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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

38min

Fri, Feb 6

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

15–75 min

Low 10:16am · high 4:43pm

Typical Friday

23 min

15 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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Friday, Feb 6 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

38 min

Lowest

15 min 10:16am

Highest

75 min 4:43pm

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 14 24 33 33 36 52 64 51 42 33 29 27 · · ·
Tue 14 19 20 29 28 29 41 45 37 36 21 26 · 10 · ·
Wed 10 13 13 18 32 27 38 43 33 35 30 24 35 23 35 10
Thu 10 14 11 · 24 32 42 46 32 25 30 22 10 · · ·
Fri 10 10 13 · 25 31 41 34 43 31 21 22 15 · · ·
Sat 10 15 27 27 40 50 53 55 53 34 30 30 12 10 · ·
Sun 10 14 35 28 29 51 53 49 41 27 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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

10:16am Running Down 8:05pm

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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