{"id":61374,"date":"2026-01-20T15:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=61374"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:18:41","slug":"new-universal-studios-coaster-will-be-fast-furious-hollywood-drift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/01\/20\/new-universal-studios-coaster-will-be-fast-furious-hollywood-drift\/","title":{"rendered":"New Universal Studios coaster will be Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Fast & Furious-themed roller coaster is the project that\u2019s going up at Universal Studios Florida<\/a> theme park. It will replace Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, which closed in August.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift, an outdoor coaster, will open in 2027, Universal Orlando<\/a> announced Tuesday. Construction has been in the works for months at the site, which is wedged between the former Blue Man Group building and Universal CityWalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universal also announced that its Fast & Furious: Supercharged<\/a> attraction will close at the theme park in 2027. The big-screen dark ride opened in 2018, taking over the space of the Disaster attraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the upcoming coaster, \u201criders will experience the exhilarating sensation of 360-degree drifting as they speed through jaw-dropping maneuvers \u2014 including a 170-foot vertical \u2018spike\u2019 that will send riders nearly 17 stories in the air over the outskirts of Universal CityWalk,\u201d according to a news release issued Tuesday. (Rockit\u2019s peak height was 167 feet). No further details were shared; an online video showed only passing headlights and exhaust plus racing motor sound effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hollywood Drift will be the first major addition announced for Universal Orlando since Epic Universe theme park debuted in May 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universal\u2019s Fast & Furious rides have been inspired by the 11-installment \u201cThe Fast and the Furious\u201d movie franchise, which has featured Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson and others. The latest \u201cFurious\u201d film arrived in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Universal Studios Florida\u2019s existing coasters include Revenge of the Mummy, Trollercoaster and Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universal Studios Hollywood<\/a> is also adding a Hollywood Drift roller coaster, but they are different designs, Universal Orlando confirmed Tuesday. The West Coast attraction is slated to open this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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