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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

41min

Fri, Feb 27

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

15–75 min

Low 10:02am · high 2:15pm

Typical Friday

52 min

11 min quieter 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, Feb 27 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

41 min

Lowest

15 min 10:02am

Highest

75 min 2:15pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 11pm, and Thu runs about 28 min shorter than Sat.

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 · 64 31 52 61 60 80 91 77 93 71 66 65 44 27 · ·
Tue · 60 45 43 56 62 64 62 66 75 75 46 40 43 32 15 ·
Wed · 50 28 40 49 45 51 51 62 56 53 43 29 42 20 40 30
Thu 15 20 18 29 40 41 61 59 58 59 53 41 26 22 18 · ·
Fri · 28 26 39 49 57 70 71 78 88 64 51 49 36 40 45 20
Sat · · 30 45 65 74 94 101 100 115 90 77 66 42 32 25 25
Sun · 25 40 42 67 60 79 75 75 76 68 43 41 46 20 45 ·

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 twice for 14m in total

10:02am Running Down 10:02pm
  • 10:25am – 10:31am 6m
  • 12:19pm – 12:28pm 8m

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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