Construction is underway
Construction for Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift has been underway for months despite Universal not having formally announced the attraction until January 2026.
We’ve been tracking the demolition of Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit and the construction of Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift (even though we didn’t know what it was yet!) via aerial photography from @bioreconstruct. See our separate story for comprehensive timelapse construction progress of Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift.
Construction site of Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift at Universal Studios Florida, seen here in January 2026.
Photo by bioreconstruct
Fast & Furious – Supercharged closing
Fast & Furious – Supercharged will permanently close in 2027 (exact closing date TBA). While the location of the simulator ride within Universal Studios Florida does not overlap with the placement of the roller coaster (in other words, the coaster will not be built where Supercharged currently stands), it seems Universal simply doesn’t want two attractions themed to the franchise.
The exterior of Fast & Furious – Supercharged at Universal Studios Florida.
Photo courtesy of Universal
Universal has not announced what will replace Supercharged, nor has the company shared if the ride system will be repurposed for a similar attraction themed to a different intellectual property. Supercharged originally displaced the longstanding “Beetlejuice’s Graveyard Revue” theater.
Universal Studios Florida opened the Fast & Furious – Supercharged in 2018. The attraction involves about two dozen guests in a safari-truck-like vehicle traveling into a large room with a wrap-around screen that puts riders in the middle of a virtual highway chase with characters from the “Fast & Furious” movies. It utilizes the same ride system as Skull Island: Reign of Kong at Universal Islands of Adventure.
California’s version of Supercharged, which was part of its Studio Tram Tour, permanently closed in 2025. Here’s our POV video of that version of the ride; the media onboard is largely the same in Florida.