{"id":342793,"date":"2026-07-16T22:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342793\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T22:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:59:10","slug":"universal-orlando-resort-shares-close-up-look-at-fast-and-furious-hollywood-drift-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342793\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Orlando Resort Shares Close-Up Look at Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift Spike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Orlando Resort shared a video first look at the 170-foot spike of the Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift roller coaster. The new ride opens next year at Universal Studios Florida.<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/uor-hollywood-drift-spike-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/uor-hollywood-drift-spike-1.png\" alt=\"Close-Up Look at Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift Spike at Universal Orlando\" class=\"wp-image-1459245\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift Spike<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hit the NOS button and get ready to ride like never before as you speed into a towering spike in the track \u2013 170 feet in the air. It\u2019s just one of the high-octane thrills of the Fast &amp; Furious: Hollywood Drift coaster, coming 2027 to Universal Orlando Resort. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheFastSaga?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">@TheFastSaga<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZYNv7nUvuL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">pic.twitter.com\/ZYNv7nUvuL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Universal Orlando Resort (@UniversalORL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UniversalORL\/status\/2077777023603265903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">July 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video \u201cdrives\u201d across the bridge to Universal Studios Florida and then up to the spike, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/07\/fast-and-furious-hollywood-drift-spike-topped-off-at-universal-studios-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">topped off<\/a> earlier this month with an American flag and a\u00a0Fast &amp; Furious\u00a025th anniversary flag. The first film was released in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Cars will twist 180\u00b0 as they rise to the top of the spike and then descend back down into the rest of the ride.<\/p>\n<p>Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift replaces\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/08\/last-look-hollywood-rip-ride-rockit-universal-studios-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit<\/a>, which closed last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Fast &amp; Furious Supercharged will <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/07\/breaking-fast-furious-supercharged-closing-a-year-earlier-than-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">close next month<\/a> as Universal prepares for the new coaster to open.<\/p>\n<p>Before it opens in Florida, Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift will <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/07\/fast-furious-hollywood-drift-added-to-universal-studios-hollywood-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">debut\u00a0at Universal Studios Hollywood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more Universal Studios news from around the world, follow Universal Parks News Today on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniNewsToday\" target=\"_blank\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniversalParksNewsToday\" target=\"_blank\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uninewstoday\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>. For Disney Parks news, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/category\/parks-resorts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDWNT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Universal Orlando Resort shared a video first look at the 170-foot spike of the Fast and Furious: Hollywood&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47758,64378,123907,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-342793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fast-and-furious","tag-fast-and-furious-hollywood-drift","tag-fast-and-furious-hollywood-drift-construction","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342793","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=342793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}