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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

30min

Fri, Dec 5

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

15–50 min

Low 9:03am · high 1:51pm

Typical Friday

43 min

13 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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Friday, Dec 5 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

30 min

Lowest

15 min 9:03am

Highest

50 min 1:51pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 6am and 7am, and Thu runs about 15 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 · · 19 44 59 57 64 65 65 69 61 45 38 47 · · · ·
Tue · · 15 40 42 57 52 68 51 54 50 40 28 45 23 35 · ·
Wed · 20 21 30 43 43 48 55 54 51 33 24 34 33 36 42 40 33
Thu · 15 22 38 37 44 52 48 53 56 39 25 26 39 34 45 32 32
Fri 15 15 30 34 56 58 59 62 67 60 50 34 37 30 35 34 43 32
Sat · 15 33 42 43 69 79 74 85 71 83 38 46 33 40 60 44 42
Sun · 5 33 46 61 57 67 68 62 56 68 34 25 30 31 37 41 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 once for 8m in total

9:03am Running Down 11:49pm
  • 10:41pm – 10:50pm 8m

Broke down on 21 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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