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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

35min

Mon, Dec 23

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–55 min

Low 8:34am · high 1:10pm

Average

35 min

That day

Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Photo: Universal

Guests with a Park-to-Park admission ticket can enter Hogsmeade™ Station and catch the train to King's Cross Station. As you wind your way through British countryside to the outskirts of London, keep watch out your window; you never know who or what you might see.

Universal Islands of Adventure
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Monday, Dec 23 vs a typical Monday

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

Average

35 min

Lowest

10 min 8:34am

Highest

55 min 1:10pm

Best times to go

Average standby by weekday and hour

Average standby each hour, day by day

Not enough history yet to show a weekly pattern.

History

Average

28 min

Lowest

8 min Sep 2

Highest

56 min Mar 16

Average

28 min

Lowest

10 min Feb 1

Highest

49 min Feb 8

Average

29 min

Lowest

16 min Nov 2026

Highest

37 min Feb 2026

Average

30 min

Lowest

29 min 2025

Highest

31 min 2022

Ride status

Down 3 times for 46m in total

8:34am Running Down 9:25pm
  • 9:46am – 10:05am 19m
  • 4:08pm – 4:17pm 8m
  • 9:06pm – 9:25pm 19m

Broke down on 7 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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