Disney World's Top Rival May Not Be Ready to Give Up on Halloween
It's been nearly two months since Comcast's (NASDAQ: CMCSA) Universal Studios Florida canceled Halloween Horror Nights, the lucrative event that it runs dozens of nights this time of year. The theme park closes early for day guests, only to return as a separately ticketed attraction featuring several walk-through haunted houses and scare zones.
A lot has changed in light of social-distancing norms mandated in the new normal. Full-blown after-hours Halloween events at the Florida theme parks owned by Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Comcast were nixed earlier this summer. This was never in doubt at the original California attractions operated by Disney and Comcast, since those resorts have yet to open, with no time line on a potential resumption since being shuttered in mid-March.
However, Halloween Horror Nights fans have noticed that, at Universal Studios Florida, metal frames have started to go up that the park routinely uses to mark queue entrances to the soundstage scare mazes it operates during Halloween Horror Nights. There's little chance that the iconic event is actually returning in all of its former glory, but the chatter is strong that a bite-sized taste of Halloween Horror Nights could be coming to Universal Studios Florida.
Source Fool.com
