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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

58min

Thu, Nov 27

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

20–115 min

Low 5:31pm · high 3:05pm

Typical Thursday

35 min

23 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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Thursday, Nov 27 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

58 min

Lowest

20 min 5:31pm

Highest

115 min 3:05pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 6am and 7am, and Thu runs about 15 min shorter than Mon.

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 · · 19 44 57 54 64 67 62 68 57 42 38 47 · · · ·
Tue · · 15 44 41 54 51 64 51 54 51 37 28 75 23 35 · ·
Wed · 20 21 32 40 43 48 55 51 51 34 24 34 33 36 40 37 32
Thu 25 15 24 38 36 47 52 50 52 55 38 23 28 39 35 43 36 31
Fri 15 15 27 35 57 61 60 56 68 59 47 30 26 21 35 36 49 33
Sat · 13 29 42 43 70 76 72 84 72 76 35 42 30 43 58 44 46
Sun · 5 29 50 63 57 63 64 66 61 66 29 27 31 31 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 twice for 14m in total

9:04am Running Down 9:05pm
  • 2:40pm – 2:51pm 11m
  • 7:27pm – 7:30pm 3m

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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