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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

24min

Fri, Sep 4

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–45 min

Low 5:42pm · high 12:11pm

Typical Friday

35 min

11 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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Friday, Sep 4 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

24 min

Lowest

5 min 5:42pm

Highest

45 min 12:11pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 10pm and 11pm, and Fri runs about 10 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 10pm 11pm
Mon 20 18 23 35 35 40 46 61 46 46 54 33 22 · · ·
Tue 15 13 27 35 42 45 56 67 42 50 35 33 23 · · ·
Wed 13 15 21 35 43 47 47 56 52 54 29 22 24 · · ·
Thu 15 15 25 32 34 46 47 48 48 37 32 23 15 · · ·
Fri 15 16 24 30 33 42 46 64 50 35 38 32 24 25 15 15
Sat · 16 26 34 43 53 63 67 57 57 41 40 23 22 · ·
Sun · 20 23 36 34 35 58 59 51 35 24 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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

8:56am Running Down 8:56am

Broke down on 22 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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