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Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry

Universal Epic Universe · The Wizarding World of Harry Potter — Ministry of Magic

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180 min

Posted at ·

That's roughly 13 Butterbeers, sipped properly, or 26 Hogwarts Express trips.

Single riderOpen· split your party, skip ahead, ride alone

The facts

Type
Motion-based dark ride[1]
Manufacturer
Simtec[1]
Opened
May 22, 2025[1]
Theme
Harry Potter[1]

In that time, you could instead

  • Watch King Kong (2005), theatrical cut187 min · source
  • Wait for Hagrid's at 9 AM, the single worst hour of the day167 min · source
  • Watch Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets161 min · source

What it's usually like

Typically ~75 min. Quietest around 9 PM (~20 min), busiest around 2 PM (~90 min).

8 AM9 PM

Reliability: 84 unplanned closures on record over 47 days — usually back within ~20 min.

Typical standby from 4715 of our own readings over 47 days — it only gets sharper as the archive grows.

The last 24 hours

peak 195 min · average 122 min · 109 readings

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Average posted wait per hour, last 24 hours · park time · flat gray bars are hours the ride sat closed.

Sources

  1. [1] Wikipedia

Collected by Belts and Bars from Queue-Times.com. We keep every reading, so this history only gets longer.