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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

31min

Sat, Mar 28

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

10–50 min

Low 9:06am · high 4:44pm

Typical Saturday

31 min

Right on a usual 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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Lightning Lane
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Saturday, Mar 28 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

31 min

Lowest

10 min 9:06am

Highest

50 min 4:44pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 8pm, and Thu runs about 8 min shorter than Mon.

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm
Mon · 19 47 18 43 52 50 30 32 25 25 ·
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 8 24 34 31 44 52 41 50 27 25 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

Ran all day with no breakdowns

9:06am Running Down 9:14pm

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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