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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

47min

Sat, Aug 15

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

15–90 min

Low 9:54am · high 4:44pm

Typical Saturday

42 min

5 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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Saturday, Aug 15 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

47 min

Lowest

15 min 9:54am

Highest

90 min 4:44pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 8pm, and Thu runs about 6 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 18 26 37 39 45 50 68 56 49 53 30 21 ·
Tue 18 28 41 44 47 53 67 55 50 40 28 21 ·
Wed 15 19 35 40 46 52 60 53 49 32 22 22 ·
Thu 15 26 30 31 49 58 47 49 41 34 23 16 ·
Fri 16 22 29 36 42 52 64 50 43 40 31 25 ·
Sat 15 21 34 42 48 59 64 58 62 45 38 25 23
Sun 20 25 33 39 33 53 58 48 36 27 31 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 45m in total

9:54am Running Down 11:47pm
  • 10:04am – 10:24am 20m
  • 5:05pm – 5:31pm 25m

Broke down on 26 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

Lightning Lane returns

Wait time data is provided by ThemeParks.wiki. Data may not always be 100% accurate.

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