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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

31min

Mon, Mar 2

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–50 min

Low 10:36am · high 1:45pm

Typical Monday

43 min

12 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
Standby
Lightning Lane
Hours calendar

Monday, Mar 2 vs a typical Monday

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

Average

31 min

Lowest

10 min 10:36am

Highest

50 min 1:45pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9am, 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
Mon · 20 22 29 30 34 49 63 50 49 35 · 60
Tue · 14 26 29 32 29 38 47 38 36 23 26 ·
Wed · 20 13 10 24 31 39 41 41 34 28 15 ·
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 26 34 36 46 53 49 47 32 25 31 10
Sun 10 21 36 28 29 49 49 49 40 28 29 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 6m in total

10:09am Running Down 7:04pm
  • 5:33pm – 5:40pm 6m

Broke down on 6 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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