Halloween Horror Nights 2025 – Your Ultimate Guide
Planning a visit to Halloween Horror Nights 2025 at Universal Studios Florida? Here’s your ultimate guide to all confirmed and rumoured haunted houses—including Fallout, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and Jason Un1v3rse—plus scare zones, event dates, prices, and what to expect from this year’s “Never Go Alone (Again)” event. Whether you’re a die-hard fan or first-time frighter, this is your go-to breakdown.
Epic Universe Opening Day
Universal’s Epic Universe opened May 22, 2025, with magical lands, wild wait times, and a few opening-day hiccups.
Unlocking the Next Level of Magic
Wands at the ready! Universal Orlando’s new second-generation interactive Harry Potter wands have arrived—and they’re packed with more magic than a vault at Gringotts. From glowing tips and spell-tracking to app-connected missions and upcoming Epic Universe interactions, this isn’t just wand-waving—it’s wizarding 2.0. Here’s everything you need to know before you swish and flick your way through the Wizarding World!
Darkmoor Monster Make-Up at Epic Universe:
Ever wanted to unleash your inner monster? At Darkmoor’s Monster Makeup Experience, you can transform into one of Universal’s classic creatures—Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, or even the Bride of Frankenstein—inside the eerie Pretorius Scientific Oddities building. Whether you opt for the Experiment
Epic Universe: A Complete Guide to Express Pass and VIP Tours
Epic Universe opens May 22nd 2025, and Universal has just announced and details on the tools we need to make the most of our time in the park. Express Passes are now available, so it is time to gear up and get ready to experience the newest theme park in Orlando for a day of packed full of fun, without the long lines. So if you’ve been holding off on getting your Epic Universe tickets now is the time along with purchasing your Express Pass, because these passes are a game changer when it comes to maximising your time in the park
Dark Universe At Epic Universe
While Universal has long celebrated its iconic Monsters (Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Wolf Man), taking us backstage with the Horror Makeup Show, The Mummy Ride and the now dearly departed (and beloved) Beetlejuice Graveyard Review, Dark Universe will be the first theme park land dedicated entirely to these legends of the movie screen.
Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry
Do you dream of stepping back into the wizarding world, taking part in an epic magical showdown, Universal’s newest park will be offering guests just that with its new attraction, Harry Potter and Universal are about to make all those hours you spent studying for your OWLS worth while.
Hiccup’s Wing Gliders
Hiccup’s Wing Gliders is a family friendly rollercoaster, which will send you soaring through the skies, lands and around the Isle of Berk. The concept follows Hiccup’s innovative engineering skills, allowing guests to take to the skies in dragon styled coaster. This ride will let guests experience launches, twists, and turns and looks to simulate the movements of a real dragon flight, making it the ultimate adventure for How to Train Your Dragon fans.
Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment
Practical effects, high tech animatronics, and immersive storytelling as you navigate through the catacombs under the manor. You’ll come face to face with Dracula, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, Frankenstein’s Monster and more
Stardust Racers
Get ready to strap in, future space racers. Universal’s newest coaster, Stardust Racers, ready to launch adrenaline chasers into a whole new stratosphere of excitement! Located in the Celestial Park area, this dual-launch rollercoaster won’t be just another high-speed attraction, it’s a intergalactic competition with high-stakes that looks to be one of the most visually stunning and heart-pounding coasters Universal has ever built.
The Ministry of Magic at Epic Universe
Ministry of Magic at Epic Universe is looking to be something entirely different. Instead of revisiting other well known locations in the world of Harry Potter, this land will let us step into the wizarding political hub, a setting that has never been fully realised in any theme park form before.
Isle of Berk at Epic Universe
Are you the person that says ‘I wish I could live there’ every time you watch How To Train Your Dragon, if so, then Universal is making your dream come to life, now you can be immersed in this new land.
Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge
Start your engines, Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge is racing into Epic Universe on May 22nd 2025! That’s right, the Mushroom Kingdom is expanding, and Universal Orlando is bringing Super Nintendo World to its biggest and boldest park yet. If you’ve ever dreamed of throwing a Red Shell at your friends (without causing actual injuries), now’s your chance.
Power-Up Bands at Super Nintendo World
If you’re visiting Super Nintendo World at Epic Universe, after it opens on May 22nd 2025, I am sure like us you are chomping at the Mushroom to get your hands on a Power-Up Band, because, it’s not a Mario game without collecting coins. These interactive Power-Up bands turn the Super Nintendo World into a real-life video game.
Super Nintendo World at Epic Universe
It’s time to power-up your Orlando vacation. Grab your plumbing tools and overalls and warp into the vibrant realm of Super Nintendo World. Universal’s Epic Universe is opening on May 22nd 2025. Universal’s newest theme park is bringing this immersive land that promises to transport guests straight into the world of everyone’s favourite plumbing bros. After years of waiting, Super Nintendo World finally makes it to the East Coast! When Epic Universe opens, Orlando will become home to the biggest and most advanced version of the land yet.
Celestial Park At Epic Universe
May 22nd 2025 a day theme park fans have been waiting for, Universal’s Epic Universe. On this day we finally get to step inside this new cosmic hotspot! Celestial Park will be the hub that brings Epic Universe together.
Nintendo What Took So Long
Super Nintendo World Finally Warps to the East Coast! But how will It compare to its counterparts
After years of power-ups, warp pipes, and waiting, Super Nintendo World is finally making its way to the East Coast! When Epic Universe opens May 22nd 2025, Orlando will officially become home to the biggest and most advanced version of the land yet. If you’ve been watching enviously (like I have) as Japan and Hollywood got their versions, the wait is over and it’s time to celebrate, because Universal Orlando’s version is going all out to make this one the best of them all.
Epic Universe, Single Day Tickets
Universal Orlando has officially opened the gates (figuratively speaking), single-day tickets for the highly anticipated new Epic Universe theme park! If you’ve been dreaming of stepping into the new immersive worlds of Harry Potter, Super Nintendo, How to Train Your Dragon and Dark Universe, this news is epic indeed.
Universal Orlando’s Mardi Gras 2025
Let the good times roll! Universal Studios Florida is throws one of the biggest parties of the year with its Mardi Gras: International Flavours of Carnaval, running now through March 30, 2025. Universal Studios park transforms into a vibrant festival packed with incredible food, high energy parades, and live concerts. Whether you’re here for the bites, the beats, or just to see how many beads you can catch, this is a celebration you won’t want to miss out on if you are in the area.
Universal Orlando’s Mardi Gras 2025 Menu
Universal Orlando’s Mardi Gras 2025 is back, and it’s bringing more than just dazzling parades, bead-throwing madness, and live music that’ll have you dancing like a Minion on a sugar rush. This year’s International Flavour’s of Carnaval is a foodie’s dream, serving up a globetrotting feast that rivals even the most magical Butterbeer infused fantasies. From New Orleans-inspired classics to international street food, Universal has whipped up a menu that’ll make your taste buds scream louder than a first-time rider on VelociCoaster.