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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

19min

Thu, Aug 27

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–45 min

Low 7:34pm · high 12:14pm

Typical Thursday

35 min

16 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 27 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

19 min

Lowest

5 min 7:34pm

Highest

45 min 12:14pm

Best times to go

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

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm
Mon 20 18 26 37 39 44 44 65 49 50 52 32 21 ·
Tue 15 15 27 38 43 43 56 67 49 51 38 31 23 ·
Wed 10 15 21 36 43 46 47 57 53 50 29 21 23 ·
Thu 15 15 25 31 36 46 51 46 52 40 31 21 16 ·
Fri · 16 23 29 33 44 50 61 51 42 41 31 23 ·
Sat · 16 24 35 42 47 62 66 57 57 46 40 25 23
Sun · 20 25 34 37 36 58 59 50 38 25 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 6m in total

8:58am Running Down 7:12pm
  • 6:34pm – 6:37pm 3m
  • 7:09pm – 7:12pm 3m

Broke down on 23 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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