HHN 2025: Tips, Tricks & Planning Thread

[Freak]

This is where I am hearing mixed reports. I've heard multiple times now people using their AP essentially AS Early Access itself -- all they're looking for is if you have a ticket for the night and you get a wristband. Might just be too much trouble to have two different wristbands -- one for APs without EA, one for those with it (2pmers and such). Kinda like an unspoken agreement for those in the know.

Keep in mind that when I went to the park during regular hours around 2 or 3 ish in the middle of that “transition period” to HHN, I told the guy at the podium handing out he wristbands I did not have EA but showed him my Fear Pass and he said “That qualifies!”

I understand that doesn’t technically guarantee that your AP is equivalent to the Day/Night combo, but my sister did the same thing on another day and the same happened with her. Take that for what you will.

 

[Jerroddragon]

I went last night

Went on Jason twice within 30 mins rope dropping it for EA

Went on Terriffer twice in 30 mins as well

Ran over and got on Fallout and Monsterous within maybe 20 mins it was not even 7 PM when I finished those

Poltergeist lied and said it was 10 mins...was 30 mins so don't listen to the waits at 7ish they are under what they normally are because of all the express people coming in

Got the card this week its King Crow....that will be a hard card to top unless Edgar is one of the cards

Saw the Purge show amazing as always and walked in and they even let us into the express area

Then saw the Scareamoney and headed for the Terror Tram, maybe a 10 mins wait but when I got off it was at 25 mins. Megan was at the end of the tram

I mostly then walked around the scarezones and saw Hamikumi on my way out


FNAF is still at 60 mins when it opens for EA so if you dont have 2PM or an AP....you are just out of luck on getting on that in under 40 mins unless...something magical happens

 

[Spookies n' Stuff]

This is kinda a specific ask, but I'm in a situation rn where I'm taking a friend who can only do early entry pretty much, they have a hard out at 8 pm.
Would it realistic to be able to get everything but H-Lot (they don't care about Terrifier or Poltergeist) done within that time on a Wednesday/Thursday?
I assume FNAF still opens their line at 4 pm, so in my head I feel like it's possible, but I haven't done early entry at all this year so I don't really know what the crowds look like or how early we should get there.

(Less important additional question, when do the scarezones typically become populated? I'm assuming 7:45 so they might miss out but I haven't kept track myself)

 

[BriefCasey]

This is kinda a specific ask, but I'm in a situation rn where I'm taking a friend who can only do early entry pretty much, they have a hard out at 8 pm.
Would it realistic to be able to get everything but H-Lot (they don't care about Terrifier or Poltergeist) done within that time on a Wednesday/Thursday?
I assume FNAF still opens their line at 4 pm, so in my head I feel like it's possible, but I haven't done early entry at all this year so I don't really know what the crowds look like or how early we should get there.

(Less important additional question, when do the scarezones typically become populated? I'm assuming 7:45 so they might miss out but I haven't kept track myself)

I'd say maybe. FNAF, I absolutely advise hitting first. If you're on the ball around the SNW entrance by the time they start letting people line up around 4PM, you'll probably be one of the first two rows of people in and you'll be outta there with plenty of time to spare once they start rolling people through at 5. Jason and maybe Scarecrow might already be open by then, and I think WWE, Monstruous and Fallout open around 6-6:30. Thrill-Data is your friend if you wanna see when they started letting people through the houses since it differs from day to day. Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood Wait Times (HHN 2025) 2025 | Thrill Data

Theoretically, it's probably possible given how it was around 6 when my group decided to head up to the upper lot.