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 A historical reference, not a guarantee for your visit.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™

▦ Day overview Ride guide

How the queues changed

Japan time · standby queue · sufficiently covered periods only

Estimated average27 min

Lowest waits that day18:00–19:00

Highest recorded wait60 min

Waits by hour

00:00–01:0022 min

01:00–02:00Insufficient data

02:00–03:00Insufficient data

03:00–04:00Insufficient data

04:00–05:00Insufficient data

05:00–06:00Insufficient data

06:00–07:00Insufficient data

07:00–08:00Insufficient data

08:00–09:00Insufficient data

09:00–10:0030 min

10:00–11:0041 min

11:00–12:0017 min

12:00–13:0021 min

13:00–14:00Insufficient data

14:00–15:0024 min

15:00–16:00Insufficient data

16:00–17:0044 min

17:00–18:00Insufficient data

18:00–19:0015 min

19:00–20:0017 min

20:00–21:00Insufficient data

21:00–22:00Insufficient data

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
00:04	20 min
00:17	30 min
00:33	20 min
00:36	15 min
00:41	20 min
01:33	25 min
01:40	30 min
02:06	25 min
02:18	35 min
02:19	40 min
02:29	35 min
02:32	30 min
02:34	Closed
08:33	15 min
08:50	5 min
09:10	20 min
09:19	30 min
09:35	35 min
09:47	45 min
10:17	40 min
10:19	35 min
10:35	45 min
10:51	50 min
10:56	40 min
11:06	25 min
11:18	15 min
11:20	10 min
11:26	Down
11:32	10 min
11:41	5 min
11:51	Down
12:01	Closed
12:04	5 min
12:04	10 min
12:10	15 min
12:17	20 min
12:26	30 min
13:11	60 min
13:20	50 min
14:04	25 min
14:18	20 min
14:34	15 min
14:47	25 min
14:50	40 min
15:35	30 min
16:02	40 min
16:25	45 min
16:47	40 min
16:50	50 min
17:11	40 min
18:11	25 min
18:18	15 min
18:19	10 min
18:50	15 min
19:11	20 min
19:42	15 min
21:02	5 min
21:27	Closed