Hogwarts Express™ - King's Cross Station Wait Times
Average that day
19min
Thu, Aug 20
Hours
Opens 10am
Posted hours
Range
5–35 min
Low 10:05am · high 3:29pm
Typical Thursday
27 min
8 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.
Thursday, Aug 20 vs a typical Thursday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Thursdays
Average
19 min
Lowest
5 min 10:05am
Highest
35 min 3:29pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 9am and 9pm, and Sun runs about 4 min shorter than Sat.
Average standby each hour, day by day
| 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | · | 11 | · | 20 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 47 | 29 | 34 | 22 | 26 | · |
| Tue | · | 10 | · | 15 | 19 | 28 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 32 | 32 | 24 | · |
| Wed | · | 10 | · | 13 | 18 | 27 | 30 | 45 | 37 | 32 | 30 | 31 | · |
| Thu | 5 | 10 | · | 15 | 43 | 21 | 33 | 39 | 42 | 35 | 26 | 20 | · |
| Fri | · | 10 | 10 | · | 18 | 18 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 46 | 34 | 25 | · |
| Sat | · | 10 | 10 | · | 18 | 31 | 46 | 46 | 45 | 40 | 31 | 21 | 10 |
| Sun | 10 | 10 | 23 | · | 17 | 26 | 40 | 32 | 25 | 35 | 27 | 19 | · |
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 4 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.