Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster (Opening 2026)

[chris.g]

Always the life of the party, huh

Dude's more bent on being right about things being wrong than he is about actually being excited for projects. If it make him happy, let him be.

 

[tacalert]

Dude's more bent on being right about things being wrong than he is about actually being excited for projects. If it make him happy, let him be.

Oh I am excited about this project. Maybe I didn't post that, but don't just assume that I am not. I am trying to have a little fun with my post. Is that such a bad thing?

But now that Disneyland announced their new ride for January 27, perhaps we will see soft openings sooner for SNW. Maybe we won't. Mickey's Toon Town won't even be ready by January 27 if I am reading stories correctly. USH wants to get this right. Let's let them and if we have to wait, then we wait.

 

[RyanTTD]

So the question is what happens with the tram ride¿. Do they retheme?

Since it seems like Universal is righting a wrong with the Fast and Furious franchise, maybe they can re-theme Supercharged and open a new version of Back to the Future.

 

[highdefrex]

Pipe dream: They retheme the Supercharged building like we’re going into the Universal Archives to see “where all the Universal history” is stored, but something happens and the tram gets sucked into said history, and the big finale of both the experience (and the tour itself) is a journey through it featuring as many of Universal’s iconic characters and movies/scenes as they can fit in.

That said, I personally can’t imagine Supercharged will still be open as it is when the coaster opens, so hopefully it’ll close down close to the coaster’s opening to start converting it over to something else, and I’m praying they don’t just take the Supercharged footage and slap it onto the coaster experience somehow.

 

[salismetho]

Just gonna say this now, if they do anything to Supercharged my understanding is that it’ll be a retheme and not a total redo. Screen tunnel ain’t going anywhere. If I already said this my bad

 

[coaster31]

As a status report: P409 (Hollywood Drift) has now since been edited to omit the vital information.

I love how people (people and corporations) as a whole think that by deleting something from the internet they will memory hole it.
Its not like screenshots exist right?

 

[AlexanderMBush]

Not going to post it, but Screamscape has decided to post the artwork for the attraction when it was being brianstormed.

It seems to be having some sort of a swing launch at the start, with a variant of Intamin's Multi-Dimensional system as seen from Objectif Mars.

 

[Freak]

I got a lookie at that concept art.

Looks really good, but it looks kinda short? I know it’s just concept art but hopefully there’s more track behind that building.

Also that “warehouse” looks a little more simplistic and sleek than I thought. I think it’s fine? Kinda feels a little Cedar Fair-ish too me.

 

[salismetho]

I got a lookie at that concept art.

Looks really good, but it looks kinda short? I know it’s just concept art but hopefully there’s more track behind that building.

Also that “warehouse” looks a little more simplistic and sleek than I thought. I think it’s fine? Kinda feels a little Cedar Fair-ish too me.

It definitely isn’t showing the whole thing, as you can’t see the lower lot portion

 

[AlexanderMBush]

I got a lookie at that concept art.

Looks really good, but it looks kinda short? I know it’s just concept art but hopefully there’s more track behind that building.

Also that “warehouse” looks a little more simplistic and sleek than I thought. I think it’s fine? Kinda feels a little Cedar Fair-ish too me.

The permit did call for the coaster to go down to the Lower Lot; so this isn't really the final layout. Honestly, makes me really curious where they go from what this artwork shows.

 

[Scott W.]

I guess we can talk about it now. Hollywood Drift is a great name and this thing is going to haul ass.

Bold of Screamscape to post it, never mind putting a watermark on it

 

[Ron101]

The early concept art looks good. Can’t see the whole layout but I hope it’s somewhat long. Also looks like part of the Simpson land is rethemed or just omitted for the sale of the early art.

 

[joerodriguez]

 

[salismetho]

The permit states that it’ll go in front of the fire station which I think is on the other side

 

[Crypt Keeper]

I got a lookie at that concept art.

Looks really good, but it looks kinda short? I know it’s just concept art but hopefully there’s more track behind that building.

Also that “warehouse” looks a little more simplistic and sleek than I thought. I think it’s fine? Kinda feels a little Cedar Fair-ish too me.

It looks really good, but it looks like something out of Universal's comfort zone. It just doesn't look like something you'd see at a Universal park. I'm not too familiar with Cedar Fair, so I can't compare it to that. I'm still hoping for an indoor F&F coaster to replace Supercharged in Orlando and this new drifting coaster could open the door for that.

 

[Scott W.]

It looks really good, but it looks like something out of Universal's comfort zone. It just doesn't look like something you'd see at a Universal park. I'm not too familiar with Cedar Fair, so I can't compare it to that. I'm still hoping for an indoor F&F coaster to replace Supercharged in Orlando and this new drifting coaster could open the door for that.

Is it really all that different from VelociCoaster?

Visually, it's a bit brash without the lush trees and rockwork that VC has but the spinning cars will add a lot to it.

On the car front, I hope the cars are varied between all the trains.

 

[shiekra38]

Ah so it *is* and Intamin spinner design...how interesting

This model is actually perfect for feeling like you're in a car

Hopefully it's programmed better than GoTG

 

[OrlLover]

As far as theming goes there isn’t a lot you can do when it comes that franchise. I think the concept art looks decent and definitely a step above a typical Cedar Fair coaster.

 

[Crypt Keeper]

Is it really all that different from VelociCoaster?

Visually, it's a bit brash without the lush trees and rockwork that VC has but the spinning cars will add a lot to it.

On the car front, I hope the cars are varied between all the trains.

VelociCoaster was somewhat out of Universal's comfort zone, really just the top hat, but it's a standard launch coaster. This new coaster is drastically different from any other roller coaster Universal has created. It feels like something you'd see at Busch Gardens or Sea World. That isn't a bad thing either.

 

[jarmor]

How can we say this is drastically different than any coaster universal has created when you have. . .'

and

and

and the long gone. . .

So how would this coaster be any different?