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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

63min

Fri, Jan 23

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

15–155 min

Low 11:21pm · high 2:34pm

Typical Friday

49 min

14 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™.

Universal Studios Florida
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Friday, Jan 23 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

63 min

Lowest

15 min 11:21pm

Highest

155 min 2:34pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 11pm, and Thu runs about 21 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 · 50 39 52 68 64 76 90 72 81 55 62 72 48 27 · ·
Tue · 60 38 43 65 64 74 67 62 63 66 48 40 35 28 · ·
Wed · 32 29 45 49 49 58 66 67 46 45 48 35 41 20 40 30
Thu 15 18 39 33 39 49 51 67 61 60 39 40 38 27 20 · ·
Fri · 25 28 39 49 61 69 75 67 70 61 59 50 48 37 30 20
Sat · 30 42 49 78 68 83 84 75 100 79 70 53 34 25 15 ·
Sun · 34 42 44 59 64 84 64 78 74 61 50 57 37 29 · ·

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 once for 3m in total

8:59am Running Down 10:40am
  • 10:36am – 10:40am 3m

Broke down on 22 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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