Hollywood Ride Guide
Parties, festivals, overlays and after-hours events — what each one is, what it costs, and whether it is worth the money. Every page states whether this year is confirmed or still expected.
Separate ticket
The strongest hard-ticket haunt event in the country, and an adult horror event rather than a Halloween party. Buy an early-run weeknight and you see most of it; buy an October Saturday without Express Pass and you will see about half of what you paid for.
Confirmed
Included overlay
Everything Universal Orlando does at Christmas is included with regular admission, which makes it the best-value season on the resort's calendar and the only one with no ticket to buy. It is also split across separate parks, so the ticket type you choose decides how much of it you actually see.
Expected — not yet announcedNo extra ticket
Festival
The best-value thing Universal Orlando runs, because there is no ticket: a night parade, a concert series, and a street of Cajun food booths, all included with regular admission to Universal Studios Florida. The catch is that the good parts run on select nights and the concert brings the whole of Central Florida with it.
Expected — not yet announcedNo extra ticket
Included overlay
The best value in the Universal Studios Hollywood year, because none of it costs anything beyond a regular ticket: a live Grinch show, a redressed Upper Lot, and the Wizarding World's castle projection after dark. It is also the season that makes this park worth a day with young children, which it otherwise is not.
Expected — not yet announcedNo extra ticket
Separate ticket
A shorter, tighter version of the Orlando event with one thing Orlando cannot copy: the Terror Tram, which takes the backlot after dark. It is an adult horror event, it is small enough that Los Angeles fills it on Fridays and Saturdays, and the night you pick matters more than anything else you decide.
Confirmed
| Label | What it means | What we will state |
|---|---|---|
| Confirmed | Officially announced, with the announcement named on the page. | Exact dates and prices. |
| Expected | Not announced, but the pattern has held for at least three years. | Windows and ranges. Never an exact date. |
| Last confirmed cycle | This cycle is unannounced or unclear. | Last cycle's figures, labeled with their year. |
Most competing pages state this year's dates whether or not anyone announced them. That is the practice this labelling exists to avoid.