Halloween Horror Nights
The flagship Halloween event: haunted houses, scare zones and live shows after dark, separately ticketed.
Universal Studios Florida
Theme park · North America
🇺🇸 Orlando, Florida, United States
Movie-making turned into ride technology
Overall score6.6
Opened
1990
Size
108 acres (44 ha)
Rides
23 attractions
Avg. visit
8 hours
Ticket range
$109–$189 USD
Events & shows
Universal Holidays / Macy's Holiday Parade
Holiday season featuring balloons and floats from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Universal Mardi Gras
Spring festival with a beaded parade, international food booths and live concerts.
Visual Archive
Universal Studios Florida is the screen-based half of the Orlando resort, home to Diagon Alley — the most detailed Wizarding World build anywhere — plus Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit and Revenge of the Mummy. The Hogwarts Express linking it to Islands of Adventure makes a two-park ticket almost mandatory.
Plan Your Visit
Hours & tickets
- Operating hours
- Typically 9am-6pm, later on peak days and during Halloween Horror Nights
- Seasonal closures
- Open year-round
- Queue-skip pass
- Universal Express Pass, roughly $80-$300 per person per day depending on date and tier. From about $90 USD.
- How long to stay
- Full day
- Multi-day tickets
- Multi-day and multi-park tickets covering Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure and Epic Universe; park-to-park needed for the Hogwarts Express.
- Season pass
- Annual or season pass from about $449 USD.
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- Orlando International Airport (MCO), ~15 miles
- Public transit
- Lynx buses 21, 37 and 40 serve Universal Orlando; water taxis and shuttles link the on-site hotels
- Parking
- On-site parking available. Around $32 USD per day.
- Staying over
- Eight Universal Orlando hotels; premier tiers include unlimited Express Pass
Accessibility
- Accessibility
- Flat and fully step-free with wheelchair and ECV rental near the entrance. Attraction Assistance Pass provides return times, and the Rider's Guide details motion and transfer requirements per ride.
Good to know
- Who it suits
- Good for school-age children and teens; Diagon Alley and the Minion area appeal broadly, but many rides are motion simulators
- Best time to visit
- Weekdays in late January, early May or September; avoid summer and holiday weeks
- Dining
- Excellent themed dining in Diagon Alley (Leaky Cauldron) plus a broad quick-service line-up
- Outside food
- You can bring your own food and drink.
- Weather cover
- Strong indoor coverage — most headliners are enclosed screen-based or dark rides, useful during Florida afternoon storms.
- Baby care
- Nursing facilities at Guest Services with changing tables in most restrooms.
- Rentals on site
- Stroller / pushchair hire and Lockers available on site.
- Currency & payment
- Cards and mobile wallets accepted throughout; free ride lockers at major attractions.
- Official app
- Universal Orlando Resort app (iOS/Android): wait times, mobile ordering, virtual line and Express Pass.