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Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station

Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station

An Attraction in Islands of Adventure

Last updated: November 17, 2024

This attraction is scheduled to be closed temporarily from
Tuesday, January 28, 2025, to Saturday, February 1, 2025.
At a Glance

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.

Go here for a full description of the Hogwarts Express experience.

Current Standby Wait Time
Park Closed
Guest Overall Rating
Our Overall Rating
Grade School
Teens
Young Adults
Over 30
Seniors
Duration
5 min
Child Swap?
No
Minimum Height
None
Queues
  • Standby
Accessibility
  • May Remain in Wheelchair/ECV

Touring Tips

When To Go
Immediately after park opening until early afternoon.
Loading Speed
Moderate
Early Park Admission?
No
Wait per 100 People Ahead
7 min

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.

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Wait Times

Here's roughly how many minutes you'll wait for Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station at each Islands of Adventure Crowd Level.

1
10 to 20
2
10 to 25
3
10 to 26
4
10 to 30
5
10 to 33
6
11 to 35
7
11 to 37
8
14 to 43
9
15 to 54
10
25 to 69
Hourly View
Friday,
Dec 19, 2014
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Wait Times for
Hogwarts Express -
Hogsmeade Station
Friday,
December 19, 2014

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Submitted Wait Times
15 min Posted Standby at 1:17pm
15 min Posted Standby at 2:08pm
9 min Actual Standby at 2:09pm
15 min Posted Standby at 2:11pm
30 min Posted Standby at 3:51pm
30 min Posted Standby at 4:21pm
30 min Actual Standby at 4:21pm
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