Halloween Horror Nights 2025 Touring Plan

Halloween Horror Nights 2025

• Halloween Horror Nights 2025 Touring Plan
• How to Get Early Admission to Halloween Horror Nights 2025 at Universal Orlando
• Insider’s Guide to Halloween 2025’s Exclusive Food and Drinks at Universal Orlando Resort
• Insider’s guide to Halloween Horror Nights 2025 Extras: Express Passes, RIP Tours, and More
• Insider’s Guide to Halloween Horror Nights 2025 Tickets

There is a single purpose to the Orlando Informer Halloween Horror Nights 2025 touring plan: to get you through the haunted houses – and, ideally, the scare zones and everything else – at Universal Orlando’s most popular annual event with as little waiting as possible.

Does our plan really work? Why, yes, it does:

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Halloween Horror Nights 2025 touring plan – first steps

Before we can get to the touring plan properly, we need to lay the groundwork first. Don’t worry, though – this’ll just take a moment.

To minimize overall wait times, we strongly recommend that you take advantage of Halloween Horror Nights early admission (sometimes referred to as Stay and Scream). If you do not have daytime access to Universal Studios Florida, then you must arrive at the park turnstiles by 4:45 pm. This is important because the crowd waiting to get into the theme park can be significant, and you really want to be at the front of that crowd. But don’t worry about having to stand at the gates for an hour and a half – Universal starts letting guests in around 20 to 30 minutes before the official starting time of 6:30 pm.

Once you’re inside Universal Studios Florida, get ready to visit some haunted houses!

It’s imperative, for the purposes of minimizing wait times, that you head directly for the houses and do them in order without stopping at the scare zones, other attractions, or live shows. We know – you’ll really want to check out a zone after you exit the first haunt, but every extra minute you spend straying from the warpath will equal five to 10 minutes more of standing in line.

If you have questions about using this plan, be sure to read through the whole page and then see the FAQs at the bottom. If you want to learn more about each of the mazes, click any of the links provided to visit their individual announcements and our analysis of them.

Halloween Horror Nights 2025 touring plan – the touring plan itself

Please note that we’ll be tweaking this touring plan as the event goes on to ensure it’s as optimized as is (in)humanly possible. Keep checking back before your descent into Halloween Horror Nights’ horror!

1. Five Nights at Freddy’s (Production Central, to the left of Despicable Me Minion Mayhem)
(If you have daytime admission and are doing stay and scream)
Step inside the world of Five Nights at Freddy’s as the haunting halls of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza come to life, complete with sinister robots lurking around every corner.

2. The Horrors of The Wyatt Sicks (Production Central, to the left of Despicable Me Minion Mayhem)
(If you have daytime admission and are doing stay and scream)
Step into the twisted world of The Wyatt Sicks, where an eerie doorway leads straight into madness. Face Uncle Howdy and his demented crew—Rambling Rabbit, Mercy the Buzzard, Abby the Witch, and Huskus the Pig—as they pull you deeper into their domain.

(If you aren’t doing Stay and Scream, start with Jason Universe and circle back to Five Nights at Freddy’s and The Horrors of The Wyatt Sicks at the end of the night.) If time allows before 6:00 PM, this would be an excellent time to knock out El Artista: A Spanish Haunting after you have come face to face with The Wyatt Sicks.

3. Jason Universe (San Francisco, Near Fast & Furious – Supercharged)
One of horror’s most feared icons is back! Step into Camp Crystal Lake, where every creak, crack, and scream signals that you’re not alone. Run for your life through moonlit woods, stumble into Jason’s sinister shack, and come face-to-mask with the unstoppable killer where his legacy began.

4. Dolls: Let’s Play Dead (World Expo, near Men in Black: Alien Attack! restroom entrance)
Step into a nightmare where you’re shrunk to the size of a doll and trapped in a playroom gone horribly wrong. Inside, a little girl has taken her once-beloved toys and twisted them into terrifying creations — burnt, melted, stitched-together monstrosities that now hunt you through shadowy shelves and broken dollhouses.

5. Gálkn: Monsters of the North (World Expo, between Nightmare Fuel: Circus of Decay and Men in Black: Alien Attack!)
In a remote northern village, an ancient evil has awakened. A wicked being rises from the dead, summoning a horde of monstrous creatures to wreak havoc on the living. As frost grips the land and terror spreads, you must fight to escape the belly of the beast—or be lost to legend forever.

6. Fallout (World Expo, between Nightmare Fuel: Circus of Decay and Men in Black: Alien Attack!)
Step into the shadowy confines of the Vaults, where survival means fighting side by side with Lucy against raiders. But danger doesn’t stop at the Vault door—out in the Wasteland, you’ll face relentless threats, including the bounty hunter known as The Ghoul. The Brotherhood of Steel isn’t far behind, with Maximus leading the charge, clad in imposing T-60 power armor.

7. Hatchet and Chains: Demon Bounty Hunters (Springfield, near The Simpsons Ride)
Building on a fan-favorite concept from last year’s lineup, this Old West town is under siege—red-hot lava demons are erupting from the depths, melting everything (and everyone) in their path as they fight to possess the living.

8. Shows
Take a break between scares to see some fun but frightening shows. Here’s the scoop on what’s showing this year:

Nightmare Fuel: Circus of Decay – Enjoy this show that has taken over the Fear Factor Live stage since 2021 with a storyline twisting and evolving over time.  Become amazed while witnessing jaw-dropping illusions, daring stunts, pyrotechnics, aerialists, and more.

