Fast & Furious: Supercharged (Closing August 2026)

[Legacy]

I still can’t believe plans have shifted to IOA getting Pokemon, Epic getting Zelda and USF getting bupkis from Nintendo. If any park needed the attendance boost it was USF. I really wonder if this is HHN related, mainly Nintendo putting their foot down on not having their IP in the park with that event. I’m with the group that says you need to put some big flashy new section here, most likely where Simpsons and the Spring tents are now.

HHN is in Hollywood and Japan. Nintendo isn’t stopping anything because of HHN.

It’s more likely Simpsons got a stay of execution and/or Universal wants a more blank canvas for the Nintendo IPs.

 

[Columbo]

I still can’t believe plans have shifted to IOA getting Pokemon, Epic getting Zelda and USF getting bupkis from Nintendo.

I think if there's one thing that makes me uneasy about USF's future, it is whatever mindset lead to this decision. Not only does Zelda just thematically make way more sense in IoA than Pokemon, Pokemon would be the huge boost that USF needs right about now (and frankly would've fit in well!)

 

[HalfGlass]

I think if there's one thing that makes me uneasy about USF's future, it is whatever mindset lead to this decision. Not only does Zelda just thematically make way more sense in IoA than Pokemon, Pokemon would be the huge boost that USF needs right about now (and frankly would've fit in well!)

Exactly - especially to balance out kid friendliness.

IOA - Toon Lagoon, Seuss Landing
US - Minions, Dreamworks Land

IOA has kiddie rides in their lands. US has I guess ET in DWL, and Minion Mayhem. Pokemon would have been a welcome addition.

 

[UOR92]

Exactly - especially to balance out kid friendliness.

IOA - Toon Lagoon, Seuss Landing
US - Minions, Dreamworks Land

IOA has kiddie rides in their lands. US has I guess ET in DWL, and Minion Mayhem. Pokemon would have been a welcome addition.

Race through New York, Villain-Con, saucer ride..

 

[maxairmike]

I think there's a serious lack of imagination on what they can do here. There are two preshow rooms, a large load area, a transition tunnel space, a full set show scene, first act pre-tunnel room, and then the 360 tunnel. I could see several solutions to this from Twisters to Jaws and more.

I don’t disagree with the premise of your post; that with the right property and treatment this ride system can be an attraction every bit as good or better than Kong. The problem is that it requires a pretty significant gut and upgrade to everything surrounding the ride path, and likely what sits on top of the vehicle frame/chassis in order to get there. I think we all know what the likelihood of that happening is, especially if this is intended as a fairly quick turnaround thematic overlay (possibly from the Studio budget if this is in conjunction with the tram tour).

Personally, I think the ride system and show building/ride path as built are a massively limiting factor and base problems of the attraction, and that there’s almost 0 chance it can be a compelling or even mildly serviceable attraction no matter what they try to do with it. The rumors of BTTF only excited me about the IP, not the attraction itself. Twisters as the IP puts this back in the same bucket as Supercharged for me; a terrible base attraction with a meh IP where the best part of the experience will probably once again be something they didn’t plan on, intend, and which makes it look even worse. Let’s be honest, a preshow that has actors blatantly saying the ride sucks and making a mockery of the experience getting the biggest laughs is not a good look, and it started going in that direction not long after it opened. It sucks that we’re stuck with something that isn’t great but they want to get their money’s worth out of before a wholesale replacement, and I hope that as soon as they reach that point and not a day later the show building gets leveled again.

 

[Touchdown]

It’s more likely Simpsons got a stay of execution and/or Universal wants a more blank canvas for the Nintendo IPs.

My understanding was that the BTTF simulator building is at the near end of its life, both the ride mechanisms and the building itself. It seems like Springfield is in a nearly identical situation to Lost Continent, mainly the most expensive building needs to be torn down, the other assets are cheap so don’t need to be saved and it has room behind it to add depth.

 

[Jake S]

The company has just built epic which includes several incredible, world class rides so I don’t understand that.

