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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

92min

Sat, Dec 27

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

20–180 min

Low 8:05am · high 11:53am

Typical Saturday

44 min

48 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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Saturday, Dec 27 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

92 min

Lowest

20 min 8:05am

Highest

180 min 11:53am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9pm, and Wed runs about 13 min shorter than Sat.

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 33 44 58 61 59 65 66 56 43 43 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 16 24 38 36 51 55 59 61 44 43 55 43 38 28 25 25
Sat 27 39 43 67 62 66 74 64 79 60 56 44 30 24 20 33
Sun 15 37 51 52 53 67 54 55 57 33 29 30 24 22 35 30

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 4 times for 18m in total

8:05am Running Down 10:02pm
  • 8:38am – 8:41am 3m
  • 4:29pm – 4:32pm 3m
  • 5:34pm – 5:36pm 1m
  • 8:23pm – 8:35pm 11m

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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