Studios Florida has won Amusement Todays Golden Ticket Award for Best Halloween Event 12 of the 14 times it has been awarded, including the last eleven years straight. COVID-19 pandemic impact Due to COVID-19 and its spread to Florida and to California, Universal Orlando announced Halloween Horror Nights' 30th annual event would not be taking place in 2020 as originally planned in Orlando or Hollywood. In a statement "Universal Orlando Resort will be focusing exclusively on operating its theme parks for daytime guests, using the enhanced health and safety procedures already in place," the resort said in a news release Friday morning. "We know this decision will disappoint our fans and guests. We are disappointed, too. But we look forward to creating an amazing event in 2021." However, Universal opted to open the Halloween Horror Nights merchandise store. Universal Orlando did open two haunted houses in the fall of 2020, the "Bride of Frankenstein Lives" house and the "Revenge of the Tooth Fairy" house, in an attempt to lure back park guests but under full COVID restrictions with only three guests per room and distanced accordingly. This was not considered as a true Halloween event as the company simply was testing the procedure for Halloween events as precautions. These houses lasted throughout the season. A third house, based on the film Beetlejuice, opened Halloween weekend. All three were closed November 1. On September 9, Universal Singapore announced that they made a decision to not hold the event that year. Incident On October 31, 1986, during the "Fright Nights" event, scare actor Paul Rebalde Brooks, who was supposed to scare the attendees at The Terror Tram (a nighttime version of the Backlot Tour), fell between two of the tram cars and was crushed to death by a tram. Universal Studios Hollywood put Halloween events on hiatus until six years later, when their "Halloween Horror Nights" debuted in 1992. On October 28, 2015, two guests were arrested and charged with battery for attacking "scare actors" during the Halloween Horror Nights event. At least two scare actors quit after the attacks. References Halloween Horror Nights Universal Orlando Resort Halloween Horror Nights Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights Universal Studios Singapore Universal Studios Hollywood Universal Studios Florida Universal Studios Singapore Universal Studios Japan Islands of Adventure Universal Parks & Resorts attractions by name Halloween events in the United States Haunted attractions (simulated) 1991 establishments