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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

89min

Thu, Apr 2

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

35–200 min

Low 9:11am · high 1:35pm

Typical Thursday

45 min

44 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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Thursday, Apr 2 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

89 min

Lowest

35 min 9:11am

Highest

200 min 1:35pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9pm, and Wed runs about 17 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon · 23 44 52 63 59 75 75 80 65 52 39 27 19 ·
Tue · 26 45 51 50 63 53 67 81 54 43 39 32 20 15
Wed 15 21 45 48 56 43 51 64 58 50 34 29 37 15 ·
Thu · 30 30 57 46 76 67 68 72 63 38 35 27 18 ·
Fri · 20 30 36 55 68 67 83 93 53 52 45 23 33 ·
Sat · 31 35 47 49 82 84 72 95 73 63 58 30 23 ·
Sun · 32 40 58 46 87 76 62 74 60 38 46 36 25 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 16m in total

9:11am Running Down 9:04pm
  • 3:02pm – 3:04pm 1m
  • 5:37pm – 5:49pm 12m
  • 6:05pm – 6:09pm 3m

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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