Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times
Average that day
40min
Fri, Dec 26
Hours
Opens 8am
Posted hours
Range
10–75 min
Low 8:01am · high 1:21pm
Typical Friday
22 min
18 min busier that day
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.
Friday, Dec 26 vs a typical Friday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Fridays
Average
40 min
Lowest
10 min 8:01am
Highest
75 min 1:21pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 11pm, and Wed runs about 7 min shorter than Sat.
Average standby each hour, day by day
| 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | 11pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 10 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 33 | 44 | 33 | 36 | 26 | 11 | · | 10 | · | · | · |
| Tue | 15 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 30 | 22 | 43 | 34 | 27 | 21 | 13 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Wed | 10 | 10 | · | 10 | · | 23 | 31 | 38 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 10 | · | · | · |
| Thu | 10 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 30 | 47 | 38 | 33 | 27 | 15 | 20 | · | · | · | · |
| Fri | 10 | 10 | · | 20 | 22 | 35 | 47 | 36 | 40 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 10 | · | · |
| Sat | 10 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 43 | 51 | 54 | 46 | 31 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 10 | · | · |
| Sun | 10 | 10 | · | 18 | 29 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 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
Ran all day with no breakdowns
Broke down on 9 of the 29 days it ran in the last 30 days.