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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

33min

Fri, Mar 27

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–65 min

Low 9:20am · high 2:15pm

Typical Friday

29 min

4 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, Mar 27 vs a typical Friday

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

Average

33 min

Lowest

5 min 9:20am

Highest

65 min 2:15pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 6pm, and Thu runs about 11 min shorter than Mon.

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm
Mon · 18 47 18 40 51 53 35 39 25 25 60
Tue 18 26 24 35 44 46 40 39 34 15 23 20
Wed 35 19 35 47 35 46 40 33 32 29 14 ·
Thu 10 19 31 40 37 38 47 26 19 13 23 13
Fri 8 14 18 27 37 53 47 38 35 18 23 ·
Sat 5 24 34 32 45 53 43 50 31 23 19 13
Sun 23 28 29 33 46 51 54 42 29 15 15 ·

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 twice for 1h 52m in total

9:20am Running Down 8:01pm
  • 10:28am – 12:00pm 1h 32m
  • 5:57pm – 6:18pm 20m

Broke down on 7 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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