Official 2025 Universal Studios Orlando HHN 34 Discussion Thread

[GhostHost24]

185?!? Is that just for Stay & Scream?

Ya. Gates usually don't open til 6 at the earliest.

 

[GhostHost24]

Wwe is at 75, fallout is at 50

 

[GhostHost24]

Keep seeing Vids of Art roaming around. Makes me more sad and upset never saw him last night.

 

[Skippyboo]

Everything is 40 minutes or higher with FNAF at 150. Definitely feels like everyone from stay and scream got in that queue

 

[Kwami]

Everything is 40 minutes or higher with FNAF at 150. Definitely feels like everyone from stay and scream got in that queue

So the new stay and scream with the bracelets is still just standing in line for a long time until they open the houses? That's unfortunate.

 

[tony67]

So the new stay and scream with the bracelets is still just standing in line for a long time until they open the houses? That's unfortunate.

Yeah - no matter what there will be most of the people from stay and scream in lines to get into a house.

I much prefer the idea of a wristband as you can just walk around and do whatever you want instead of being stuck in a pen in a specific area. I always disliked the pens. Also people started getting in the pens at like 3.
Pretty sure they don't open the lines until a set time before open - so maybe an hour? We will see how it works once things are really going at full capacitary - even last night looked somewhat slow.

I've said it many times - but for me I see no value to stay and scream other than being in the park. I much prefer to wait till the sun has started to go down to do the houses. Your eyes adjust better to entering the house and they are staffed better as well.

We will see how it works once I am there myself, but so far it looks pretty good to me.

 

[Greg36]

We went last night. Had a great time. It was definitely busy but we were able to do everything with express. Actually did a couple of the houses twice. We thought all ten houses were awesome. They felt longer and more intense versus the last number of years. The set development was strong, the scare actors were great, the use of sounds, water, mirrors, smells all were really on point. I thought, with the exception of insidious, they were all better than last year’s houses. I don’t want to say too much because I don’t want to spoil anything. The stay and scream house times were ridiculous so we just hung out in air conditioning and ate supper until closer to 6 when we walked onto dolls and then hatchet. I think tonight we might do that strategy with Jason instead as that opened low. Express worked great with everything except Jason around 9 or 10. We ended up waiting longer for that one (probably around 40 minutes). All other waits were low. Probably under 30 for everything with a number of very pleasant surprises (under 20 with posted times of 90+). The nightmare fuel show was also great this year. Crowd was really into it for the 8pm show. Scare zones were really good too. Definitely recommend spending some time watching the old lady in her house in the cat zone. Best food item we had was actually the pizza and spaghetti together. lol. I was skeptical but it was really good. No line for pizza fries at 1:00! We had a blast. Perfect night of hhn. Hope everyone enjoys it this year.

 

[Greg36]

I should add the stay and scream process was easy. Just went to a stay and scream wristband check in location. They scanned your ticket and give you a wristband. You are then free to just roam. There were a bunch of security and security check points checking bands. I even saw them checking bathroom stalls. It seemed to work really well.

 

[GhostHost24]

It seemed like wait times weren't too far off from premium scare night.. Which is pretty sad.

Got my survey link for psn... I made my thoughts known lol

 

[Greg36]

It seemed like wait times weren't too far off from premium scare night.. Which is pretty sad.

Got my survey link for psn... I made my thoughts known lol

We were set to go to the PSN but plans changed. I was looking at the wait times through the night and was surprised by how long even the posted times were. Reading the online reviews it sounds like it was pretty disappointing. Too bad. Actual staggered house entry would have been great for these houses.