Universal Fan Fest Nights 2026 - Speculation & Rumors

[Jonathan]

During the original media event, Stephen Siercks mentioned that they’ve been working on bringing this event to life over the last 5 years to Universal Studios Hollywood

 

[ItsAtrap]

I would love to see food at BTTF. Simple diner food - hot dogs, hamburgers, malts, meatloaf and mashed potatoes.

 

[Clive]

I would love to see food at BTTF. Simple diner food - hot dogs, hamburgers, malts, meatloaf and mashed potatoes.

Apparently, they avoided serving more substantial food and alcoholic drinks at Courthouse Square because they wanted to incentivize guests to leave after a certain amount of time. It's annoying, but given how crowded it got down there, I get it.

 

[Freak]

Apparently, they avoided serving more substantial food and alcoholic drinks at Courthouse Square because they wanted to incentivize guests to leave after a certain amount of time. It's annoying, but given how crowded it got down there, I get it.

I don’t think there were any restrooms down there either? That would be a way to incentive guests to leave. Annoying but smart.

 

[Wesker69]

I don’t think there were any restrooms down there either? That would be a way to incentive guests to leave. Annoying but smart.

They had the trailer portable restrooms on the right side of the courthouse.

 

[Clive]

I don’t think there were any restrooms down there either? That would be a way to incentive guests to leave. Annoying but smart.

Yeah, I think they had to include restrooms just for practicality / accessibility reasons.

 

[BriefCasey]

Just to set expectations, my guess is they will keep basically everything that was there this year - Back to the Future, Dungeons and Dragons, Star Trek. Each may get tweaks/improvements based on (pretty consistent) guest feedback (changes to Trek story, more characters/scenes in BTTF to spread out crowds, better audio mixing in D&D, etc.)

I would anticipate at least one additional "major" attraction to help fill out the slate. Part of me suspects this will be an anime experience of some kind given the overwhelming reaction to this year's limited offerings.

I think a new USJ show import is fair game to have at least one thing new for 2026. As I said in the main thread I just hope they make something work to please both the dub and sub crowds and maybe add 3D.

I know I've been clamoring for JoJo since it's got a coinciding media release going for it, but I'm also well aware it's definitely gonna be a wild west with all the different IPs they can probably choose from. All I can do is cross my fingers since I'm not sure if JoJo will get another shot if it doesn't get the Dreamworks theater next year. Then again, there was nothing already coinciding with JJK for this year, was there?

Also, I wonder if they'll put a Fan zone in French street too.