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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

33min

Thu, Aug 20

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

5–60 min

Low 10:05am · high 12:56pm

Typical Thursday

36 min

3 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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Thursday, Aug 20 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

33 min

Lowest

5 min 10:05am

Highest

60 min 12:56pm

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 40 43 50 66 54 49 49 30 21 ·
Tue 15 26 39 43 44 56 67 51 51 40 28 23 ·
Wed 15 19 35 42 46 54 63 56 49 33 22 22 ·
Thu 15 25 30 35 49 54 46 50 40 34 24 16 ·
Fri 16 22 29 36 45 53 62 51 44 41 31 25 ·
Sat 15 23 35 41 48 59 63 59 60 46 39 25 23
Sun 20 25 33 37 33 55 57 48 37 26 31 22 ·

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 33m in total

10:05am Running Down 9:02pm
  • 11:33am – 11:55am 21m
  • 5:39pm – 5:43pm 4m
  • 7:14pm – 7:23pm 8m

Broke down on 24 of the 29 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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