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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

77min

Sat, Jan 3

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

20–130 min

Low 9:35pm · high 2:46pm

Typical Saturday

52 min

25 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, Jan 3 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

77 min

Lowest

20 min 9:35pm

Highest

130 min 2:46pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 10pm, and Thu runs about 20 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 · 38 36 52 69 71 70 83 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 47 67 65 73 81 68 94 69 55 49 28 23 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 3 times for 2h 23m in total

8:01am Running Down 10:05pm
  • 8:01am – 9:01am 59m
  • 6:54pm – 6:56pm 2m
  • 8:12pm – 9:35pm 1h 22m

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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