OSAKA / UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN
Flight of the Hippogriff™ wait times and best time to ride
Explore hourly waits and recorded quieter windows to plan your USJ visit.
PLAN YOUR VISIT
When have waits tended to be lower?
In recent history, the window with the lowest typical wait was 08:00–09:00 · 22 min.
Median based on 8 sufficiently covered days. A historical reference, not a guarantee for your visit.
View period and method
2026-09-07 – 2026-10-05. Median of hourly averages; at least seven days per window and four comparable windows. Dates may differ between hours. No holiday or event adjustments.
Flight of the Hippogriff™
How the queues changed
Japan time · standby queue · sufficiently covered periods only
Waits by hour
How averages are calculated
Waits are weighted by duration, capped at 15 minutes. Hours need 30 covered minutes; averages need three covered hours; highlighting a window requires four comparable hours. Gaps and closures are not zero. This is not a forecast.
View times and waits
| Time | Wait / status |
|---|---|
| 08:04 | 15 min |
| 08:19 | 10 min |
| 08:40 | Down |
| 08:50 | 15 min |
| 09:05 | 25 min |
| 09:10 | 30 min |
| 09:19 | 40 min |
| 09:25 | 60 min |
| 10:02 | 50 min |
| 10:10 | Down |
| 10:26 | 25 min |
| 10:48 | Down |
| 11:28 | 15 min |
| 11:34 | 25 min |
| 11:49 | Down |
| 12:17 | 10 min |
| 12:26 | Down |
| 12:41 | 20 min |
| 12:47 | 30 min |
| 12:49 | 40 min |
| 13:03 | 50 min |
| 13:36 | 40 min |
| 13:40 | 30 min |
| 14:10 | 60 min |
| 14:19 | 80 min |
| 14:50 | 70 min |
| 15:41 | 80 min |
| 15:49 | 70 min |
| 16:25 | 80 min |
| 16:57 | 60 min |
| 17:04 | 50 min |
| 17:25 | 65 min |
| 17:40 | 70 min |
| 18:04 | 50 min |
| 18:33 | 45 min |
| 18:56 | 50 min |
| 19:25 | 45 min |
| 19:55 | 35 min |
| 20:33 | 45 min |
| 20:41 | 25 min |
| 21:02 | 15 min |
| 21:49 | Closed |