Then, get ready to take a journey through cavernous passageways that lead deep underground as you climb aboard this mind-blowing, multi-dimensional thrill ride. Enter Gringotts™ bank beneath the massive fire-breathing dragon at the far end of Diagon Alley™. Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts. Located in Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida. Height Requirement: 42″ (Those under 48″ must have a supervisory companion). Thierry Coup, senior vice president of Universal Creative, explains the ride will begin with fans entering the bank where the 60-foot Ukrainian Ironbelly dragon will be breathing fire overhead. Our Rating. About our rating system . ... Harry potter and the Escape from Gringotts - … The ride opened with the rest of the Diagon Alley section in July of 2014. The ride centres around an alternative point of view of Harry , Ron , and Hermione 's Gringotts break-in in 1998 - with you at the heart of the action as you encounter all manner of terrifying creatures and villains from a high-speed … To ensure you have a vacation that’s both fun and safe, certain rides and attractions at our theme parks have restrictions based on your height. Another genre-busting creation, this indoor ride plows new technological ground: part roller coaster, part motion simulator amid giant 3-D high-def screens. Harry Potter and the Escape From Gringotts . Like Forbidden Journey at IOA, Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts incorporates a substantial part of the overall experience into its elaborate queue, which (like Hogwarts Castle) even non-riders should experience as an attraction in of itself. Loose articles must be placed in a locker. Some of the space now taken up by The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley and the surrounding London area was previously occupied by the Jaws ride and Amity Harbor. Universal expressly designed the Potter ride to be accessible to a wide audience. This one seems to be the trickiest of them all – since Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts’s ride vehicle is extremely similar to Revenge of the Mummy’s, you’d assume that everyone who can fit on the latter will also be able to ride the former. ... and therefore more appealing to families, with fewer height, weight, and size restrictions. Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts Review at Wizarding World of Harry Potter Diagon Alley in Universal Orlando. Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts is a wild 3-D motion simulated roller coaster. At times your respect for its razor’s-edge complexity will overshadow the purity of the thrills, but it’s still unmissable. (As opposed to Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, the featured attraction at the Hogsmeade land of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter over at Islands of Adventure, which has a 48-inch height restriction.) Gringotts goblin animatronics in the ride's queue.