Right, I don't agree with this. I think they built one world class ride, maybe two if you believe that applies to Stardust Racers (it was closed during my visit).

 

[Brian G.]

Right, I don't agree with this. I think they built one world class ride, maybe two if you believe that applies to Stardust Racers (it was closed during my visit).

 

[Mad Dog]

Universal built some really good/great coasters in the past 12 years. But unfortunately, only a few good/great non coaster 'rides'. *Monsters/Great,, *Ministry/average to good, *Mario Kart Average to good, Kong: good .....and only one of the non coasters were in a North Campus park.....and that's a major reason there's a feeling of stagnation, especially among those that aren't super coaster fans.

 

[Evan]

Right, I don't agree with this. I think they built one world class ride, maybe two if you believe that applies to Stardust Racers (it was closed during my visit).

I would give them 3 world class rides.
Monsters, Ministry (flawed but I mean... come on it's still insane?), and Hiccup's Wing Gliders. Super Nintendo World is world class, but the rides are... meh.

And, while Stardust looks insane, it's still just a big coaster like something you'd see in Six Flags, so... it can't get a world class out of me.

All the lands are world class. But the ride line up is ... lacking overall.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Mario Kart is world class. The shows are world class. What are we doing here?

 

[Jake S]

Ministry is a bad ride, I will die on that hill. I also don’t think Super Nintendo World is a good themed land — and Mario Kart is also a very so-so ride. Hiccup’s is a tier below “world class,” but still very good.

Monsters is the only ride that even approaches the Rise of the Resistance level that I’m talking about.

 

[Evan]

Mario Kart is world class. The shows are world class. What are we doing here?

Mario Kart is... forgettable. We rode it once on our trip to California, and didn't step in the land again the rest of the day (and I play a LOT of Nintendo).

Meanwhile we rode Forbidden Journey 4 times, Jurassic World Twice, heck we did Transformers twice (and I know it's controversial, but it's more fun then Mario Kart).

At Disneyland we rode Indiana Jones and Rise of the Resistance 4 times each (and would have done more if my time had allowed).

 

[rabbitsmoon]

I think a lot of y'all just don't like rollercoasters like that... and that's ok.

But you have to stop with the "they're all the same," or "this could be at Six Flags" stuff. No one is out here doing it like they've been doing it over the past decade. The scale, the layouts, the way they thoughtfully integrate them into the visual space of their lands-- it's the best in the world!

I'm sorry they're not dark rides. But y'all act like they're junk.

 

[Clive]

Ministry is a bad ride, I will die on that hill. I also don’t think Super Nintendo World is a good themed land — and Mario Kart is also a very so-so ride. Hiccup’s is a tier below “world class,” but still very good.

Monsters is the only ride that even approaches the Rise of the Resistance level that I’m talking about.

It's funny, I like Epic Universe a lot more than you do (in part I suspect because we had two pretty successful/lucky days), but you aren't really wrong here on any point.

I also like Cirque and the supporting attractions a lot more than you, though.

 

[Freak]

Crazy how word of a reskin to Supercharged has escalated quickly into an "Epic Universe SUCKS" discussion.

 

[Brian G.]

EVERYONE IS WRONG AND SHOULD FEEL BAD.



/s

 

[Columbo]

Footage of me attempting to weave between being fair to Universal vs. giving out fair criticism in this thread

 

[Captain Spaulding]

HHN Spec Withdrawals Here!

 

[DragonSlayer]

Crazy how word of a reskin to Supercharged has escalated quickly into an "Epic Universe SUCKS" discussion.

This and the Q2 results thread which is kind of overlapping the same topics seem to have raised a big “what is Universal doing wrong and how do they fix it” question. I’m very much in the there-isn’t-much-wrong-with-Epic camp but maybe these threads are showing there’s been some pent-up concern about these things for a while.

Feels like they’re both the most active threads there have been on here for ages except for the HHN drama thread.