Universal Fan Fest Nights - Coming 2025

[malice]

Everything can be done in under 3 hrs right? I just realized it’s the last weekend for the event that I can go but I have prior late night engagements Fri/Sat. I haven’t been convinced in going by what I’ve seen but don’t want to regret missing out on the inaugural year.

 

[Clive]

They raised the capacity cap, apparently, but you still don't really feel it. On Saturday, longest we waited for an attraction was for Dungeons and Dragons (about 20 minutes both times - once during early entry, once around 9pm or so). Star Trek was a de facto walk-on. Mario Kart had about a 20-25 minute wait. Pink/Blue Yoshi was mobbed because Green Yoshi couldn't come out due to rain, but we went as soon as it opened and still go through in about 30 minutes.

 

[Wesker69]

Everything can be done in under 3 hrs right?

You should be fine with the D&D/Trek walk-throughs as well as Jujutsu Kaisen. Probably BTTF too. Check the times for Hogwarts Always.

It'll be tough, but its possible.

Meet-n-greets seem to have been underestimated (no surprise there), those have the longest lines. So you'd have to sacrifice those if only going one night.

 

[Jonathan]

Attendance hit just shy of 11K last Saturday.

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

Everything can be done in under 3 hrs right? I just realized it’s the last weekend for the event that I can go but I have prior late night engagements Fri/Sat. I haven’t been convinced in going by what I’ve seen but don’t want to regret missing out on the inaugural year.

If you count everything outside Hill Valley, food, and meet n-greets I'd say yes.

Hill Valley's just a little dicey because you don't know which point of the movie you'll be inserted into, so your experience could range anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour depending on how long you want to stay.

I would just avoid the meet-n-greets altogether if you're looking to drop in and out. If you absolutely have to do a meet-n-greet, then I would drop Star Trek from your plan, as its really not up to par with the rest of the event's offerings.

FFN 2026 wishlist:
- D&D Secrets of Waterdeep sequel (SS15 or UBE)
-If D&D doesn't come back, ARCANE. SS15. Need a Vi/Caitlyn M&G too!!!
- BTTF: Destination Hill Valley (Focus on BTTF 2 instead) and original BTTF ride overlay for Simpsons
- One Piece show (WaterWorld)
- Detective Conan Jewel Under the Starry Sky show in DWT (this is so good, I've been dying to do it again since I experienced it at USJ. It would be perfect for FFN)
- Rosalina activity/M&Gs (Luma hunt) and do the drone show in SNW
- Anything relating to Sonic. It's a Paramount IP so it's possible, right? Not sure how they would handle a walkthrough experience for Sonic but I think M&Gs or something else is possible.
- More Wicked experiences. Maybe have it be one of the walkthrough experiences.
- New HP fireworks show exclusive to USH

Presuming this event was successful, I think it would be beneficial to have event threads and spec threads ala HHN. We can keep the one thread for now till we (hopefully) get a confirmation later this month that the event will return.

 

[Rideguy70]

I went last Sunday as well and it wasn't busy at all. Most crowded areas was BTTF and the Jujutsu Kaisen show. Everything else was a walk on most of the night

Yeah, but it was also like that on opening weekend... so it's about the same

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

FFN 2026 wishlist:
- D&D Secrets of Waterdeep sequel (SS15 or UBE)
-If D&D doesn't come back, ARCANE. SS15. Need a Vi/Caitlyn M&G too!!!
- BTTF: Destination Hill Valley (Focus on BTTF 2 instead) and original BTTF ride overlay for Simpsons
- One Piece show (WaterWorld)
- Detective Conan Jewel Under the Starry Sky show in DWT (this is so good, I've been dying to do it again since I experienced it at USJ. It would be perfect for FFN)
- Rosalina activity/M&Gs (Luma hunt) and do the drone show in SNW
- Anything relating to Sonic. It's a Paramount IP so it's possible, right? Not sure how they would handle a walkthrough experience for Sonic but I think M&Gs or something else is possible.
- More Wicked experiences. Maybe have it be one of the walkthrough experiences.
- New HP fireworks show exclusive to USH

All of these are great ideas. I'm not sure we'll ever see Detective Conan here, just because I don't really see a wellspring of Western interest in the franchise. As far as I'm aware, none of the recent seasons have even been dubbed, nor have any of the movies seen wide releases ala Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, or even DanDaDan.

