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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

51min

Thu, Aug 6

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–150 min

Low 8:15pm · high 1:16pm

Typical Thursday

36 min

15 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, Aug 6 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

51 min

Lowest

10 min 8:15pm

Highest

150 min 1:16pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 8pm, and Thu runs about 5 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm
Mon 15 25 37 41 48 48 69 57 51 49 31 20 ·
Tue 18 27 42 45 47 53 66 55 51 39 26 21 ·
Wed 15 18 34 40 47 52 60 53 49 34 22 23 ·
Thu 15 27 30 33 47 62 48 51 45 35 24 17 ·
Fri 17 22 26 35 38 50 61 49 43 41 30 25 ·
Sat 15 21 36 42 46 60 65 56 60 44 39 27 25
Sun 20 25 47 42 36 55 55 50 33 27 32 23 ·

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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

10:08am Running Down 9:04pm

Broke down on 26 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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