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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

38min

Fri, Feb 27

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–65 min

Low 9:58am · high 2:13pm

Typical Friday

24 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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Friday, Feb 27 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

38 min

Lowest

10 min 9:58am

Highest

65 min 2:13pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 11pm, and Fri 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 14 23 31 31 39 42 41 40 30 21 35 23 35 10
Thu 10 18 13 25 27 34 37 52 32 23 26 24 10 · · ·
Fri 10 10 13 · 26 30 40 35 44 31 22 25 15 · · ·
Sat 10 20 29 34 40 48 53 53 46 32 26 31 10 · · ·
Sun 10 21 41 28 33 47 52 51 40 30 35 23 · · · ·

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 20m in total

9:58am Running Down 7:05pm
  • 12:45pm – 1:05pm 20m

Broke down on 5 of the 15 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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