Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure — Former Show · History & Timeline

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⚰ Permanently closed · Nov 4, 2017operated 25 years · 1992–2017

This show is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.

Show history

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2018

Coming Soon2018#

Halloween Horror Nights 28 ran without a Bill & Ted show, the first Orlando event since the show's 1992 debut in which it did not appear.

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2017

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RefurbishmentNov 4, 2017#

Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure gave its final performance at Universal Studios Florida on November 4, 2017, closing a 26-year run, with a surprise appearance by the character Rufus.

'On November 4, 2017, Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure came to a final close, but not before a surprise appearance of Rufus.' Attractions Magazine supports the 26-year run and the finality. The day-level date rests on that single explicit sentence; the Halloween Horror Nights article gives no calendar run dates for 2017, so no claim is made here about the event's closing night.

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UpdateAug 15, 2017#

Universal Orlando announced that Halloween Horror Nights 27 would be the final year for Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure, giving no reason and naming no replacement.

Attractions Magazine, August 15, 2017, on the end of a 26-year run: 'No reason has been given for the ending of the show, nor has a replacement been announced.'

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2005

Area Update2005#

Fear Factor Live opened on June 3, 2005 in the former Wild Wild Wild West Stunt Show theater, and from then on went dark each fall so Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure could use the venue for Halloween Horror Nights, reopening in mid-November.

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1992

New1992#

Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure debuted at Universal Studios Florida during the 1992 Halloween Horror Nights event, which ran five nights on October 23-24 and October 29-31.

The Halloween Horror Nights article lists the show in the 1992 Orlando lineup and states the 1992 event 'ran five nights, October 23-24, 29-31'; the film article states the Orlando event has featured the show since 1992. Year-level precision only — no source gives the show's own first performance date.

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Questions & answers

When did Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure open?

Per the documented record, Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure at Universal Studios opened in 1992.

When did Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure last close for refurbishment?

The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure is dated Nov 4, 2017: Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure gave its final performance at Universal Studios Florida on November 4, 2017, closing a 26-year run, with a surprise appearance by the character Rufus.

What changed recently on Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure?

The latest documented change (documented 2018): Halloween Horror Nights 28 ran without a Bill & Ted show, the first Orlando event since the show's 1992 debut in which it did not appear.

How many changes are on record for Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure?

5 documented changes, dating back to 1992 — the fan-kept show changelog nobody else keeps.

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