{"id":125648,"date":"2026-01-21T00:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/125648\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T00:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:43:09","slug":"fast-furious-roller-coaster-coming-to-universal-orlando-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/125648\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast &#038; Furious roller coaster coming to Universal Orlando in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Start your engines, Universal Orlando Resort has announced the opening of Fast &amp; Furious: Hollywood Drift, a new outdoor roller coaster set to debut in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ride will replace the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit and promises high-speed thrills inspired by the Fast &amp; Furious film franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fast &amp; Furious: Hollywood Drift will offer riders a 360-degree drifting experience and a dramatic 170-foot vertical spike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The new roller coaster will allow riders to feel the excitement of the Fast &amp; Furious universe like never before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It will feature innovative maneuvers that promise to elevate the thrill of the ride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials said that as Fast &amp; Furious: Hollywood Drift debuts, the current attraction, Fast &amp; Furious \u2013 Supercharged, will close permanently in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Moreover, Universal Studios Hollywood will also introduce its own version of Fast &amp; Furious: Hollywood Drift later this year, expanding the ride\u2019s reach to a wider audience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Start your engines, Universal Orlando Resort has announced the opening of Fast &amp; Furious: Hollywood Drift, a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[62089,30550,139,141,140,18740,2749,54004],"class_list":["post-125648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fast-furious","tag-hollywood-rip-ride-rockit","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-roller-coaster","tag-universal-orlando-resort","tag-universal-studios-hollywood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}