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Hogwarts Express™ - Hogsmeade™ Station Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

26min

Mon, Oct 12

Hours

Opens 9am

Posted hours

Range

5–45 min

Low 8:57am · high 1:42pm

Typical Monday

23 min

3 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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Lightning Lane
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Monday, Oct 12 vs a typical Monday

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

Average

26 min

Lowest

5 min 8:57am

Highest

45 min 1:42pm

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 8pm, and Thu runs about 7 min shorter than Tue.

Average standby each hour, day by day

8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm
Mon 5 10 16 13 28 34 33 25 26 19 · · · · ·
Tue · 10 20 18 22 31 39 31 13 12 · · 10 35 25
Wed · 10 20 10 25 25 20 25 13 18 23 10 · · ·
Thu · 11 12 · · 22 25 18 17 10 · · 10 · ·
Fri · 10 16 18 15 22 23 25 25 18 30 15 · 15 ·
Sat 10 11 14 23 30 28 31 19 17 18 · · · · ·
Sun · 10 18 20 27 30 21 16 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

8:57am Running Down 8:03pm

Broke down on 4 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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