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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

78min

Fri, Jan 2

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

15–180 min

Low 8:02am · high 1:21pm

Typical Friday

41 min

37 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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Friday, Jan 2 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

78 min

Lowest

15 min 8:02am

Highest

180 min 1:21pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 10pm, and Thu runs about 19 min shorter than Mon.

Average standby each hour, day by day

12am 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 18 33 32 37 46 49 60 59 51 37 39 49 30 23 · ·
Fri · 22 27 42 40 56 70 68 63 57 58 59 48 49 26 15 ·
Sat · 30 39 45 71 62 69 76 66 88 66 56 47 28 24 13 ·
Sun · 43 45 57 60 59 79 62 69 64 46 44 56 26 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 4 times for 20m in total

8:02am Running Down 10:08pm
  • 12:56pm – 1:00pm 4m
  • 1:08pm – 1:16pm 8m
  • 3:08pm – 3:09pm 1m
  • 3:11pm – 3:18pm 7m

Broke down on 27 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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