Giving a brand new identify to household journey at Universal Studios Hollywood would be the theme park’s first main thrill rollercoaster inspired by The Fast and the Furious franchise. Peak necessities are pending, sorry youngsters!
The West Coast’s love for adrenaline-packed automotive races and theme parks combines in Quick & Livid: Hollywood Drift—Common’s quickest “drifting” coaster with a velocity of 72 MPH. The journey is about to open someday subsequent yr, and building is nicely underway for it with the tracks hugging the hillside of the higher lot of Common Studios Hollywood.
Boasting a 360-degree rotation on every one of many journey autos, the coaster will flip the proverbial NOS as much as get the automobiles to achieve that 72 MPH on 4,100 toes of out of doors monitor with the actual streets of LA from the movies because the backdrop. The cinematic expertise is supposed to evoke the automotive tradition that impressed the movies, making you’re feeling like part of the crew led by Vin Diesel and co-starring Michelle Rodriguez, the late Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese, Ludacris, Sung Kang, John Cena, and extra.
Watch the video beneath that showcases the coaster autos replicating the Toretto household’s signature driving strikes all through the blockbuster international heist movies.
The journey is about to switch the Studio Tour’s illustration of the hit franchise movies, the now defunct attraction Quick & Livid Supercharged, which featured Dwyane Johnson and Luke Evans. The storyline for the coaster is firmly underneath wraps however to tide followers over they’ll take a look at one of many journey autos modeled after Dominic Toretto’s 1970 Dodge Charger on show at Common Studios Hollywood.
Quick & Livid: Hollywood Drift opens in 2026.
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