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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

43min

Tue, Feb 24

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

15–70 min

Low 7:36pm · high 4:21pm

Typical Tuesday

29 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
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Tuesday, Feb 24 vs a typical Tuesday

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

Average

43 min

Lowest

15 min 7:36pm

Highest

70 min 4:21pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 11pm, and Thu runs about 15 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 20 24 33 43 39 52 71 56 50 54 29 35 · · ·
Tue 18 24 24 30 32 36 38 49 40 42 25 25 · 10 · ·
Wed 10 20 13 23 32 28 37 44 42 41 30 24 35 23 35 10
Thu 10 18 11 · 20 31 37 51 31 25 31 23 10 · · ·
Fri 10 10 13 · 28 33 37 35 46 32 22 22 15 · · ·
Sat 10 20 29 31 39 51 51 55 50 36 30 28 10 10 · ·
Sun 10 21 41 29 33 49 58 52 40 32 34 22 · · · ·

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 26m in total

10:02am Running Down 8:02pm
  • 2:13pm – 2:39pm 26m

Broke down on 5 of the 15 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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