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Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts™ Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Studios Florida

Average that day

47min

Thu, Oct 8

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–115 min

Low 6:16pm · high 3:04pm

Typical Thursday

25 min

22 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 8 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

47 min

Lowest

5 min 6:16pm

Highest

115 min 3:04pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9am, and Wed runs about 13 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 37 38 42 45 43 35 31 25 25 · · · ·
Tue · 15 19 29 40 35 39 41 44 34 37 25 36 39 25 10 ·
Wed · 13 19 26 35 33 46 32 29 29 20 13 15 23 23 21 13
Thu · 15 16 24 30 45 38 39 39 32 21 17 19 28 32 27 20
Fri · 15 14 24 27 37 35 45 37 33 19 20 20 24 33 26 25
Sat · 15 20 27 36 46 62 63 55 49 34 24 26 30 35 39 35
Sun 23 15 16 29 39 40 39 58 49 46 26 19 23 27 28 30 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 twice for 15m in total

8:58am Running Down 6:16pm
  • 8:58am – 9:01am 3m
  • 6:03pm – 6:16pm 12m

Broke down on 25 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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