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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

13min

Wed, Sep 23

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

10–20 min

Low 9:18am · high 1:16pm

Typical Wednesday

21 min

8 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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Wednesday, Sep 23 vs a typical Wednesday

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

Average

13 min

Lowest

10 min 9:18am

Highest

20 min 1:16pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 8pm, and Sun runs about 5 min shorter than Fri.

Average standby each hour, day by day

9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon 10 15 13 20 22 34 26 33 25 13 10 · · ·
Tue 8 14 18 16 29 33 29 34 17 10 · 10 · 25
Wed 11 17 13 · 18 29 31 25 25 22 13 · · ·
Thu 10 15 17 48 33 23 18 16 10 · · 10 · ·
Fri 11 12 20 45 31 35 31 28 18 25 13 13 15 ·
Sat 11 12 10 19 33 38 24 28 30 25 22 10 · ·
Sun 10 15 · 22 25 22 29 16 13 15 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

9:18am Running Down 10:48pm

Broke down on 1 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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