Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts is an indoor
steel roller coaster with a track length of approximately . The ride encompasses motion-based vehicles, detailed sets, physical effects, and
3D projection screens similar to those found on
Transformers: The Ride – 3D and
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man. The ride's storyline is set during the early events portrayed in
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, when
Harry Potter,
Ron Weasley and
Hermione Granger are attempting to infiltrate Gringotts Bank in order to retrieve a
Horcrux as part of their mission to defeat
Lord Voldemort.
Queue The queue begins through the lobby of
Gringotts Wizarding Bank, where Bogrod, one of the bank's tellers, awaits guests who are visiting the bank to open an account. There is a large extended outdoor queue area that is used on busier days, that can stretch up to 2.5 miles in length. After Bogrod clears the guests to visit the vaults, they walk toward a security check to have their ID picture taken (this picture is in lieu of an on-ride photo, and can be purchased afterward). After getting clearance, guests pass tables laid out with issues of
The Daily Prophet newspaper that display prominent headlines from the final
Harry Potter film, including the death of
Albus Dumbledore and the ascent of
Severus Snape as Headmaster of
Hogwarts. The queue continues down a corridor lined with offices used by the bank's goblin employees. In one of the offices, silhouettes of
Harry Potter,
Ron Weasley,
Hermione Granger (disguised by Polyjuice Potion as
Bellatrix Lestrange), and
Griphook can be seen and heard as they plot to infiltrate one of the bank's vaults to retrieve an unmentioned item. Continuing through the queue, guests enter
Bill Weasley's office, where they are welcomed by the goblin Blordak and eventually joined by Bill. Blordak directs the guests toward the vaults; after exiting the office, guests wait at the door of an elevator simulation that will take them there, while a moving portrait of a goblin explains the safety precautions of the ride. Upon taking the elevator "down" to the vaults, guests pick up cart goggles and ascend a flight of stairs to the cart loading station.
Ride After guests board their cart, the vehicle races along the tracks, just before security alarms go off as a security breach is detected and the bank goes on lockdown. Bellatrix Lestrange appears, after being notified of an impostor infiltration, and decides to torture the guests by cutting off the track and tilting it down. This sends the cart speeding toward the vaults as stalagmites can be seen to give an impression of being deep underground in the vaults. Bill Weasley casts Arresto Momentum to stop the cart just before Harry, Ron, Hermione, Griphook and Bogrod emerge from the Thief's Downfall, which has washed away the Polyjuice Potion's effect off Hermione. Their cart drops them from a high altitude as security trolls climb up, pushing Bill and Blordak off their cart. A security troll pushes the guests' cart further, past the Thief's Downfall and stops in front of more security trolls. One of them is hit by a mace but hangs on to the guests' cart and sends them falling. Bill casts Arresto Momentum again to stop the cart from falling, followed by Aguamenti to stop the Ukrainian Ironbelly dragon from breathing fire on the guests (the audience gets sprayed with water at this point) and Wingardium Leviosa, sending guests' through the vaults, in order to help them escape. Meanwhile, Harry, Ron and Hermione are attempting to escape the vaults on the Ukrainian Ironbelly. Blordak urges guests to seek shelter inside one of the vaults. After entering the vault, the walls come crashing down and
Nagini appears in an attempt to attack guests. Bellatrix reappears, this time with Lord Voldemort, who confronts guests and questions them on their knowledge of Harry Potter's whereabouts. He blames Bellatrix for the vault infiltration, who again decides to torture guests sending them to a lava-filled chamber deep in the vaults. To further torture guests into revealing Harry Potter's whereabouts, Voldemort decides to administer "a little dose of pain to help you remember" and conjures a ball of fire. The Ukrainian Ironbelly crashes in from the opposite side, and Harry casts a counterspell, while the dragon spits fire towards Voldemort, who shields himself and Bellatrix and both later furiously retreat. Hermione casts a spell to hook the cart to the dragon in order to get guests safely out of the vaults and Ron casts Confringo to create an escape route. The cart is then launched through the escape route and Harry orders Hermione to cut the cart loose, away from peril. In the final scene, Harry asks Bill to take care of the guests as he acknowledges the retrieval of the
Horcrux, which is the item that went unmentioned in the beginning, and Bill bids the guests farewell. ==Cast==