Planning on visiting Universal Studios Hollywood during the Halloween season? Halloween is our family’s favorite time of year, but Universal Studios is best known for it’s scary, just for adults, Halloween Horror Nights. Does that mean that there isn’t any fun, Halloween-related things to do during the day with kids? Absolutely not! Here’s a round up of things to see when visiting Universal Studios during Halloweentime!
CHARACTERS
Universal Studios has some of the best Halloween characters year round! You can almost always find Frankenstein, Dracula, and/or Beetlejuice roaming around the upper lot. You may even see the Scooby gang running away from them! These characters may look intimidating, but they have hearts of gold. Frankenstein is more than 3 times the height of my 3 year old, but she loves to spend time with him. He dances and plays with her, and even gave her a flower once. As for Beetlejuice, he’s raunchy and silly and loves to hang out with the kids. Dracula will hang out in shady spots (hello, vampire) and likes to poke fun at the other monsters.
In addition to the usual monsters, the Minions and Hello Kitty have joined in on the fun! You can find FrankenBob and Mummy Stuart meet and greets by the Despicable Me ride and Hello “Bride of Frankenstein” Kitty by the Hello Kitty store. They all look so cute dressed up in their Halloween costumes!
FOOD
Dufftoberfest has taken over in Springfield, USA where you can enjoy special seasonal offers such as Pretzel buns with Duff cheese and seasonal beers on tap. Minions Cafe also has a fun Halloween overlay complete with seasonal offerings and an adorable Minions Halloween popcorn bucket.
MERCHANDISE
Halloween Horror Night merchandise is available in stores all day, not exclusive to the evening event! Go ahead and grab yourself a HHN tee or mug, and while you’re at it, there’s some adorable Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein merchandise too. The Frankenstein purse and exclusive passholder pin are two of my favorites this year! All of our kids love the Minions Halloween POPs.
DECOR
If you’re visiting with children, note that there is some spooky decor up around the park from HHN. Demons, skeletons, skulls, and various spooky stuff is all around, but nothing moves or jumps out. It’s simply scary looking. Our 3 year old loves all things spooky, so none of this bothered her in the least, but our 9 year old was not convinced that the statues weren’t going to come to life and scare him. It took some coaxing before he realized that the park wasn’t out to get him…yet.
On nights with a Halloween Horror Night party, you may want to plan to wrap your day up by 5P. The park closes to regular guests at 5:30P and that’s when everyone files in for HHN. You never know what you might see!
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10 Comments
MG
September 30, 2021 at 8:32 pmI’m a big fan of the universal monsters! Didn’t realize they were in the park!
TheSweetiePies
December 27, 2021 at 6:10 pmBoth Dracula and Frankenstein are regulars at the park! The Bride of Frankenstein was in the park during the 2021 Halloween Horror Nights (she was a bit scarier!)
Sophie M
October 1, 2021 at 12:33 amThis blog is so awesome, thanks for sharing this post. Universal studios sounds like so much fun. My kids would love it.
TheSweetiePies
December 27, 2021 at 6:10 pmOur kids love it so much. Hope you get to go at some point! Thank you for reading and commenting!
JoJo Hall
October 4, 2021 at 6:02 amThis is so much fun! I’ve been to Universal Studios plenty of times but I’ve never been during Halloween. I definitely have to make it back there one of these years to experience this for myself!
TheSweetiePies
December 27, 2021 at 6:11 pmBoth Halloween in the park and Halloween Horror Nights are soooo much fun! We highly recommend planning a trip next year!
Lauren
October 5, 2021 at 8:46 amSome great tips here! I always think of Halloween horror nights at Universal as opposed to the kids side of things so this was super useful. Thank you!
TheSweetiePies
December 27, 2021 at 6:11 pmDay time is for the kids, but night time is for the adults 🙂
Seriah Sargenton
October 5, 2021 at 8:48 amI’ve been to universal studios once and it was an amazing experience! I just know that it’s even better around Halloween and the holiday season. Great post.
TheSweetiePies
December 27, 2021 at 6:13 pmBoth Halloween and the Grinchmas offer so many fun things to do, and both are so different that it keeps visiting the park fresh for annual pass holders.