Also a Vi/Cait M&G might be too powerful for such a tiny park, ngl.

 

[Stonecoldfreak1]

Ended up going this past Sunday and had a blast. I wasn't very impressed with Star Trek or D&D, but the Back to the Future experience is stellar. Star Trek's story kinda amounts to nothing. D&D's story is a little better, but the actors seemed to really elevate the whole thing. We planned to do both again to see if we liked it more, but never went back because we felt like spending time in Hill Valley made the most sense. I think we spent 4 hours down there? Stay until the end of the night, because Hill Valley is dead and it's great to be down there without the crowds. The actors are all killing it and it's just so much freakin fun. Someone brought a puppet and Biff tormented the hell out of the little guy. Super happy we did a quick 36 hour trip to check this out.

 

[chris.g]

I would love to see Square Enix represented at the event. Be it Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy, there’s a HUGE fan base to tap into for the publisher…

 

[bdubsCEO]

I would love to see Square Enix represented at the event. Be it Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy, there’s a HUGE fan base to tap into for the publisher…

Final Fantasy would be AMAZING. My dream would be Kingdom Hearts but… obviously no.

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

My dream would be Kingdom Hearts but… obviously no.

DONNA TOKI DATTE
TADA HITTORI DE
UME WASURETE
IKITE KITA NONI

 

[Jerroddragon]

I still can't get over how good this event is. I'm really sad I couldn't go more than one night but unfortunately I could only make it for one day. I'm really curious on how similar it'll be if they bring it back next year. I know we'll most likely get new IPs but I hope they continue with the D&D stuff. I want a sequel/continuation to Secrets of Waterdeep. Besides that and BTTF, everything else can change imo. If Star Trek does come back I hope they improve it. ST was one of my least favorite offerings for this year's FFN. It wasn't bad at all but it was too short and the ending was anticlimactic. Needed more personality too. It was still fun just not great.

FFN 2026 wishlist:
- D&D Secrets of Waterdeep sequel (SS15 or UBE)
-If D&D doesn't come back, ARCANE. SS15. Need a Vi/Caitlyn M&G too!!!
- BTTF: Destination Hill Valley (Focus on BTTF 2 instead) and original BTTF ride overlay for Simpsons
- One Piece show (WaterWorld)
- Detective Conan Jewel Under the Starry Sky show in DWT (this is so good, I've been dying to do it again since I experienced it at USJ. It would be perfect for FFN)
- Rosalina activity/M&Gs (Luma hunt) and do the drone show in SNW
- Anything relating to Sonic. It's a Paramount IP so it's possible, right? Not sure how they would handle a walkthrough experience for Sonic but I think M&Gs or something else is possible.
- More Wicked experiences. Maybe have it be one of the walkthrough experiences.
- New HP fireworks show exclusive to USH

If we have any other Detective Conan fans then that would be great but I assume you and I are the only ones here that have watched the anime states side (I watched so much of this when it was called case closed, they just started a new dub of it a few years ago but no idea if anyone watch it since the new dub is not done by Crunchy roll)

 

[Jaden]

I never got a chance to go to the event, but I'd like to go there sometime. Until a spec or wishlist thread is made, here's my hopes:

I'd love to see Dragon Ball get a chance to shine here. Probably the most recognizable anime worldwide. I'd also be down if they got the English dub actors on board.

I also hope they collaborate with Capcom to bring Monster Hunter from one of their Cool Japan events, now that I would love with life-size animatronic Rathalos, Tigrex, or Deviljho! Those videos of them looked amazing!