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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

81min

Wed, Dec 31

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

25–135 min

Low 11:50pm · high 6:02pm

Typical Wednesday

36 min

45 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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Wednesday, Dec 31 vs a typical Wednesday

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

Average

81 min

Lowest

25 min 11:50pm

Highest

135 min 6:02pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9pm, and Thu runs about 19 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 23 27 54 46 51 55 59 56 43 43 57 45 41 15 40 30
Thu 15 33 32 34 43 43 54 58 43 33 34 51 29 30 · ·
Fri 18 24 38 36 53 60 63 63 44 46 55 46 38 23 15 ·
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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

8:02am Running Down 8:02am

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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