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Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey

Universal Islands of Adventure · The Wizarding World of Harry Potter — Hogsmeade

ModerateIntense / scary

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25 min

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That's roughly 1.8 Butterbeers, sipped properly, or 3.6 Hogwarts Express trips.

The facts

Type
Dark ride / motion simulator[1]
Manufacturer
Dynamic Structures, KUKA, RoboCoaster Ltd[1]
Designer
Universal Creative[1]
Model
RoboCoaster G2 (KUKA)[1]
Opened
June 18, 2010[1]
Ride time
4 min 6 s[1]
Height requirement
48 in[1]
Theme
Harry Potter[1]

In that time, you could instead

  • Watch Animal Actors on Location25 min · source
  • Get turned into a monster at the Darkmoor Monster Makeup Experience25 min · source
  • Walk park-to-park between Wizarding Worlds, including exit and re-entry25 min · source

What it's usually like

Typically ~15 min. Quietest around 8 AM (~10 min), busiest around 11 AM (~15 min).

8 AM11 PM

Reliability: 73 unplanned closures on record over 90 days — usually back within ~30 min.

Typical standby from 11623 of our own readings over 90 days — it only gets sharper as the archive grows.

The last 24 hours

peak 60 min · average 17 min · 144 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.