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Universal’s Most Popular Horror Nights Mazes Ranked by Wait Time: Daily Breeze

Universal’s Most Popular Horror Nights Mazes Ranked by Wait Time: Daily Breeze

Universal’s Horror Nights fans weighed in this Halloween season to determine the most popular haunted mazes and an undisputed winner emerged from the bloody group of contenders at this year’s event.

Insidious: The Further was the most popular haunted maze based on average wait times Halloween horror nights 2024 with Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy of Leatherface as clear number two, according to Sensational data.

The Insidious: The Further haunted maze is coming to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Photo by Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The Insidious: The Further haunted maze is coming to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Photo by Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A Quiet Place, The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy and Dead Exposure: Death Valley tied for third place, according to Thrill Data.

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The tiebreaker went to A Quiet Place, which had the second-longest wait time for any individual night of the event, according to Thrill Data.

A spooky maze in a quiet place during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register)
A spooky maze in a quiet place during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register)

Thrill Data scraps wait times released through the Universal Studios Hollywood mobile app and uses data analytics to track trends and generate graphs about the visitor experience at the park.

Universal conducts guest surveys to determine the most popular Horror Nights mazes, but that data is not shared publicly.

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Halloween Horror Nights 2024 features eight new haunted mazes on select nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. The popular haunted event that started on September 5 will continue for a few more nights through Sunday, November 3.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy of Leatherface maze during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy of Leatherface maze during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register)

Here are the average wait times for this year’s Hollywood Horror Nights mazes at Universal Studios Hollywood, according to Thrill Data.

  1. Treacherous: what follows — 59 minutes
  2. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Leatherface’s Legacy – 47 minutes
  3. A quiet place — 31 minutes
  4. The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy — 31 minutes
  5. Dead Exposure: Death Valley — 31 minutes
  6. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire — 27 minutes
  7. Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines — 22 minutes
  8. Monster 2: The Nightmares of Latin America — 21 minutes
Insidious: The Further Haunted Maze at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register)
Insidious: The Further Haunted Maze at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register)

The most popular Horror Nights maze of 2024 – Insidious: The Further – tells the story of the tormented Lambert family after their son falls into a coma and becomes possessed by a demon. The maze takes visitors to an ethereal supernatural realm known as The Further, where they battle demonic entities and vengeful spirits.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire maze during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire maze during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register)

The least popular maze based on a major Hollywood intellectual property – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire – is inspired by the latest film in the supernatural comedy franchise released in March.

Dead Exposure: Death Valley Maze during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register)
Dead Exposure: Death Valley Maze during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register)

Dead Exposure: Death Valley was the most popular of the original mazes created for Horror Nights 2024, ranking one notch above the Ghostbusters maze.

Monstruos 2: The Nightmares of Latin America haunts the maze during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register)
Monstruos 2: The Nightmares of Latin America haunts the maze during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Brady MacDonald/SCNG/Orange County Register)

Monstruos 2: The Nightmares of Latin America – another original concept from the Horror Nights creative team – was the least popular maze of the 2024 season.