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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

10min

Sun, Feb 1

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–10 min

Low 9:23am · high 9:23am

Typical Sunday

30 min

20 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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Sunday, Feb 1 vs a typical Sunday

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

Average

10 min

Lowest

10 min 9:23am

Highest

10 min 9:23am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 11pm, and Fri runs about 12 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 14 27 33 33 38 53 64 53 42 30 29 27 · · ·
Tue 14 19 22 29 28 27 39 45 37 31 21 26 · 10 · ·
Wed 10 13 13 18 32 27 38 42 32 35 35 27 35 23 35 10
Thu 10 15 12 · 24 33 46 47 33 27 26 23 10 · · ·
Fri 10 10 10 · 22 31 40 30 40 28 19 21 15 · · ·
Sat 10 13 27 27 39 49 53 56 51 34 28 27 12 10 · ·
Sun 10 13 35 27 30 54 49 50 39 25 29 21 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 8h 31m in total

9:23am Running Down 8:05pm
  • 10:58am – 7:29pm 8h 31m

Broke down on 5 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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