Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station | Universal's Islands of Adventure

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What It Is
Transportation attraction with Special Effects
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Touring Info
Loading speed	Moderate
Wait per 100 people ahead	7.0 minutes
When to go Immediately after park opening until early afternoon.

General Info
Location	The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Hogsmeade
Opening Date	July 8, 2014
Duration	5 minutes
Scope and Scale	Headliner
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Description And Comments

Part of the genius of creating Diagon Alley at USF is that it is connected to Hogsmeade at IOA by the Hogwarts Express, just as in the novels and films. The counterpart to Universal Studios' King's Cross is Hogsmeade Station, which is very neat the entrance and provides pedestrian access to the Lost Continent area.

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Touring Tips

This attraction offers Universal Express.

Because the Hogsmeade Station doesn’t include the cool Platform 9 3⁄4 effect found at the King’s Cross end, you'd expect waits for the one-way trip to be shorter here. Surprisingly, lines can be longer here than at USF on slower days, though King's Cross is the busier end during peak periods. Lines are usually under 20 minutes through the morning, but can build later in the day. Hogsmeade Station also lacks other King's Cross amenities like air conditioning and an in-queue snack stand, though there is a moving carriage (drawn by an invisible thestral) at the exit.

On most days, disembarking guests will be allowed directly into Hogsmeade, less than a minute’s walk away. On peak days when the area reaches capacity, they’ll be directed to the bridge between The Lost Continent and Jurassic Park, where they’ll have to either queue to enter Hogsmeade or obtain a free timed-entry ticket to visit The Wizarding World at a specified time.

If you wish to experience the train, do so before the queue builds in midafternoon. If the line grows very long, guests wishing to ride a second time in one day may be relegated to a slower re-ride queue.

Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station Wait Times

This chart shows you roughly how long you'll wait for Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station when you visit on a day with a given Universal's Islands of Adventure Crowd Level. The blue bars represent the average "peak" wait time (that is, how long the line will be at its busiest). The bottom and top black lines represent the range of peak wait times to expect (for you fellow nerds out there: it's the 5th percentile and 95th percentile of peak wait times). Please note that these are estimates, and for a better forecast for your travel dates, see Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station Wait Times.