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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

13min

Sat, Aug 29

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–15 min

Low 3:21pm · high 9:24am

Typical Saturday

27 min

14 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
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Saturday, Aug 29 vs a typical Saturday

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

Average

13 min

Lowest

10 min 3:21pm

Highest

15 min 9:24am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 8pm, and Sun runs about 6 min shorter than Sat.

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm
Mon 10 15 10 · 23 39 31 46 35 16 10 25
Tue 8 12 13 24 31 36 41 32 25 18 15 10
Wed 10 15 20 15 31 35 31 35 23 20 17 10
Thu 10 15 14 34 43 27 27 27 19 15 · 10
Fri 14 13 15 45 27 46 39 24 21 21 17 12
Sat 15 13 15 22 38 43 28 34 28 28 26 18
Sun · 13 · 22 23 30 38 18 15 15 10 10

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

10 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

9:24am Running Down 5:02pm

Broke down on 5 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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