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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

35min

Sun, Nov 23

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–70 min

Low 9:11am · high 3:04pm

Typical Sunday

21 min

14 min busier 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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Sunday, Nov 23 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

35 min

Lowest

10 min 9:11am

Highest

70 min 3:04pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 11pm, and Wed runs about 3 min shorter than Thu.

Average standby each hour, day by day

7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · 10 10 10 25 26 36 30 42 27 18 10 5 · · · ·
Tue · 15 10 13 · 15 28 38 31 23 34 15 · · · · ·
Wed · 10 10 · · 45 18 17 24 13 15 · · · · · ·
Thu · 10 13 10 25 20 24 38 31 26 35 10 25 · · · ·
Fri · 8 11 · 18 29 29 37 21 26 13 10 8 · · · ·
Sat · 10 10 12 21 27 36 36 33 24 35 16 10 · 10 · ·
Sun 10 10 10 23 20 25 32 36 29 14 35 15 25 30 15 30 10

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 9m in total

9:11am Running Down 9:02pm
  • 2:54pm – 3:04pm 9m

Broke down on 5 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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

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