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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

36min

Thu, Jul 9

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–60 min

Low 8:40pm · high 2:59pm

Typical Thursday

30 min

6 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, Jul 9 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

36 min

Lowest

10 min 8:40pm

Highest

60 min 2:59pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9am, and Thu runs about 7 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 · 15 23 33 43 42 48 48 53 43 38 25 16 15 ·
Tue · 16 25 45 41 43 46 55 49 41 33 21 19 15 ·
Wed · 15 20 33 44 43 49 54 45 40 32 23 15 · ·
Thu 15 15 24 30 34 38 57 51 41 39 30 20 17 · 13
Fri 15 15 22 32 38 31 47 93 47 36 35 22 19 15 ·
Sat · 18 17 34 39 52 60 51 55 45 44 32 28 23 30
Sun · 20 25 48 41 36 47 40 46 29 26 32 20 · ·

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 47m in total

10:05am Running Down 8:59pm
  • 2:04pm – 2:26pm 22m
  • 4:08pm – 4:14pm 6m
  • 4:58pm – 5:17pm 19m

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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