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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

42min

Sun, Jan 18

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

15–65 min

Low 9:58am · high 7:24pm

Typical Sunday

28 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
Standby
Lightning Lane
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Sunday, Jan 18 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

42 min

Lowest

15 min 9:58am

Highest

65 min 7:24pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 11pm, and Fri runs about 10 min shorter than Mon.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon 15 13 28 34 29 39 56 61 54 35 25 29 10 · · ·
Tue 14 17 18 24 45 29 46 44 40 28 18 23 · 10 · ·
Wed 10 12 15 18 32 26 35 43 29 34 30 30 23 23 35 10
Thu 10 13 14 20 33 32 47 45 36 27 20 19 10 · · ·
Fri 10 10 10 20 24 33 45 36 44 29 20 13 13 10 · ·
Sat 10 13 20 23 37 51 55 60 51 36 27 24 12 10 · ·
Sun 10 13 39 27 28 50 50 51 35 26 26 23 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 5h 4m in total

9:58am Running Down 8:01pm
  • 12:24pm – 5:28pm 5h 4m

Broke down on 7 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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