Before track is installed, buildings are shaping up for the new Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift roller-coaster coming to Universal Studios Florida. One building we spotted earlier this month is progressing to stonework. The coaster replaces Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit.
Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift Construction
In the middle of the construction site visible from CityWalk is a long, low black building. We first saw this in aerial photos by @bioreconstruct on X. This sits on a concrete pad with space for another building next to it. Crews were actively building a block wall immediately adjacent to one of the walls during our visit on March 19.
It seems like this building may be for backstage use rather than a building guests would enter. The new block wall is being separated from the structure by a plastic vapor barrier.
Pictured above is another angle of the block wall being built from Hard Rock Cafe. Some of the many footers are visible in the foreground.
The rest of the construction site is mostly flat with vehicles, materials, and equipment scattered about. This is the area closest to CityWalk.
March 19
March 2
More vehicles have been added to the temporary construction wall in the park. The QR code has also been removed. After the coaster was announced, the walls were decorated with a Fast & Furious mural.
While in the park, we also noticed this new block structure surrounded by scaffolding. It stands near Stage 24. We will continue to monitor progress!
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