Overview
- Universal opened Halloween Horror Nights 35 beginning Aug. 28, and the new lagoon show Stranger Things: Return to Hawkins now runs six times per event night with shows scheduled from 9:00 p.m. through 12:45 a.m.
- Return to Hawkins uses towering water screens, fountains, projections, immersive audio, and licensed songs framed as an in‑world WSQK radio broadcast to revisit moments from all five seasons of Stranger Things.
- The lagoon spectacular is exclusive to Halloween Horror Nights admission so daytime park tickets do not grant access and viewing is centered on the Central Park/Hollywood side of the Universal Studios Florida lagoon.
- Early reviews praise the show's soundtrack and spectacle, and Universal pairs the lagoon production with a separate Stranger Things 5 haunted house to make the IP a major draw across HHN 35.
- Guests must now balance fixed showtimes with changed HHN pricing and access options after Universal raised multi‑night pass tiers and removed Express-inclusive multi‑night bundles, a shift that affects planning and the cost of seeing multiple marquee experiences.