Are the Wait Times Really That Bad at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights 2025? We Found Out!

Universal’s spookiest event of the year is finally here — Halloween Horror Nights has begun!

We’ve been checking out all the tasty snacks, getting our pants scared off of us (not literally, don’t worry), and obsessing over all the seasonal merch we can get our hands on. But, how are the CROWDS and wait times during the first night of this event?

Halloween Horror Nights has officially kicked off, and we’re here to check out the very first night! The event takes place on select nights from August 28th to November 2nd, typically from 6:30 PM to 2 AM. Of course, we weren’t the only ones ready for some frights and fun, because the crowds were out in full force!

When it comes to wait times for the haunted houses, they typically fluctuate throughout the night. Here’s what the wait times were like by 9 PM:

• Terrifier: 115-minute wait
• Gálkn: Monsters of the North:75-minute wait
• Grave of the Flesh: 65-minute wait
• Dolls: Let’s Play Dead: 70-minute wait
• Hatchet and Chains: Demon Bounty Hunters: 60-minute wait
• El Artista: A Spanish Haunting: 70-minute wait
• Jason Universe: 75-minute wait
• Fallout: 75-minute wait
• Five Nights at Freddy’s: 110-minute wait
• The Horrors of the Wyatt Sicks: 60-minute wait

Then we did another wait time roundup at 10 PM. Here’s what they looked like:

• Terrifier: 115-minute wait
• Gálkn: Monsters of the North: 50-minute wait
• Grave of the Flesh: 35-minute wait
• Dolls: Let’s Play Dead: 70-minute wait
• Hatchet and Chains: Demon Bounty Hunters: 40-minute wait
• El Artista: A Spanish Haunting: 80-minute wait
• Jason Universe: 75-minute wait
• Fallout: 75-minute wait
• Five Nights at Freddy’s: 110-minute wait
• The Horrors of the Wyatt Sicks: 90-minute wait

Around 11 PM, the wait times for the houses looked like this:

• Terrifier: 80-minute wait
• Gálkn: Monsters of the North: 65-minute wait
• Grave of the Flesh: 50-minute wait
• Dolls: Let’s Play Dead: 65-minute wait
• Hatchet and Chains: Demon Bounty Hunters: 55-minute wait
• El Artista: A Spanish Haunting: 70-minute wait
• Jason Universe: 120-minute wait
• Fallout: 90-minute wait
• Five Nights at Freddy’s: 140-minute wait
• The Horrors of the Wyatt Sicks: 45-minute wait

By 12 AM, the wait times looked like this:

• Terrifier: 75-minute wait
• Gálkn: Monsters of the North: 65-minute wait
• Grave of the Flesh: 85-minute wait
• Dolls: Let’s Play Dead: 35-minute wait
• Hatchet and Chains: Demon Bounty Hunters: 45-minute wait
• El Artista: A Spanish Haunting: 70-minute wait
• Jason Universe: 140-minute wait
• Fallout: 60-minute wait
• Five Nights at Freddy’s: 140-minute wait
• The Horrors of the Wyatt Sicks: 35-minute wait

As expected, the longest waits are for the newest and most popular houses!

We’ll be exploring more of Halloween Horror Nights 2025 at Universal Orlando, so make sure you follow along! In the meantime, stay tuned to AllEars for the latest spooky season news and more.

Everything Announced for Halloween Horror Nights 2025 at Universal Orlando

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Are you heading to Halloween Horror Nights this year? Let us know in the comments.

Disclosure: We were invited by Universal Orlando to attend a media preview of Halloween Horror Nights. This did not affect our reporting of the event — our opinions are our own.

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