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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

63min

Thu, Dec 25

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

30–140 min

Low 8:46pm · high 3:07pm

Typical Thursday

35 min

28 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, Dec 25 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

63 min

Lowest

30 min 8:46pm

Highest

140 min 3:07pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9pm, and Wed runs about 9 min shorter than Mon.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon 22 34 44 57 58 57 61 64 55 41 37 47 30 20 · ·
Tue 15 37 39 58 53 66 55 48 42 39 30 38 33 25 · ·
Wed 15 25 44 36 43 50 52 46 35 33 36 40 25 30 30 35
Thu 15 33 32 34 44 43 53 56 40 33 34 51 31 35 25 40
Fri 14 21 29 36 47 55 61 52 44 38 46 31 32 31 25 25
Sat 15 33 35 55 56 59 74 61 71 48 53 36 25 22 20 33
Sun 24 39 48 52 51 65 53 54 57 33 28 30 25 26 40 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 6 times for 1h 27m in total

9:06am Running Down 10:04pm
  • 10:49am – 11:08am 18m
  • 2:46pm – 3:07pm 20m
  • 3:27pm – 3:45pm 18m
  • 4:40pm – 4:42pm 1m
  • 9:07pm – 9:31pm 24m
  • 9:58pm – 10:04pm 6m

Broke down on 26 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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