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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

10min

Thu, Aug 28

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–10 min

Low 12:15pm · high 12:15pm

Typical Thursday

21 min

11 min quieter 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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Thursday, Aug 28 vs a typical Thursday

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

Average

10 min

Lowest

10 min 12:15pm

Highest

10 min 12:15pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 9pm, and Sun runs about 7 min shorter than Fri.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm
Mon 10 10 10 · · 20 24 39 32 27 23 19 · ·
Tue 29 17 · 13 10 19 36 34 25 22 10 13 · ·
Wed 9 10 · · 23 19 28 32 33 30 19 15 14 5
Thu · 10 10 23 18 28 25 30 30 23 16 15 15 ·
Fri 18 10 60 58 30 18 29 33 22 20 21 13 10 10
Sat 10 10 · 30 23 24 29 31 32 27 15 17 10 ·
Sun 10 9 10 · 18 26 31 31 31 16 15 17 13 5

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

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

15 min Nov 2026

Highest

37 min Feb 2026

Average

30 min

Lowest

29 min 2025

Highest

31 min 2022

Ride status

Down once for 20m in total

11:54am Running Down 5:07pm
  • 11:54am – 12:15pm 20m

Broke down on 10 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

Lightning Lane returns

Wait time data is provided by ThemeParks.wiki. Data may not always be 100% accurate.

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