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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

38min

Fri, Aug 7

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

15–75 min

Low 9:54am · high 1:51pm

Typical Friday

36 min

2 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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Friday, Aug 7 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

38 min

Lowest

15 min 9:54am

Highest

75 min 1:51pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 8pm, and Sun 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 16 22 29 36 40 51 61 48 42 39 30 25 ·
Sat 15 21 36 42 46 60 65 56 60 44 39 27 25
Sun 20 23 36 37 36 55 57 49 34 26 33 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

Down twice for 10m in total

9:54am Running Down 9:04pm
  • 12:27pm – 12:34pm 7m
  • 1:00pm – 1:03pm 3m

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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