{"id":190136,"date":"2026-03-13T12:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190136\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T12:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:45:12","slug":"universal-fan-fest-nights-2026-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190136\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Fan Fest Nights 2026 Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Running for 12 select nights from April 23 to May 16, 2026, Fan Fest Nights is a separately ticketed after-hours event celebrating fandoms across sci-fi, fantasy, gaming, and anime. All in-world experiences are included with an event ticket. Food, beverages, and merchandise require separate purchases. Select theme park rides also remain open during the event.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s lineup features five new experiences and one returning favorite, but Universal has said more experiences will be announced, so we\u2019ll update this guide as new details are released.<\/p>\n<p>New Experiences for Universal Fan Fest Nights 2026<\/p>\n<p>Scooby-Doo Meets The Universal Monsters: Mystery on the Backlot<\/p>\n<p>Guests will ride the Studio Tour tram to Universal\u2019s famous backlot, where they\u2019ll walk through a live-action mystery alongside Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma. The adventure takes guests through real outdoor film sets \u2014 including Little Europe\u2019s cobblestone streets and the Court of Miracles, original filming locations for \u201cFrankenstein\u201d (1931) and \u201cThe Wolf Man\u201d (1941) \u2014 as they help the gang solve a mystery involving Frankenstein, Dracula, Bride of Frankenstein, and Wolf Man.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" alt=\"Universal Studios Hollywood Fan Fest Nights\" class=\"wp-image-368978 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Scooby-Doo-x-Universal-Monsters-key-art-FFN-2026-at-USH.jpg\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s Fan Fest Nights featured a Back to the Future experience on the backlot, widely considered the highlight of the event. The Scooby-Doo experience takes over that same space with a new story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Running for 12 select nights from April 23 to May 16, 2026, Fan Fest Nights is a separately&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[88830,88831,88832,88833,139,141,140,88834,88835,88836,88837,65315,21422,88838,88839,88840,88841,54004,82950,85265],"class_list":["post-190136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-dungeons-dragons","tag-dungeons-dragons-secrets-of-waterdeep","tag-one-piece","tag-one-piece-grand-pirate-show","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-pretty-guardian-sailor-moon","tag-pretty-guardian-sailor-moon-the-miracle-moon-palace-chapter-deluxe","tag-sailor-moon","tag-scooby-doo-x-universal-monsters","tag-scooby-doo","tag-super-nintendo-world","tag-super-nintendo-world-colorful-yoshi-celebration","tag-the-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter-forbidden-forest-a-search-for-the-hippogriff","tag-universal-fan-fest-nights","tag-universal-fan-fest-nights-2026","tag-universal-studios-hollywood","tag-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter","tag-yoshi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}