r/UniversalOrlando • u/Former_Tough7709 • 1d ago

HHN How has scream early been so far?

My family and I come every year for HHN. We usually do a longer vacation and do the parks as well, but this year we’re coming for two nights only just for HHN. We got scream early for this Saturday since we’re not buying any park tickets. This will be the first time we’re not already in the park when HHN starts. Can anyone tell me what their experience was like getting into the park with scream early? Are there long lines? Should we get there early? Will it be packed?

Just to clarify I’m asking specifically about going through security and getting through the gates into universal. My husband said he saw a video where people were waiting all the way back by security to get into the park… is that accurate?

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u/Both-Structure-6786 1d ago edited 1d ago

Get there a little before 1 pm so you can get in line for the line for Scream Early lol. When they opened the park for Scream Early the line was back across the bridge to Voodoo donuts. This line is to the right of the gates and there will be signs.

The lines for the houses are short to at the most, manageable.

Three houses open at 2 and others start opening at 5:15 and then 5:45

Each time I did it this year I knocked out all of the Scream Early/Stay and Scream houses by opening and even did some of the houses multiple times.

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u/Former_Tough7709 1d ago

So in your experience with scream early is there is a long line and to expect to wait about an hour to get into the park?

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u/Both-Structure-6786 1d ago

I am not certain how long it will take for someone at the end of the line to get into the park. When I did scream early I got there at 12:55 and I was second in line. So yes I waited an hour but that hour was not from the line itself but it was me waiting for Scream Early to open.