Halloween Horror Nights 2025 (USH) - News & General Discussion

[Clive]

MAJOR changes to many opening times for mazes!
-FNAF will keep opening at 5:00PM from here on out
-Jason will now open at 5:30PM instead of 6:15PM
-Terrifier will now open at 5:00PM instead of 5:30PM
-Poltergeist will now open at 5:15PM instead of 5:30PM

Smart choices that should also mean performers get more hours. Thank you for the update.

 

[chris.g]

I'm hearing projections for the rest of the event are through the roof. Could we see additional nights being added?

 

[April]

Smart choices that should also mean performers get more hours. Thank you for the update.

Have people noticed that at early entry the houses are staffed though? When we’ve done houses during early entry they’re vastly understaffed in years past and if we can repeat them later in the night they’re much better. But some lines don’t allow that, nor do our energy levels lol

 

[ladiesman217]

Have people noticed that at early entry the houses are staffed though? When we’ve done houses during early entry they’re vastly understaffed in years past and if we can repeat them later in the night they’re much better. But some lines don’t allow that, nor do our energy levels lol

I still remember in the years before the pandemic, all the early entry mazes were staffed to the brim even super early. Really a shame that they've adopted this new technique after the pandemic. Does anyone know if the problem is still just as bad this year?

 

[Freak]

I didn't think there were any limits on Thursdays. The Universal website says only Fri, Sat, and Sun are blocked during Sept and Oct (unless it's a blockout day for Gold--since I have Platinum, I'm not exactly sure when those are).

Which also means that should anyone be going the final weekend in November, the parking limit should be lifted in it's entirely by then! And Thursday and Wednesday in October should also be fine.

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Just looked at the back of my passport and it says “Free parking except for Fri, Sat, and Sun in April, May, Sep, and Oct.”

Might make a last-minute trip tonight then if that’s the case!

 

[downunder]

I'm here now. Good line for EA at 3.50pm, they let in to line up at the middle turnstiles at 4pm. Turnstiles were manned but they didn't let in until 5pm. Was out of Five Nights by 5.15pm, regular line was already huge.

 

[Clive]

Have people noticed that at early entry the houses are staffed though? When we’ve done houses during early entry they’re vastly understaffed in years past and if we can repeat them later in the night they’re much better. But some lines don’t allow that, nor do our energy levels lol

It comes down to whether 1) they move up call times to accommodate the earlier opening times and 2) they move up the pool call time to get swings assigned, costumed, and transported to their venue. My understanding is that for several years post-pandemic, they have not done this, and the results were pretty obvious.

 

[DTH]

Have people noticed that at early entry the houses are staffed though? When we’ve done houses during early entry they’re vastly understaffed in years past and if we can repeat them later in the night they’re much better. But some lines don’t allow that, nor do our energy levels lol

FNAF, Scarecrow, and Jason all seemed fully staffed for EA when I went. The only maze that seemed to be missing maybe 2 rooms of people was WWE, but I was literally the first person in and as I was exiting, 3 scareactors were just being dropped off. I'm sure if I waited an additional 5 minutes, those 2 rooms would've been filled. Later that night, I repeated andsaw those rooms with scareactoras, so it all worked out.

I still remember in the years before the pandemic, all the early entry mazes were staffed to the brim even super early. Really a shame that they've adopted this new technique after the pandemic. Does anyone know if the problem is still just as bad this year?

Honestly, the only year I noticed EA being understaffed was last year. I'm sure there was maybe 1 spot missing here or there in previous years, but not entire houses being near empty like last year. This year was just about normal as you can imagine.

 

[queenmetroid]

I also have to add that the queue management is a disaster for Wyatt Sicks--both design and management. No one can find the line, and that crossover is a mess.

I'm here tonight and I can confirm. Who on earth approved this nonsense? They had employees running up and down the queue telling people what to do.