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If a house will be opening before the traditional call time (which sometimes happens with Stay and Scream), then there will only be volunteers who can show up early in the house. A similar situation can occur at the end of the night.
Then there are the unfortunate situations where a guest terrorizes a whole house, so most of the cast ends up waiting at the exit to point them out to security.
Basically, light runs happen. They’re not really Universal’s fault.
Hearing about this stuff is pretty wild to me. In Hollywood, a supervisor walks the maze before guests are admitted. If there are too many holes, the maze doesn't open until the situation is resolved. Similarly, actors do not get to just leave at scheduled close - they're scheduled until 3 AM or so if it comes to that (it almost never does). Light runs still happen due to technical/costuming/staffing issues, but in terms of starting and ending the night with major gaps, it's solvable if Universal management wants it to be. In Orlando, it's clearly not a priority.