Universal Fan Fest Nights 2027

[PerceptiveCoot]

Figured there should be a spec thread since the current thread is drifting into speculation for next year, with one of the primary topics of speculation being whether the presence of K-POP Demon Hunters in the Animation Store indicates that the property will appear next year.

 

[Freak]

Was wondering when the spec thread would start lol

My predictions for FFN:

-We'll get three walkthrus next year.

-Forbidden Forest will be back.

-One Piece show will return (Would be shocked if it doesn't given the reception from last year).

-KPop Demon Hunters will be the Tram experience.

-Ghostbusters will get a walkthru next year with Netflix announcing GB: Night Shift, a new animated series.

That's about all I have. I think those are very reasonable guesses for next year.

 

[highdefrex]

I got a survey today about the event; obviously not going to talk about it, but some of the things it was asking about in terms of IPs and the future were… interesting.

I ended up skipping this year’s event because I couldn’t find myself justifying the cost for only what I was interested in (Scooby Doo and the Forbidden Forest) coupled with my lack of motivation to be amongst crowds and social media obsessives. But if they can actually manage to wrangle up some of those interesting IPs, and offer more of what I personally want (more walk-throughs/houses), then 2027 could rope me back in.

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

They'll also probably be able to do coaster audio overlays once Fast and Furious comes online.

 

[Skipper Justin]

Sailor Moon had two different 4D shows. I wonder if they will bring her back with more of the characters. It was definitely popular.

 

[rageofthegods]

Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at Waterworld?

 

[BriefCasey]

Sailor Moon had two different 4D shows. I wonder if they will bring her back with more of the characters. It was definitely popular.

I was meaning to bring that up as well, in fact I was wondering if anyone else here knew more about the 4D show's history in USJ.

And for those who don't know, I learned on the Lost Media Wiki there was actually another version of the Sailor Moon 4D show that came before the one we got at FFN. I didn't know this until after I saw the show at FFN and then I saw imagery I do not remember seeing at FFN in the scraps of the previous iteration that exist on this page (which I didn't pay much attention to since I thought I'd see it at FFN). Both versions were lost media until FFN, and now only this older iteration remains lost.

I could see this being a future repeat, but probably not for next year, because there's one prediction I've got for the theater IP that I think is likely considering that Sailor Moon was chosen for 2026 to coincide with its 30th anniversary:

See, around the same time I found that official social media post stating the SM 30th anniversary being tied to it, I coincidentally discovered that the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4D show was first made around the same time as that IP's 30th anniversary, which was in 2017. Here we are approaching its 40th next year, so I legitimately think JoJo's could be in the running, no biases here. I just wonder if (show content spoilers if anyone cares about that) the mild instances of blood could prevent that, but maybe a parental warning at the entrance could probably help (weird case scenario it gets sent to HHN instead for that reason). And hey, this one might be theoretically easier to introduce dub screenings with if they finally pursue that, since there's only four voices tops, so it shouldn't be too expensive to dub unlike the rather large cast of Sailor Moon's.

Anyway, my only other predictions are these (Just also hope they bring back the 2025/HHN hours of operation as well):

• KPop Demon Hunters (Stage or Tram could be highly possible either way)
• At least three walkthroughs this time (and I do wonder if the one that was scrapped from this year's could still come back)
• One Piece Show and its Fan Zone return, maybe with a different storyline this time.