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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

28min

Thu, Oct 1

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–45 min

Low 9:08am · high 10:21pm

Typical Thursday

27 min

1 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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Thursday, Oct 1 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

28 min

Lowest

10 min 9:08am

Highest

45 min 10:21pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9am, and Wed runs about 12 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · 20 18 25 35 35 42 45 45 35 32 23 25 15 · · ·
Tue · 15 19 26 36 32 38 44 44 34 33 23 32 39 25 10 ·
Wed · 13 19 24 35 36 40 35 31 36 25 18 20 22 22 18 10
Thu · 15 14 21 31 39 39 33 39 31 25 20 19 24 31 31 18
Fri · 15 15 23 30 36 39 46 39 35 22 21 21 23 34 23 21
Sat · 15 19 26 34 46 58 62 52 51 38 26 28 25 34 39 36
Sun 23 15 18 28 38 41 37 58 52 49 29 21 28 27 28 29 25

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 44m in total

9:08am Running Down 9:55pm
  • 2:30pm – 2:33pm 3m
  • 2:47pm – 3:10pm 23m
  • 9:37pm – 9:55pm 18m

Broke down on 23 of the 30 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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