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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

44min

Sat, Apr 18

Hours

Opens 8am

Posted hours

Range

15–75 min

Low 8:09am · high 2:38pm

Typical Saturday

48 min

4 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, Apr 18 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

44 min

Lowest

15 min 8:09am

Highest

75 min 2:38pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9pm, and Sun runs about 11 min shorter than Tue.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · 22 40 44 57 58 65 70 76 52 47 29 19 17 60 ·
Tue · 26 46 61 58 69 65 76 88 56 46 44 35 20 · ·
Wed 15 22 42 53 63 51 57 74 57 51 38 31 42 13 · ·
Thu · 28 34 63 48 77 71 66 71 67 52 40 27 15 · ·
Fri 20 28 29 37 53 59 68 69 84 57 41 36 26 28 · 20
Sat 20 27 31 48 51 73 68 58 82 62 50 44 27 23 · 25
Sun · 25 30 42 42 73 58 47 57 55 34 40 19 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 4 times for 16m in total

12:42am Running Down 11:34pm
  • 11:29am – 11:39am 9m
  • 12:06pm – 12:09pm 2m
  • 3:50pm – 3:56pm 5m
  • 11:34pm – 11:34pm 0s

Broke down on 24 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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