Hogwarts Express™ - King's Cross Station Wait Times
Average that day
29min
Wed, Jul 16
Hours
Opens 9am
Posted hours
Range
10–50 min
Low 9:03am · high 4:49pm
Typical Wednesday
26 min
3 min busier that day
Photo: Universal
Guests with a Park-to-Park admission ticket can enter King’s Cross Station and catch the train to Hogsmeade™ Station. On your journey, get ready to encounter familiar characters and creatures from the Harry Potter™ films.
Wednesday, Jul 16 vs a typical Wednesday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Wednesdays
Average
29 min
Lowest
10 min 9:03am
Highest
50 min 4:49pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 8am, and Wed runs about 5 min shorter than Tue.
Average standby each hour, day by day
| 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | · | 10 | 10 | · | 15 | 15 | 23 | 33 | 50 | 46 | 34 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 35 | · |
| Tue | · | · | 10 | · | · | 17 | 22 | 33 | 47 | 49 | 34 | 37 | 27 | 32 | · | · |
| Wed | · | · | 10 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 36 | 44 | 43 | 38 | 29 | 22 | 27 | · | · |
| Thu | · | 10 | 10 | 10 | · | 18 | 21 | 37 | 55 | 51 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 35 | · | 5 |
| Fri | · | 10 | 10 | · | · | 19 | 22 | 37 | 50 | 45 | 29 | 33 | 27 | 26 | 10 | · |
| Sat | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | · | 19 | 29 | 42 | 49 | 46 | 38 | 35 | 30 | 30 | 20 | 15 |
| Sun | · | 10 | 10 | · | · | 16 | 27 | 36 | 44 | 45 | 33 | 32 | 23 | 29 | · | · |
Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.
History
Average
35 min
Lowest
12 min Nov 19
Highest
116 min Nov 12
Average
34 min
Lowest
13 min Feb 1
Highest
67 min Oct 25
Average
38 min
Lowest
31 min May 2026
Highest
54 min Oct 2026
Average
40 min
Lowest
36 min 2026
Highest
44 min 2022
Ride status
Ran all day with no breakdowns
Broke down on 6 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.