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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

35min

Sat, Aug 22

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

20–45 min

Low 9:50am · high 1:18pm

Typical Saturday

41 min

6 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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Saturday, Aug 22 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

35 min

Lowest

20 min 9:50am

Highest

45 min 1:18pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 8pm, and Thu runs about 6 min shorter than Mon.

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 44 47 70 53 50 52 32 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 35 44 51 59 51 42 41 30 23 ·
Sat 16 23 35 40 48 59 63 56 57 46 39 25 23
Sun 20 26 34 37 33 58 57 46 39 26 29 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 twice for 12m in total

9:50am Running Down 9:02pm
  • 1:28pm – 1:34pm 6m
  • 7:19pm – 7:25pm 6m

Broke down on 23 of the 29 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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