Hogwarts Express™ - King's Cross Station Wait Times
Average that day
17min
Sat, Jul 4
Hours
Opens 10am
Posted hours
Range
5–35 min
Low 10:09am · high 7:43pm
Typical Saturday
29 min
12 min quieter 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.
Saturday, Jul 4 vs a typical Saturday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Saturdays
Average
17 min
Lowest
5 min 10:09am
Highest
35 min 7:43pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 8am and 9am, and Thu runs about 7 min shorter than Mon.
Average standby each hour, day by day
| 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | 11pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | · | · | 11 | · | · | 15 | 27 | 39 | 36 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 39 | · | · | · |
| Tue | · | · | 10 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 30 | 30 | · | · | · |
| Wed | · | 8 | 10 | · | · | 20 | 30 | 25 | 41 | 38 | 22 | 28 | 37 | · | 10 | · |
| Thu | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | · | 20 | 27 | 35 | 32 | 37 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 10 | · | · |
| Fri | 10 | · | 10 | · | 15 | 22 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 10 |
| Sat | · | · | 9 | 10 | · | 23 | 33 | 44 | 48 | 37 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 20 | · | · |
| Sun | · | · | 10 | 10 | · | 22 | 26 | 40 | 37 | 24 | 30 | 30 | 33 | · | · | · |
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 6m in total
- 10:02am – 10:09am 6m
Broke down on 5 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.