Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster (Opening 2026)

[ItsAtrap]

Got a shot just as they were installing the last loop:

 

[MistaDee]

I'm so stoked for USH to have a legit coaster option, but wasn't expecting something on the level of Velocioaster or Stardust. Recently I've been seeing this hyped up as a potential top 10 coaster in California which struck me as surprising with Magic Mountain down the road.

Can any coaster heads who are far more knowledgeable than this layperson weigh in on how they expect this to stack up?

 

[highdefrex]

I'm so stoked for USH to have a legit coaster option, but wasn't expecting something on the level of Velocioaster or Stardust. Recently I've been seeing this hyped up as a potential top 10 coaster in California which struck me as surprising with Magic Mountain down the road.

Can any coaster heads who are far more knowledgeable than this layperson weigh in on how they expect this to stack up?

It's the drifting aspect of the coaster that's going to add that extra bit of "oomph" that differentiates it from many of the coasters at Magic Mountain or Disneyland. It's going to pop into a lot of thrill-seekers' lists because it's something you just can't find easily here, meaning it's going to stand out hard as something uniquely different and new amongst the various parks in the area. Couple that with the fact a lot of the hype is being compounded by people who have been waiting for something like this to come to USH for a long, long time -- and if you've been around long enough, probably never even thought you'd see the day -- and you can see that it's just excitement in its purest form that something big, fresh, and long unexpected is on the horizon.

 

[Jake S]

it’s also going to rule to have a coaster of this caliber at a park that, ah, tends to have better operations than magic mountain and knott’s berry farm.

 

[Clive]

It's also very unique in how it works with the hill as terrain and encircles the starway. Lot of selling points here.

 

[MistaDee]

It's the drifting aspect of the coaster that's going to add that extra bit of "oomph" that differentiates it from many of the coasters at Magic Mountain or Disneyland. It's going to pop into a lot of thrill-seekers' lists because it's something you just can't find easily here, meaning it's going to stand out hard as something uniquely different and new amongst the various parks in the area. Couple that with the fact a lot of the hype is being compounded by people who have been waiting for something like this to come to USH for a long, long time -- and if you've been around long enough, probably never even thought you'd see the day -- and you can see that it's just excitement in its purest form that something big, fresh, and long unexpected is on the horizon.

It's also very unique in how it works with the hill as terrain and encircles the starway. Lot of selling points here.

Awesome! Thank you for the in depth thoughts - are there any Intamin spinning launch coasters that are a similar model?

I think the fact that it really fits the F&F IP to a tee is another big plus, in all the ways that Supercharged does not...

 

[Viator]

Awesome! Thank you for the in depth thoughts - are there any Intamin spinning launch coasters that are a similar model?

The best way to describe Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift is that it is more of a Petrie dish of other coaster systems and styles to make up for a prototype version of the Intamin MultiDimensional Coaster model. The MDC, for short.

• Seating configuration should be more along the lines of Objectif Mars from Futuroscope--alongside the ability to rotate and spin as a result
• Spinning will be controlled and pointed at times to face specific directions like Guardians of The Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind from Epcot (even if it's not Intamin's model--the comparison is a good one)

 

[Mad Dog]

As I've said before, don't discount the thrill factor of a coaster that flies down a ravine, as opposed to all those flat parking lot coasters out there. Four of Kennywood's coasters (three of them ancient woodies) are pure fun as they go up and down steep ravines, like Hollywood's ravine. Damn enjoyable.

 

[Pacific]

The first airtime hill looks aboslutey nuts.

 

[viking_wizard_eyes]

Couple that with the fact a lot of the hype is being compounded by people who have been waiting for something like this to come to USH for a long, long time -- and if you've been around long enough, probably never even thought you'd see the day -- and you can see that it's just excitement in its purest form that something big, fresh, and long unexpected is on the horizon.

Yeah, I'm never not gobsmacked when I see it all in person. Ever since they knocked the buildings down I can hardly believe it every time I look, and it's been years.