Hogwarts Express™ - King's Cross Station Wait Times
Average that day
32min
Thu, Aug 7
Hours
Opens 9am
Posted hours
Range
10–70 min
Low 9:02am · high 1:48pm
Typical Thursday
26 min
6 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.
Thursday, Aug 7 vs a typical Thursday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Thursdays
Average
32 min
Lowest
10 min 9:02am
Highest
70 min 1:48pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 10pm, and Thu runs about 3 min shorter than Sat.
Average standby each hour, day by day
| 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 8 | 10 | · | 15 | 15 | 20 | 29 | 50 | 48 | 40 | 29 | 27 | 32 | 25 | · |
| Tue | 10 | 10 | · | · | 18 | 20 | 34 | 43 | 48 | 38 | 36 | 25 | 27 | · | · |
| Wed | · | 10 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 38 | 44 | 49 | 43 | 31 | 29 | 28 | · | · |
| Thu | 10 | 10 | 10 | · | 25 | 26 | 38 | 54 | 51 | 32 | 34 | 25 | 33 | 15 | 5 |
| Fri | 10 | 10 | · | · | 19 | 22 | 40 | 53 | 44 | 36 | 38 | 29 | 33 | 10 | · |
| Sat | 10 | 11 | 10 | · | 17 | 25 | 41 | 52 | 46 | 42 | 38 | 26 | 34 | 35 | · |
| Sun | 10 | 10 | · | · | 15 | 24 | 33 | 41 | 44 | 36 | 41 | 25 | 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
Down once for 1h 3m in total
- 2:08pm – 3:11pm 1h 3m
Broke down on 7 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.