UNIVERSAL IS CHANGING FAST! SUPERCHARGED Update, Demolition at Mythos + Hollywood Drift Line Skip

Hollywood Drift now has a Timed Express add-on, Animal Actors on Location took its final bow after 36 years, and demolition in the Lost Continent has reached the Mythos waterfront. Here's everything new at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando this week, November 1-5, 2026. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:28 Universal Studios Hollywood 3:43 Universal Studios Florida 8:33 Islands of Adventure 10:49 Epic Universe UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD - Halloween Horror Nights ended Nov 1 after a record 42 nights - Holidays start Nov 21 and run through Jan 3, with Illumination's Merry Minions new this year - Hollywood Drift Timed Express add-on, on sale since Nov 2, starting at $19.95 per person - Scaffolding goes up on the former Fast & Furious: Supercharged building on the Studio Tour - Pass Member Holiday Park Takeover on Dec 1-2 (reservation required) UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA - Halloween Horror Nights 35 ended Nov 1 after 48 nights - Animal Actors on Location's final performance on Nov 2, after opening in 1990 - A new holiday scrim on the main entrance arch - Universal's Holiday Parade featuring Macy's starts Nov 14 - Earl the Squirrel's balloon debuts at the 100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov 26 - New Earl the Squirrel and Grinchmas merchandise - Orlando's Hollywood Drift: station facade steel, pull test car and CityWalk walkway progress. Opening in 2027, no exact date yet ISLANDS OF ADVENTURE - Lost Continent demolition reaches the Mythos waterfront. Mythos is still open for now and closes for good sometime in 2027 - The Poseidon's Fury site is being graded, and a new service road is going in - Holiday decorations go up, with Grinchmas and The Magic of Christmas at Hogwarts Castle starting Nov 14 EPIC UNIVERSE - Universal Nights returns Nov 6 and Nov 20, with tickets from $179.99 plus tax - Fyre Drill closes Nov 9-10 and again Jan 25-Feb 4 - First holidays for Super Nintendo World at Epic Universe start Nov 14, plus Snoggletog on the Isle of Berk and holiday displays at the Cosmos Fountain SOURCES Footage and photos from: Face Ripped Off Raw | Midway Mayhem | JPland21 | FIVE FIRES | Parkstoppers | Universal Parks News Today | Attracted to Attractions | Counting Steps Adventures | Universal Studios Hollywood | UndercoverTourist.com | jsland | Vanessa Daily | Laughing Place | Attractions Magazine | Turulecita | Attractions 360° | The Florida Almanac | Animal Actors | WDWNT | DuelingParkNews | Television Archives | Daddy Disney | Last Rat Standing Productions | Theme Park Wizard | Love Our Life | Universal Orlando Resort | bioreconstruct | Small World Travel & Ambience | This, That, and Theme Parks | 4K UNIVERSAL TV | Beyond the Next Horizon | TheTimTracker | AllEars.net | Ride View | Exit Thru the Gift Shop. Aerial photos by bioreconstruct, via WDWNT. Motion graphics: art by Devon McCabe. Music: Chit Chat City, Dressed to Impress and Pick Your Numbers by Claude Signet; The Postman by Kikoru; Diabolic Gaze by Luella Gren; The Season to Be Jolly by Matt Large. #UniversalOrlando #UniversalStudiosHollywood #EpicUniverse