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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

52min

Sat, Mar 28

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

20–100 min

Low 8:20pm · high 6:26pm

Typical Saturday

59 min

7 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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Saturday, Mar 28 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

52 min

Lowest

20 min 8:20pm

Highest

100 min 6:26pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 9pm, and Wed runs about 20 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon 16 40 52 58 59 76 70 81 68 47 39 27 19 ·
Tue 20 43 51 50 57 52 63 74 53 40 37 34 23 15
Wed 18 36 35 54 42 48 60 53 49 33 29 33 18 ·
Thu 18 30 56 45 63 62 63 69 58 34 31 27 18 ·
Fri 21 33 37 55 68 63 81 89 53 47 45 23 28 ·
Sat 31 36 49 57 78 87 78 97 74 63 57 30 25 ·
Sun 32 40 57 45 84 69 61 74 58 37 48 36 24 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 3 times for 43m in total

9:10am Running Down 9:02pm
  • 9:10am – 9:28am 18m
  • 4:47pm – 5:05pm 17m
  • 7:14pm – 7:22pm 8m

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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