pm

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 35 57 61 60 53 70 60 48 30 26 21 34 37 46 35
Sat · 13 29 44 43 73 77 74 81 70 74 34 39 29 51 57 56 44
Sun · 5 29 47 62 55 63 63 65 63 65 24 23 31 34 40 33 34

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 5 times for 2h 21m in total

9:07am Running Down 8:11pm
  • 9:33am – 9:36am 2m
  • 10:43am – 12:34pm 1h 51m
  • 3:27pm – 3:38pm 10m
  • 6:01pm – 6:04pm 3m
  • 7:56pm – 8:11pm 15m

Broke down on 20 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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