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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

23min

Sat, Jan 24

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–50 min

Low 8:58am · high 12:45pm

Typical Saturday

32 min

9 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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Saturday, Jan 24 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

23 min

Lowest

10 min 8:58am

Highest

50 min 12:45pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 11pm, and Fri runs about 11 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 33 33 29 38 56 64 53 40 25 29 10 · · ·
Tue 14 17 24 27 38 28 43 46 40 30 20 26 · 10 · ·
Wed 10 12 14 18 32 27 38 44 31 36 32 30 23 23 35 10
Thu 10 14 13 20 29 35 47 45 37 26 24 23 10 · · ·
Fri 10 10 10 20 24 34 41 34 42 30 20 14 13 10 · ·
Sat 10 13 24 23 38 49 52 56 47 32 28 27 12 10 · ·
Sun 10 14 39 29 27 50 51 50 38 25 29 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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

8:58am Running Down 6:02pm

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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