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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

113min

Tue, Dec 30

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

45–200 min

Low 8:00am · high 5:21pm

Typical Tuesday

42 min

71 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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Tuesday, Dec 30 vs a typical Tuesday

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

Average

113 min

Lowest

45 min 8:00am

Highest

200 min 5:21pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9pm, and Wed runs about 21 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 32 38 50 67 68 70 77 69 67 43 50 89 58 25 · ·
Tue 30 41 44 69 66 79 65 60 56 59 46 47 40 32 · ·
Wed 14 25 44 38 43 50 55 50 36 33 43 40 20 15 · ·
Thu 15 33 32 34 43 43 54 58 43 33 34 51 29 30 · ·
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 29 44 56 59 60 77 60 67 66 41 41 56 27 28 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 8 times for 52m in total

8:00am Running Down 10:01pm
  • 11:38am – 11:43am 5m
  • 12:53pm – 1:00pm 7m
  • 3:50pm – 3:58pm 7m
  • 4:47pm – 4:53pm 5m
  • 6:00pm – 6:03pm 3m
  • 9:05pm – 9:08pm 2m
  • 9:31pm – 9:47pm 15m
  • 9:53pm – 10:01pm 8m

Broke down on 27 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

Lightning Lane returns

Wait time data is provided by ThemeParks.wiki. Data may not always be 100% accurate.

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