Show times: 8:00 PM, 9:30 PM, 11:00 PM, 12:30 AM

Haunt-O-Phonic: A Ghoulish Journey – For the first time since 2022, the Halloween Horror Nights lagoon show is returning to Universal Studios Florida. Gather your scream squad and circle the lagoon for a chilling, immersive ghost story — told through towering water screens, haunting melodies, and unforgettable visuals.

Show times: 9:00 PM, 10:00 PM, 11:00 PM, 12:00 AM

We also recommend using this time to check out the Death Eaters that roam Diagon Alley.

9. Zones
There are five original scare zones this year at Horror Nights. We suggest strolling through all of them after the sun goes down.

The Origins of Horror (Production Central) – Stroll through the garden of the conservatory, where monuments pay tribute to the terrors of Halloween Horror Nights 34.

The Cat Lady of Crooked Lane (Central Park) – Local legend whispers that an old woman lures unsuspecting trick-or-treaters down this winding road, only to transform them into feline companions for her ever-growing collection.

Mutations: Toxic Twenties (New York) – You’ve received an invitation to a Halloween masquerade, an opulent affair where guests don masks inspired by legendary monsters. But as midnight draws near, the illusion begins to crumble. One by one, the masks slip off, revealing not costumes… but vampires.

Masquerade: Dance with Death (Hollywood) – Four merciless queens loyal to SURR3AL haunt this otherworldly hellscape ripped from the darkest corners of the mind.

This year, Halloween Horror Nights features additional street experiences that aren’t full-fledged scare zones but are just as entertaining. Check out the Zombie Car Hops near Mel’s Drive-In (or Mel’s Die-In, as it’s known during HHN) or head to San Francisco for Club Horror, complete with an undead DJ and dancers.

10. Grave of Flesh (Production Central, near Music Plaza Stage)
Welcome to your own funeral—where the mourning quickly turns to mayhem. As the casket closes, your descent into the underworld begins.

11. El Artista: A Spanish Haunting (Production Central, near Music Plaza Stage)
In 19th-century Spain, a tortured artist retreats to a remote country manor for inspiration—unaware that the haunting artwork inside is waiting to possess him.

12. Terrifier (Production Central, near Music Plaza Stage)
Venture into the twisted funhouse of the sinister Art the Clown and experience his dark, unsettling world. Each room is filled with eerie surprises and spine-tingling scenes that will keep you on edge.

13. Five Nights at Freddy’s (Production Central, to the left of Despicable Me Minion Mayhem)
(This is the part of the night you would do this maze if you did not do Stay & Scream)
Step inside the world of Five Nights at Freddy’s as the haunting halls of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza come to life, complete with sinister robots lurking around every corner.

14. The Horrors of The Wyatt Sicks (Production Central, to the left of Despicable Me Minion Mayhem)
(This is the part of the night you would do this maze if you did not do Stay & Scream)
Step into the twisted world of The Wyatt Sicks, where an eerie doorway leads straight into madness. Face Uncle Howdy and his demented crew—Rambling Rabbit, Mercy the Buzzard, Abby the Witch, and Huskus the Pig—as they pull you deeper into their domain.

15. Rides and repeating houses
If you’ve managed to complete all the above and still have time to spare, consider lining up to experience your favorite houses again. You could also hit up one of the rides open during HHN:

• Revenge of the Mummy
• Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts (closes early)
• TRANSFORMERS: The Ride-3D
• MEN IN BLACK Alien Attack

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Halloween Horror Nights 2025 touring plan – FAQ

Now that you know your first steps and have looked over your battle plan, it’s time to dive a little more deeply into a few choice aspects of our 2025 touring plan.

What do I need to be aware of if I use HHN early admission?

When using Halloween Horror Nights early admission (Stay & Scream) – which we really can’t recommend enough – you will wait inside Universal Studios Florida as Universal transforms the park from daytime operations to the nighttime event. You will still want to follow our touring plan with one extra instruction: since you will get early access to one or two haunted houses (the specific houses may change from night to night), you will, of course, want to visit these first. When early admission is over and everything opens (between 6:15 and 6:30 pm), simply scratch the haunts you’ve already seen from the list above, then work the list from top to bottom as usual.

Please, please see our HHN early admission page and take advantage of it if you can!

What if I can’t get to Halloween Horror Nights early, like you advise?

If you can’t take advantage of early admission, buy a Halloween Horror Nights Express Pass. If this is also not an option, be at the park turnstiles by 5:00 pm. If you can’t do that, either, then please go to Horror Nights on a Wednesday, Thursday, or a Sunday during the first three weeks, or on a Wednesday during the second half of the season – even so, still be prepared to do a lot of standing around.

What if I have an HHN Express Pass?

If you have Express – which can only be used once per haunted house, we should make clear that you absolutely still want to follow the list above in order. Remember that Express Passes can sometimes only be expected to cut down the standby wait time in half, so if the Five Nights at Freddy’s maze is at two hours, the Express line may be up to a one-hour wait. That’s why, even if you have Express access, we still want you to follow our touring plan and minimize overall wait times.

Also, the general wisdom is not to use your Express Pass if the haunt has a lower wait time since, later, you can visit it again – when it has a longer line – and then use your Express. This is definitely a smart move, but only do it if you are certain you will want to visit the maze again; the posted wait times at Horror Nights houses tend to be a little optimistic, so a posted time of 25 minutes may easily turn out to be 30 or 35 minutes.

That’s all we got for our Halloween Horror Nights 2025 touring plan. Please keep in mind this is only one page in our HHN insider’s guide. For the most effective planning, please be sure to read through all of our pages, which you can access at any time using the navigation links at the top and bottom.

Did you know that this isn’t our only touring plan? You can view all of our exclusive Universal Orlando touring plans, including our ultimate one-day Wizarding World of Harry Potter plan, by clicking here.